MikeN Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 http://www.pearldrum.com/jan05-enews-main.htm#colorhw Pearl Offers Custom Marching Drum Hardware Pearl now offers powdercoating on marching drum hardware in 8 different colors. Available colors include white, black, blue, red, green, orange, yellow, and purple. Now drums can be ordered to match band and corps uniforms in a way previously unavailable from drum companies. Black drums with white hardware, white drums with blue hardware, blue drums with orange hardware, and numerous other combinations now exist for the band or drumline looking for that added touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbassman5 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 hmmm... sounds awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl306 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Nice idea, but that red and white does NOT look good together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Oh I don;t know about that...looks pretty sharp to me. Didn't Xmen have red shells with white hardware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 That they did Premier offered powder coating (and still does). However, powder coating can be a real pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted February 10, 2005 Author Share Posted February 10, 2005 Premier always has (and still does) offer black and white powdercoating - funny enough, it was only in the last few years that they offered drums *without* it. :) Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulka Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Haha, Pearl once again riding the coattails of Premier and Yamaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCIFanOfAllDivisions Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 yep... Premier has been the leader (believe it or not) on colors, powercoating, and I believe free floating snares??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenorsForWorldDomination Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 yep... Premier has been the leader (believe it or not) on colors, powercoating, and I believe free floating snares??? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> IIRC The order of free floating designs was this. Pearl, Premier, Yamaha. I read somewhere that Blue Devils 1989 were supposed to have Yamaha's new free floating snares but ended up using Premiers but because Yamaha owned Premier back then they put Yamaha stickers all over the drums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulka Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 (edited) The real order is as follows... Premier Yamaha (Premier) Pearl Yamaha (their own drum this time) Premier introduced the HTS snares in '88 and Star was the first corps to use them in '89. The Blue Devils marched the prototpe free floater in '89 but it was nothing more than a Premier snare with a Yamaha snare strainer and badging. Pearl prototyped the FFX in '90 with the help of SCV. Yamaha prototyped another free floater in '92 (Cavs, Scouts) but was still very much a Premier HTS with minor changes. Yamaha finally unveils their own production model in '93 known as the SFZ. Edited February 15, 2005 by Hulka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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