MTI began to market and produce the drums using an injection-molded polystyrene process. Sometime around 1976 North agreed to let another company, Music Technology Incorporated (MTI), manufacture and market the drums hopefully in larger numbers. The original North drums were made of fiberglass, by hand. Their inventor, Roger North, created the drums sometime around 1968, played them himself, and then in 1970 obtained a patent (3,603,194) and began selling the drums to others in about 1972. About North DrumsĪccording to Wikipedia, North drums are horn shaped drums that were designed to project their sound outward, so the audience can hear the most direct qualities of the drum. As a result (nearly 30 years later), the set is in mint condition. He wiped the drums down with cottom towels to remove any fingerprints and skins oils and then wrapped each individual drum in plastic to help limit any oxidation. The owner took extreme care when preparing this set for storage some 30 years ago.
#Where to sell vintage drum sets skin#
The bass drum has the original natural skin type head, but all others have black oil heads (two layers of skin with oil inside for better and deeper sound on drums such as these that do not have bottom heads) – Includes all original North mounting hardware – All chrome pieces are in excellent condition. – plus TAMA Superstar maple white shell snare drum 14″ x 6″ It is being offered by the original owner who is an amateur drummer and noted that the drums have very little usage and have been properly stored for the past 30 years. I am pleased to present this rare vintage North Drum Kit in arctic white.