Rob Cook - The Slingerland Book

The following people made this project possible, through their encouragement, advice, reminiscences, and generous sharing of drums, photos, catalogs, and other rare documents.

John Aldridge
Spencer Aloisio
David Anfuso
Gary Asher
Sam Bacco
Tanco Baart
Wayne Beavers
Donn Bennett
Dave Brown
Roy Bums
Harry Cangany
Bun E Carlos
Walter Carter
Jon Cohan
John Clark
William Connor
Mike Curotto
Rob Courtney
Barrett Deems
Norman Scotty Doucette
Chuck Dufkis
Ward Durrett
Chet Falzerano
Gary Forkum
Pat Foley
Sam Geati
Deborah Gillaspie
Mark Hamon
Tracey Hoeft
Dendy Jarrett
Jake Jerger
Don Knapp
Eddie Knight
Dave Kolars
Mike Lorenz
William F. Ludwig II
Rich Kalinsky
Maurie & Jan Lishon
Dave Lovvorn
Joe Luoma
Marion McLaughlin
Brian Majeski
Stephen Maxwell
Winnie Mensink
Brad Morey
Eddie Mosqueda
Nathan Moy
Liam Mulholland
Dorothy Mueller
Dan Paul
Jim Pettit
Gregg Potter
Bob Rickman
Dick Richardson
Fred Sanford
Bob Slingerland
Walter & Helen Slingerland
Brooks Tegler
Roger Turner
Ian Turnbull
Lisa (Slingerland) and Mark Wallis
Stan Werbin
Tommy Winkler
Bob Zildjian

The Author/Publisher would like to thank the Gibson Guitar Corporation for its assistance and cooperation in the production of this book. The completeness has been enhanced greatly by the their generous support. Gibson allowed access to the Slingerland Archives and purchased copies of the first edition. The contributions of Gibsons Walter Carter merit a special acknowledgement and word of thanks. Carter took photos, supplied art, and applied the editors red pencil to early drafts. Any typos, errors, and layout inconsistencies that remain must be charged to the author. (Believe me, that list would be a lot longer if not for Walter Carter.) Other very helpful people at Gibson were Jim Landers, Wayne Beavers, Sam Bacco, Pat Foley, Josh Touchton, and, of course, Henry Juskewicz. Nearly every head of Gibson/Slingerland was accomodating: Tracey Hoeft, Dendy Jarrett, Bob Cook, J.T. Johnson, Dennis Webster, Dave Berryman, Charlie Wood, Mike Hassell, Jim Dixon, Brad Lucht, John Higgins, Walt Johnston, and Don Kremer.

Appendix 2 Catalogs (pages 133135)

The importance of old catalogs to drum historians can hardly be overstated. However useful, catalogs can also throw you off the track. Slingerland used old artwork and copy whenever they could, even repeating new designations in successive catalogs. Badges illustrated in catalogs are sometimes not the badges actually being installed on drums at the time the catalog was distributed.

Identifying and dating catalogs can be challenging and frustrating. One catalog, B, was identified by a letter designation, while most were given number designations which approximated the year of publication. Others can be identified by copyright year, while still others require research to date. Page counts here do not include the inside or outside cover pages. Like drums, the vintage catalogs will be appreciating in value. The values listed are what the author has seen these catalogs selling for at the retail level in 1995.