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Pacific Drums |
PDP, Pacific Drums and Percussion.
Established 2000.
Pacific's all-maple line of drums are made in its own
state-of-the-art facility in Baja, California.
A Division of Drum Workshop (DW). |
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Paiste
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Wikipedia Paiste story
http://www.vintagecymbalguide.com/paiste.html
Images 1960s
Paiste Switzerland, 1978 Paiste cymbal eBay:
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Pasha |
Italy.
Image eBay.
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Peace Drums
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Peace Musical Co., Ltd. Tachia
Taichung Taiwan
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Pearl
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Pearl started building drums in
1950 and in 1961 built a 15,000 sq. foot factory in Chiba, Japan
to fill the worldwide demand for drum sets spurred by the
popularity of Rock and Roll. These sets were inexpensive and
bore the brand name of the distributor; such as Maxwin, CB-700,
Crest, Revelle, Revere, Lyra, Majestic, Whitehall, Apollo,
Toreador, Roxy, Coronet, and others...over 30 brands in all." [Source:
Pearl website]
Pearl Drum history
http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/pearl.html
http://www.drumarchive.com/Pearl/
http://www.vistalites.com/other/Pearl.htm
http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/
Pearl Forum
http://www.pearldrummersforum.com/
Images 1950s,
1970s
Pearl badge and Pearl
cymbal eBay:
 
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Peavey |
http://peaveydrums.moonfruit.com/ |
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JW
Pepper |
James Welsh Pepper (1853-1919)
founded music
publishing house in 1876.
[Source
wikipedia]
"Drums for the J.W. Pepper Company
were made by the Soistman Drum Company of Camden, New Jersey.
Even though all of the drums were made by the Soistman Drum
Company, these instruments were made according the
specifications of the Pepper Company. Jimmy Pepper felt that
the Soistman Company was better at making these instruments than
his own. These instruments were made, and sold between 1876
thru 1910. The Pepper company was not in business prior to
1876. [Source: George B. Class, J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc. email
6/3/2009]
http://www.usd.edu/smm/Drums/SnareDrums/RodTensionSnareDrums.html
http://www.fielddrums.com/2008/05/william-f-ludwig-jrs-letter-re-drum.html
Image JW Pepper drum from eBay.
Internal label states
"J.W. Pepper Drums - Musical
Instruments - Music and Musical Merchandise. Eighth and Locust
Street - Philadelphia - Pennsylvania."
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Phattie |
http://www.phattiedrums.com/web/history.htm
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Pintech |
Pintech electronic percussion and
cymbal triggers, made in the USA.
Pintech forum
Image eBay:
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Planet Z |
Image 1960/70s
Planet Z eBay:
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Polaris |
Polaris drums were made in Japan ?
by Pearl or Tama..
Image eBay:
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Pork Pie |
Pork Pie drums made in USA. [Source:
wikipedia]
Dating Pork Pie Drums 'I actually sign each
drum that is made in my factory. I have a book that tells me
where the drums went and the date and serial number. I started
at #1. I write the serial number in the shell under the air vent
as well as my signature and the date. As of 2007, we are up to
about 22,000 pieces" [Source: Bill Detamore, President Pork Pie
Percussion, est. 1987, 5/2/2007]
Images eBay:
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Potyondi |
Peter Potyondi, hand crafted
drums. Brantford, Ontario, Canada. |
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Precision
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My father, George A. Folchi,
started the company in 1961, but we didn't put out our own brand
of drums until the late 1980's. We make them in Pleasant Valley,
NY. We are not serializing our drums, so it would be difficult
to date a kit that we have made in the past." [Source: Gary
Folchi, President,
Precision Drum Company, Inc.
email 12/8/2008]
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Premier
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Premier Drum Company was founded
in 1922 by London drummer Albert Della Porta and drum builder
George Smith. At first, they produced kits for wholesalers, who
branded them as their own. Name was changed to Premier
Percussion in 1984 following a management buyout.
In October 1987, Premier was
merged with Yamaha, which owned the Leicester factory until
1992. During this period, Limited was appended to the company
name. In 1992, Tony Doughty, who originally arranged the Yamaha
merger, took over the company. In February 1995, Premier was
sold to the Verity Group of Companies before yet another buyout
by a British consortium a few years later. Today, Premier
continues to produce drum kits, marching percussion, and
symphonic percussion (including timpani and mallet percussion).
In the 2000s, Premier started
making drums in Taiwan under the Artists maple and birch series.
The Premier series, maple, birch or hydbrid/ gen-x shells are
made in England. Distribution in the USA isn't as large as it
was in the past. The hardware is made on the same assembly line
in Taiwan as Tama's. [Source:
wikipedia]
Best tribute site for Premier Drums
http://vintprem.moonfruit.com/
more info
http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/premier.html
Example of Premier kit
http://www.vistalites.com/other/Premier.htm
Premier serial numbers
http://www.premier-percussion.com/faq.asp?id=3798
Premier percussion catalog
scans
http://www.drumarchive.com/Premier/
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Promark |
Promark drum sticks. |
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Pulse |
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