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Expert	Average Ratings	Expertise
Ben Sweden Available View Profile Ask A Question	Knowledgeability 10.0 Clarity of Response 10.0 Timeliness 10.0 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 2	I can answer questions about Latin American drums. For example congas, bongos, timbales, guiro, maracas. How they are played and what rhythms they play in music like salsa, cumbia, merengue, tambores etc. Too regional and unusual drums can be hard to answer but give it a shot too.
Paul E U.K. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.63 Clarity of Response 9.76 Timeliness 9.86 Politeness 9.94 Total Questions 295	I can answer questions about repairing drums,recovering,modifying,and custom design. Questions about gigging ie. attitude to others, agents,punters,band members, family and friends etc. The philosophy of drums in general, oh yea there is a philosophy in drums and drumming.
Lynne May U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.81 Clarity of Response 9.98 Timeliness 10.0 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 152	Any questions regarding drumming--rudiments, fills, beats, reading music, tabs, other topics. Any questions regarding drums--buying, tuning, etc. Please do not flag questions as "private". To do so prevents others from benefiting from the answer. For this reason,I will not answer private questions.
Justin Robards U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.88 Clarity of Response 9.88 Timeliness 9.70 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 193	I can answer questions on any marching or symphonic percussion instruments. I can give ideas for pit setups, battery setups, practice procedures, or anything else marching or symphonic percussion-wise. I can pretty much cover all percussion categories but I am not as strong as I`d like to be in latin and african percussion. Marching percussion is my forte. PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME HOW MUCH A VINTAGE DRUM OR MALLET INSTRUMENT IS WORTH. I AM NOT AN ARCHIVER. ASK A LOCAL MUSIC STORE FOR THIS. Thanks!
the"Drum Doctor"/ Mike Fillion U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.89 Clarity of Response 9.93 Timeliness 9.95 Politeness 9.95 Total Questions 1767	All percussion & drum questions including:history-construction- repairs,refinishing,restorations,conversions,custom building & cymbal questions.Also any questions about the music business-touring-studios and producing.
Chris Fonck U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.87 Clarity of Response 9.53 Timeliness 9.80 Politeness 9.93 Total Questions 50	I can answer questions regarding drum repair,refinishing, and restoration, as well as marching and orchestral techniques and drum tech at the high school/college level. I have limited knowledge of drum history, and would not be a complete source for that information.
James Moyer U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.83 Clarity of Response 9.90 Timeliness 9.80 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 139	Anything in percussion or drums. Macintosh computers or music software
David Anfuso U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.63 Clarity of Response 10.0 Timeliness 10.0 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 15	I can answer questions about new and vintage drums. I specialize in the history of vintage drums and drum companies.
John M. Aldridge U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.87 Clarity of Response 10.0 Timeliness 9.67 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 47	Questions related to vintage drums, drum history, drum engraving, drum construction, drum design
Gabriel U.S. On Vacation returns 02/10/2010 View Profile View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.94 Clarity of Response 9.90 Timeliness 10.0 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 228	I answer a variety of drums & percussion related questions. I have multiple music degrees and years of experience in the field. When asking your question: 1. Please be clear in your message. 2. Provide actual question(s). 3. Please keep it short and concise. 4. Save my one-question-per-day for someone else if you can find the answer on your own. Please, no questions regarding: serial numbers, appraisals, pricing, value, restorations, or when a particular instrument was made. Thank you.

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Recent Answers

2010-02-09 Vintage snare drum:

Hey John I have all of the Rogers Catalogs from that era and that sounds like it is probably and XP-8 Dynasonic. So it should have the 8-ply shell. Big R Badge. I always like to see a few photos

2010-02-09 Rogers Powertone or Holiday:

Dave, There is really no way of knowing exactly what you have. You could have 3 drums, all with different stickers--but yet all 3 drums look exactly alike. All the American drum factories never

2010-02-08 Value and History:

Daniel, I had a drum set identical to this in blue at my first college job. The set was in poor shape and we rebuilt it into one of the favorite drum sets in the percussion department. There is no snare

2010-02-07 Drum Purchase:

Hi, Igor-- Either set would be good. I would tend toward the Pacific Set because the Toms are larger The hardware looks to be about the same for both sets. You will eventually need to replace/buy additional

2010-02-07 1983 Rogers Dynasonic:

Al, You have one of the last 6 1/2" DynaSonics that was made. On the low end, they go for around $350---on the high end around $450. I did see a couple of them go a little higher, but they both