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North 6" Tom Drum Vintage 80s Horn Shaped Projection MTI Injection-Molded Italy
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Description
North Tom Drum
6" Diameter x 16" Deep with a 10" Resonant Side Diameter
Injection-Molded Polystyrene Shell by MTI in Italy
North Drum Badge - Assembled in Portland, OR by Roger North
Flat Black Finish - Same color as Chad Channing's set used with Nirvana
Shell has original Protective Plastic Ring around Reso edge
Era: Vintage 80s
Chrome Plated Hardware - Includes 4 Coffin Lugs, Tom Mount, Triple-Flange Rim
Remo Coated Ambassador Batter Head
Complete, Original and Fully Functional - Ready to play
US Shipping is $49
International Airmail is $135
Canada is $95, Australia $335
Condition Description: G - Tom is in Good Condition, very clean with no modifications or extra holes. Original Black shell is mostly clean with some scratches but no cracks or damages. Chrome plated hardware is all complete and original. Includes remo head in very good condition with minor signs of use.
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About North Drums
According to Wikipedia,
North drums are horn shaped drums that were designed to project their sound outward, so the audience can hear the most direct qualities of the drum.
Some History
Their inventor, Roger North, created the drums sometime around 1968, played them himself, and then in 1970 obtained a patent (3,603,194) and began selling the drums to others in about 1972. The original North drums were made of fiberglass, by hand. Sometime around 1976 North agreed to let another company, Music Technology Incorporated (MTI), manufacture and market the drums hopefully in larger numbers. MTI began to market and produce the drums using an injection-molded polystyrene process.
They stopped selling the drums in the early 1980s and now there is a used market for the drums, and a small though loyal contingent of North Drum players. Chad Channing was known for using North drums in the early years of Nirvana.