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the"Drum Doctor"/ Mike Fillion

U.S.
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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.

Lynne May

U.S.
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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.

David Anfuso

U.S.
Available
I can answer questions about new and vintage drums. I specialize in the history of vintage drums and drum companies.

Justin Robards

U.S.
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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!

Gabriel

U.S.
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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.

Paul E

U.K.
Available
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.

Chris Fonck

U.S.
Available
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
Anything in percussion or drums. Macintosh computers or music software

John M. Aldridge

U.S.
Available
Questions related to vintage drums, drum history, drum engraving, drum construction, drum design

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2009-11-06 Need to find Accessory Boom Attachment for 1 1/8" Rack Tube:

Hal, Verve is a a company only in name. They are made in some factory either in Taiwan, China, Japan, Indonesia or Thailand. There are about a dozen names of companies that make either Latin, African

2009-11-06 First timer:

Steve, The ddrum brand is a good set. Spend as much as you can on cymbals. You can make any drum sound good, but bad cymbals always sound bad. I hope that you are taking lessons from a qualified

2009-11-05 Snare drum part:

Brook, 1 or 2 holes, the size of small bolts will have no affect on the sound of the snare. In fact, sometimes it helps the snare breathe better. If you play really hard, you should put another air

2009-11-05 Snare drum part:

Brook, Contact Tama and explain your problem. They can tell you what to do. If that does not work and you can't find the original throw off, then you have a couple of options: 1--Get the throwoff

2009-11-04 tuning.:

Hi, Malcolm-- You will be happy to know that this is a situation which is not difficult to correct. There is a detailed discussion about elimination unwanted ringing at: http://www.may-studio-music-lessons

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