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From the Archives From the Archives As PAS celebrates its 50th anniversary, here’s a look back at some of the ads that appeared in Percussive Notes during the 1960s and ’70s. The Drums Unlimited Percussion Publications catalog was the definitive reference source for percussion solos, ensembles and method books in the 1970s and ’80s. See-through drumsets were big in the early to mid-1970s, but see-through marching drums never quite caught on. One of the first ads to ever appear in Percus- sive Notes in 1968 was a four-page spread introducing Rogers Accu-sonic timpani. The Winter 1976 issue of Frank’s Drum Shop and Carroll Sound were cussive Notes Per- two of the primary sources for percussion saw the introduc tion of wind chimes under the - instruments in the 1970s, and two of the trade name of the Hollywood earliest supporters of PAS through. their Percussive Notes Mark Tree. advertising in Combining a RotoTom with a marching snare must have seemed like a good idea at the time (1978). FEBRUARY 2011 10 PERCUSSION NEWS www.pas.org Fall 1973 saw the introduction of Remo’s Black Dot heads. Ludwig quickly followed with Silver Dots. Vic with his “friends” in 1980: his Rolls and his RotoToms. McCormick’s Bell-Tote, which allowed a bell lyre to be carried horizontally and played with two hands, was one of the first steps toward putting melodic percussion on the field in the early 1970s, long before anyone was using a pit. Percussive The same 1971 issue of Notes saw the introduction of the Shortly after Deagan ElectraVibe, which was an McCormick introduced early attempt to amplify a vibraphone, the Bell-Tote, Ludwig and Musser’s Kelon, the first synthetic introduced marching xylophone bars. xylophones, multi-toms and timpani. Although best known for drumsets, at one time Gretsch also made The first electronic drum ad to appear marching and concert was this one for in Percussive Notes drums. Synare, in 1979. www.pas.org PERCUSSION NEWS 11 FEBRUARY 2011.
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