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North 14" Floor Tom Drum Yellow Submarine! Batter Head x18"Resonant Vintage 80s
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Description
North Tom Drum
14" Diameter x 25" Deep with a 18" Resonant Side Diameter
Injection-Molded Polystyrene Shell by MTI in Italy
North Drum Badge - Assembled in Portland, OR by Roger North
Flat Yellow Finish - The horn shape and yellow finish gives me some Ringo/Beatles Yellow Submarine vibes
Shell has original Protective Plastic Ring around Reso edge
Era: Vintage 80s
Chrome Plated Hardware - Includes 8 Coffin Lugs, Triple-Flange Rim, 3x Floor Tom Legs + Mounts
Remo Coated Emperor Batter Head
Complete, Original and Fully Functional - Ready to play
US Shipping is $125
International Airmail is $365
Canada is $225, Australia $425
Condition Description: EXC - tom is in excellent condition with no cracks or damages. Clean shell and clean finish. Chrome hardware is nice and mostly shiny with minor wear and signs of use
More Info:
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.