Models
4 models
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Trixon Speedfire
One bass drum shell, two tuned chambers
Drum kit · Germany
The Speedfire's bass drum is a single elliptical shell divided internally into two chambers of different volume, played with a twin pedal so a drummer gets two bass pitches from one drum. It did not catch on and is unmistakable.
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Trixon Telstar
Conical bass drum kit
Drum kit · Germany
The Telstar's bass drum tapers from a large batter head to a smaller resonant one, a shape Trixon argued projected better. Like the Speedfire it is remembered more for its silhouette than its sales.
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Sonor Phonic
The heavy beech kits of the 1970s and 1980s
Drum kit · Germany
Phonic is the Sonor most drummers picture: dense beech shells, chrome-heavy hardware, and a low, controlled tone that made the kits fixtures in European studios. Original Phonic drums are collected as seriously as any American vintage kit.
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Sonor Signature HLD 590
The Horst Link ferromanganese snare
Percussion · Germany
The HLD 590 is a 14×8 ferromanganese-shelled snare from Sonor's Signature era, heavy enough to be almost unusable at low volume and the reason a generation of engineers asked for "the Sonor". Clean examples trade for multiples of their original price.