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rbh DRUMS

67th Street, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.  Website does not appear to be up post 2002.  Following pages are printed from the archive:

rbh DRUMS home page 2002

About rbh

Snare drums

Toms and Bass

Finishes

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RCI Starlight

Made in USA

Recco

Recco drums. Made in Japan 1960s/

Redman

Redman Custom Drums, Australia.

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Remco

Remco Industries. Harrison New Jersey, USA 1966  Images Liverpool compact Snare drum set ebay

Remo

Remo is an American drumhead and banjo head company founded by Remo Belli in 1957. [Source: Wikpedia]

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Image 1980s Quadura by Remo eBay:

Reuther

Reuther drums were made in Japan by one of the big companies, and sold as a stencil brand.

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Rhythm

http://www.drumarchive.com/Rhythm/

Rhythm Boy

Rhythm Boy 480 analog drum machine. Made in Italy

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Ricochet

http://www.vistalites.com/other/Ricochet.htm

Rigent

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Rimmel

http://www.drumarchive.com/Rimmel/

Risen Drums

Handmade drums, Minneapolis, USA

Dating Risen Drums

"There is no real way to tell exactly how old they are . But here are a few hints.

First off. Rrisen drums started being built in 1998. we make them in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The oldest ones have an Adonis lug on them, which is the same shape as the now Risen lug but has more grooves in it.

So early ones are made with those lugs. Then somewhere around 2003 we switched to our own lug.

Then for another 2 years we did the old venting system, so if the drums have one half inch air vent then they are 2005 or pre.

Then from 2005 to 2007 all those would have the new venting system but no serial number.

Then starting in 2008 we started with a serial number underneath the badge. So if you take the badge off, there is a number. From there you could call the shop or email to find out exactly when and who the kit was made for.
[Source: Keith Anderson, Master Craftsman, www.risendrums.com email 6/5/2009]

Riviera

Riviera drums were made in Japan. ? by Pearl or Star (Tama)

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RJS

RJS Custom Percussion, by Ron Siegel, Cle Elum, Washington, USA

"RJS started in 1996,  The drums are made in Cle Elum Washinton which lies 85 miles outside of Seattle.  Each shell is signed and dated." [Source: Ron Siegel, email 30/1/2009]

Rocket Shells

Rocket Shells was founded in 1994 and has been manufacturing drums with carbon fibre drum shells in Sacramento, California since 1996.

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Rogers

The Rogers company was started in 1849 by an Irish immigrant from Dublin named Joseph Rogers. Rogers came to the United States and started crafting drum-heads. Rogers began making drums in the mid 1930s from a Farmingdale, New Jersey location. The first Rogers drums were assembled from shells and hardware of other manufacturers, but mounted with Rogers heads.

In 1953, Joseph Rogers' grandson, Cleveland, who had no heirs, sold the Rogers drum company to Henry Grossman. Grossman moved the company to Covington, Ohio, and under his management Rogers was propelled to the forefront of American drum making for the next 10 years. Under Grossman's watch, design engineer Joe Thompson and marketing guru Ben Strauss, were instrumental to Rogers' impending success. Their drums were embraced by musicians from the dixieland movement to the classic rockers of the 60s and 70s. However, the manufacturer was most closely associated with the "big band" and swing drummers of the 40s and 50s.

Rogers are probably most famous for their "Dynasonic" snare drum, which featured a number of innovations. In particular was a unique cradle in which the snare wires were supported. This meant that the wire tension could be adjusted independently of the snare tension. Dynasonics were made from about 1961 until the mid-80's, when the company was bought by CBS Musical Instruments, [Source: Wikipedia ]

http://www.rogersfanclub.de/

http://www.drumarchive.com/Rogers/

http://www.notsomoderndrummer.com/Dynasonic.htm

kick http://www.drumsmith.com/archive/index.php/t-964.html

http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/rogers_dynasonic_set_up2.html

http://www.maxwelldrums.com/index.php?cPath=79_85

http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/rogers.html

http://www.cocktaildrum.com/catalogs.html

http://www.vistalites.com/other/rogers.htm

Rogers reference books

The Rogers Book by Rob Cook

Rogers drum catalogs

1968 Fender catalog http://www.21frets.com/catalogs.html

Rogers forum http://rogersownersforum.com/default.aspx

Images  Rogers 1950s, 1960s, 1970s (serial #) 1980s, Dyna-Sonic 1960s, SuperTen 1980s eBay:

Rose Morris

In October, 1920, A. V. Morris joined the Rose brothers and the name of the company was changed to Rose, Morris & Co., Ltd. This, then, was the foundation of the company in the name which it now bears.  There is an excellent history of the Rose Morris Company including its first and subsequent forays into Drums from the late 1920.

In the mid-60's Rose Morris "Clansman" drums were winning major Championships in the UK, North America and Australia.

Rose Morris badges

Rose Morris catalogs

http://www.drumarchive.com/Rose_Morris/

Roxy

Roxy Drums. Made by Trixon ? 1960s. They were made in Hamburg

Image eBay: Label reads "Roxy Hamburg-Wandsbek - Made in Western Germany"

Royal Star

Royal Star drums were made in Japan by Tama.

Royce

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Ruff

http://www.vistalites.com/other/ruff.htm