Australian made drums, Drouyn & Drouyn: Dandy 58 Sound Test - RETRO SERIES
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Hosted by: Tony Moore
Special Guest: Jackie Barnes
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Read more on the floor tom here:
- www.maas.museu...
'Bombora' by the Atlantics:
- www.nfsa.gov.a...
Sydney's RAN Museum:
- / 571127619596009
UFIP "Natural" series
- www.ufip.it/ca...
Audio equipment used to capture these great sounds:
Audient ID44 Interface - amzn.to/2PWGcSo
Royer R10 ribbon matched pair (Overheads)
(www.mixmasters...)
Earthworks DM25 (snare)
Warm Audio W47 (kick)
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Peter Hood, drummer in The Atlantics and who had the DANDY FLOOR TOM ( pictured) he played Bombora on, sadly passed away recently.. 22 SEPTEMBER 2021.
He was a great drummer ..
Very sad news. RIP Peter...
That’s sad to hear, glad we have a shout out. Thanks for letting us know.
Historic Australian drums which were proudly and famously used by Freddie Strauks in Skyhooks for many years. Check out his red wrap kit on RUclips: Skyhooks - Sydney Opera House 15-9-1974 ... at 6:40. Enjoy
That kit sounds better than 99% of all the new,used,old and electronic sets in the entire world today,wow!...the drummer has a huge influence on the sound,but no kit can look and sound as wonderful as that, except THAT bloody drumset,nice and thanks
Couldn't agree more!
I have about 20 Drouyn kits and drums and they are all stand outs against every other vintage and modern kit I own.
Just a beautiful kit! My dad used to hang around the Drouyn factory as a kid, sweeping floors etc. He was one of Morrie hinz's students, and his father was a friend of Doug's from sailing.
Awesome memories Dean. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic Dean cheers for sharing. 🤘🏽
Thanks Dean for your comment
They sound great ,I do own a set of Dandy Drums I treasure them
Cheers Kel. Love hearing that there’s plenty of these still out there.
I need to add a Dandy to the collection now!
@@thetonymoore6977 Yes Tony ,we cant let Australia's first drum company be forgotten !
They are all treasures.
Those toms are as good as, if not better sounding, than many of today’s new models..
Before Ringo’s Ludwig craze, a lot of Australian drummers played DANDY, having been made in Brisbane..
Totally agree!
My father played Drouyn D.an.dy's in red sparkle finish 🥁 He purchased them from Drouyn & Drouyn mid 1956. The complete kit is still in the family. Sadly I never learnt the Drouyn story until after his passing. Thank you for such a great video.
Thanks for your comments, check out Tony's Drouyn Drums page on Facebook too! Lots of Drouyn stuff there.
While on vintage drums…which I love ( I’m a baby boomer ), is there any chance of doing a SLINGERLAND segment..🥁
I’m a big Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich fan..
Hey Roy, here in Australia, there were never too many Slingerland drums. I had a couple of kits. A big 60's double bass kit, found very worse for wear. It was 2x24", 13, 14, 16 & 18". I refinished it in purple gloss, looked killer. I know where it lives all these years on, so I may be able to do a feature on the kit in the future. But a rest I is unfortunately unlikely.
Thanks for watching. Kind regards tony
What sizes are those Evans heads? I havent been able to find any modern heads that fit my Dandy kit
Hey mate, yeah good point. Many #Drouyn drums made pre 60's had odd sized shells. This was mostly because of three things:
Firstly, all drums back then used calf heads, which were lapped and made to any size. As were their respective timber hoops, tensioned by rope or layer metal claws. So early drum diameters could effectively be what ever size the drums ended up being when the shell was bent and the re rings nailed and glued in place. This changed dramatically when die-cast hoops appeared mid fifties.
Second, a transition period between wood hoops die-cast hoops used flat brass rings, known as single flange hoops, but really no flange hoops, just flat. These hoops needed a brass claw which clipped over the brass hoop and could slide left or right to match up with the lugs. As such, the drum's shell diameter still had no need to be fixed, being that they were still using calf heads exclusively. This meant that most drum shell diametres were rounded up or down to whole inch increments. Some size examples are 27.5", 24.25", 21.75", 15 3/4", 16 1/4", 14", 12 1/8" and 11.75". This didn't mean the shell sizes were all over the place, but that the moulds (which they were using by the 50's, were made to be these sizes.
Three, quickly examples of US and English drums began to appear, with a cast head. Drouyn's would quickly introduce this technology. So in order to introduce die-cast hoops, like gretsch/Ludwig and leedy (at the time) Drouyn (Dandy), actually George (the designer/engineer & drum maker) had to commit to both a shell diameter and hoop diameter. They started with their early shell moulds, which were a snug 12, slightly under size 14, and very under size 16. As such, early 50's dandy kits need to be rest up with calf or kangaroo heads. The later mid 50's shells were adjusted again to more a snug 16.
It the later 50's shells that these drums are.
To find a suitable head I took the shell in and tried several models and brands. I found the Remo fibre skins wouldn't fit, but the Evans calf tone and vintage Aquarian would fit.
I have also spoken to Remo over the years about making Dandy sized heads, and they can, but they are expensive with out volume, so I had refrained from the massive investment and just found things that worked.
Trust this helps.
Kind regards
Tony Moore
Did "Ludwig" make my 1969 Drouyn snare ? Kit was a Studio Deluxe. :)
No! Drouyn had the S100 ally spun shells made around the corner from the factory. I visited the shell makers and saw the buck they were made on.
The misinformation about Ludwig making the S100 shells, was just ill informed, likely made for a good story by who ever started it. Hope that helps.
No!