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History of the Cymbal Adapter Cleveland, Ohio 1971 - While on the road I (Dudley J. Taw) developed the first DUPLICATE X (DX) adapter to precisely position my cymbals. When home, I would load my van with adapters I had built and sell them to independent music stores... Read more >>> Manny's Drum Shop - The Gene Krupa Story At 13, I (Dudley J. Taw) hung out in a drum shop in New York city called Manny's. Manny as a formidable man that always wore a mohair sweater and Stetson hat. He was absolutely the best. He was drums. Manny always made sure my dollar stretched into 10... Read more >>> What is Ping Resonation? If you were like me when you were a kid, on the weekends I (Dudley J. Taw) used to love to walk along railroad tracks. I learned to put my ear to the tracks and listen for the train. You could hear the sound of a train from miles away... Read more >>> We don't sell to BIG BOX STORES I (Dudley J. Taw) have sat back and watched the very people who built this industry be brought to their knees, if not driven completely out of business. It seems to me that if we, the drummers don't recognize and address this problem, the INDEPENDENT music store and all that it stands for will be a memory in history like the calf skin head... Read more >>> |