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Slingerland is a United States manufacturer of drums.The company was founded in 1912 and enjoyed several decades of prominence in the industry before the 1980s. After ceasing operation in the early 1980s, Slingerland was acquired by Gibson, who briefly revived it and owned it until November 2019, before selling Slingerland to DW Drums, who announced the intention of re-launching the brand.
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Only drum kit components and timpani were sold under Slingerland, with the keyboard percussion division being dissolved. Nevertheless, Slingerland found, as Conn had before, that producing two separate lines of drums proved to be unviable. [32] Slingerland gradually phased out the Leedy brand with the last Leedy catalog being printed in 1965. [27]
This is a list of some drum makers, individuals and companies known for making drums and accessories, such as drum sticks. It includes defunct companies, and companies who additionally make instruments other than drums, and manufacturers of cymbals, which are a common component of drum sets.
This category contains companies that manufacture percussion instruments and accessories, such as drum sticks. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
In November, 2019, DW acquired Slingerland Drum Company from Gibson, with plans to introduce Slingerland-branded, vintage style drums to the market in 2020. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In late 2022, it was announced that Roland would acquire DW for $65 million as the company looks to expand into the acoustic drum market.
Eventually the companies Slingerland, Ludwig-Musser and Gretsch began producing cocktail drums that are more similar to what is used today. The typical drum consisted of a floor tom that was 14 inches in diameter and 24 to 26 inches tall, with both top and bottom drumheads. The bottom head was struck via a foot-pedal-operated beater and tuned ...
The pigskin heads were tacked to the wooden shells with metal tacks. Through close collaboration with Gene Krupa's concept of fully tunable toms, the Slingerland drum and banjo company were the first, in 1936, to begin offering fully tunable tom-toms (top and bottom heads) with metal or wooden rims, tension rods, and lugs. Most Chinese toms ...