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Newell

Newell Custom Drums, United Kingdom

Nikkan

Nikkan drums by  Nippon Band Instruments Japan. Tokyo

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Noble

Noble drums by Pearl.

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Noble and Cooley

"Noble & Cooley first started in 1854 building marching drums for the Civil War as well as wooden toy drums.  We began making the professional drums we currently make in the early 1980's (1983 - 1984).
All our drums are American made in the tiny town of Granville, Massachusetts.
Telling the date of manufacture for our drums is a little tricky.  Our serial numbers are all hand printed on the inside of our drums.  On all drums there is a two digit code followed be a four digit code.  The four digit code is production number of the particular instrument and the two digit number is the year.  In all drums made prior to 2000 the two digit year was reversed (eg - a drum built in 1985 was labeled "58").  After 2000 we changed the year to read more normally (eg - a drum built in 2004 is labeled "04").  So, if the serial number is something like "CD-1596-89" that would mean that of the CD series, this drum was the 1596th built and it was completed in 1998.
We recently started a museum in the same location called the "Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation."  [Source: Nick Jones, email 12/8/2008]
Noble and Cooley at myspace and Wikipedia

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Noonan

Noonan Custom Drums, Made in England.

Norma

Norma were entry level drums made in Japan by either Pearl or Tama. [Source: George's Drum Shop]

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