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Author:  Gregory [ Sun Mar 23, 2014 2:55 pm ]
Post subject:  I DON'T LOSE MUCH SLEEP...
… over what instrumments the Grateful Dead played, but I was surprised today to discover that both drummers used Sonor rosewood Phonics in the mid seventies. This was in a post by Dick Bartling on the museum (scroll way down!) : http://www.sonormuseum.com/forum/viewto ... 0&start=10

So I googled Sonor and Grateful Dead. First I ran into this auction site: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20158/lot/3064/

and then I found this in the middle of some book:

http://books.google.com/books?id=SiTGAQ ... ad&f=false

The fact itself is not surprising. And while it makes neither the Dead nor Sonor look better - or worse - I am shocked :shock: that, after having played Sonor for over 30 years, I was not made aware of it until today.
Author:  barryabko [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: I DON'T LOSE MUCH SLEEP...
Interestingly, Billy Kreutzmann's GD kit has Rogers Memoriloc (sp?) tom holders installed and the kick looks virgin.
Author:  Gregory [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 12:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: I DON'T LOSE MUCH SLEEP...
The entire rationale for the Rogers hardware must have been the locks, for Sonor did not have those in '75. What a disappointing job that would have been, removing those lovely machinist clamps to make room for a hardware store grade fitting. I would have thought that with the money those guys must have had that they could have turned the project over to a machinist. Sonor's solution was not all that obscure!

The photographs up on the auction site include a square tom that is not included in the auction, but that I read was a an adapted 14x14 floor. One wonders how much influence the hardware transfer and the square rack had on Sonor.
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