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Sabian

Sabian company starts in 1981 established by Robert Zildjian in the Azco plant. The Sabian company started out as an all high end product range. [Source: The cymbal book,  By Hugo Pinksterboer, Rick Mattingly ]

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Saturn

Image courtesy of Sue Blow, Ontario, Canada.

Shaftesbury

By Rose Morris - they started making acrylic drums in 1974.

http://www.drumarchive.com/Shaftesbury/

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

Simmons

Simmons (electronic drum company) at wikipedia

http://www.drumarchive.com/Simmons/

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SJC

SJC Custom drums handmade in the USA. Established 2000. Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

Sleishman

 Don Sleishman launched the Sleishman Drum company in Sydney, Australia in 1978.

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Slingerland

Dating Slingerland Drums

http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/drcjw/article_2_serial_numbers_page1.html

http://www.coopersvintagedrums.com/drumhistorysling.htm

http://www.slingerlanddrummers.mysites.nl/

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

http://www.drumarchive.com/Slingerland/

http://www.drumsmith.com/archive/index.php/t-5133.html

http://www.drumsmith.com/archive/index.php/t-4522.html

Slingerland Drum catalogs

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

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

Slingerland reference books at Amazon

The Slingerland Book

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1966 Slingerland Shelbyville, Tennessee

1980s

Smith

Smith Custom Drums. Handrafted drums made in USA since 1995.

Sonor

In 1875 Johannes Link, a wood turner and tanner, started a small workshop for simple military drums and drum heads in Weißenfels an der Saale in East Germany. In 1907 the Sonor trademark was registered. Around 1925 Sonor had 145 employees and was one of the largest businesses of its kind.

After the end of World War II the East German Government expropriated the Link Family and Sonor became a state owned enterprise. But in 1946 a new company was established by the son of the founder, Otto Link, and his son Horst. This time the location was Aue in Westphalia/West Germany. Today Sonor  has evolved into a modern enterprise with its focus on the international markets. [Source: Sonor ]

http://www.sonormuseum.com/ THIS IS AN AWESOME RESOURCE

http://www.drumarchive.com/Sonor/

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

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

http://www.vintagesonor.de.vu/

http://www.sonor-signature.de/

http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/

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1975

Sound Source

Sound Source drums made in Taiwan.

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Spaun

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

http://rectangular.org/swords/images/gear/spaun_drums.htm

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Spirit

http://www.spiritdrummers.com/

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Roberto Spizzichino

Cymbalsmith Roberto Spizzichino crafted a handful of drum sets a few years back of various metals. It was so time consuming and not very profitable so he quickly turned his focus back to cymbals. [Source and images ebay]

Roberto Spizzichino is an Italian Jazz drummer and renowned master cymbalsmith. Spizzichino personally lathes and hand hammers cymbals in his workshop in San Quirico, Tuscany [Source: Wikipedia]

ST Drums

Custom drum kits, Germany since 1995. [Source and images: Gerd Stegner, email 1/2/2011]

Star (Imperial)

http://www.drumarchive.com/Star/

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

Starlight

Starlight drums made in Japan

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Stewart

Stewart drums Made in Japan ?1960s

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Stradivarius

This Stradivarius badge on left is from a snare drum sold on ebay in Australia ? from 1960s.  This brand is also seen on Australian sourced guitars.

Stratford

http://www.drumarchive.com/Stratford/

Stubblefield

Building drums since 1998.

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Supreme

Supreme brand drums were made in Japan.

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

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Synare

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Syndrum

Pollard Syndrum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndrum

http://www.drumarchive.com/Syndrum/

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