At that point, these two snares and one other were returned to Bob Grauso, who then placed them on consignment in NYC at Joe Cusatis's Modern Drum Shop. These snares had been in the CF Martin museum for Fibes until CF Martin sold the Fibes company. Two of the snares below are unique Fibes snares drums that were built by Bob Grauso, one of the original founders of Fibes.
!NEW! STEVE'S CELEB AND ULTRA RARE DRUM GALLERY Although not the first to patent acrylic drums shells Zickos did this in the late 1950’s Bob and John were the first to successfully market acrylic snares and kits. Steve's "From the Past" column for Modern DrummerĬowbird Music - Illinois Recording Studio Partnering with John Morena, an aspiring chemical engineer and former drummer, Grauso founded the Fibes Drum Company in 1965, and began producing fiberglass drums. Chicago Collection Ludwig 12/14/20 Psych Red with rail
Rogers Dyna Prototypes and First Two Drums Papa Jo Jones 4x14 Ludwig Black Beauty Snare Drum Joe Segal, Jazz Showcase founder, passes away at 94 Chicago Collection Craviotto AK Masters Brass matched nġ. Louie Bellson's Rogers Set and WMP 5x14 Dynasonicġ. Chicago Collection Craviotto Kit 349 12,14,18,5.5 NOSġ. Use keywords to find the product you are looking for.ġ. Top » Catalog » Snare Drums » More » FIBES The market response to the reborn company has been extremely positive worldwide.Vintage Snare Drums ? Vintage Drums ? Vintage Fibes Snare Drums Steve Maxwell Vintage and Custom Drums FIBES The Fibes trademark was also purchased in December, thus reuniting the original name and product. In December 1994 the factory was purchased and moved into a newly-designed facility in Austin, Texas. After eight months, an agreement was made. Tommy Robertson learned of the status of Darwin Drums, and began negotiations to purchase the factory from Darwin. The Fibes trademark was sold to another party, who had a business agreement with Martin to distribute Fibes drumsticks.Ĭorder sold the company in 1990 to Sammy Darwin, a radio programming consultant, who operated the company under the name Darwin until early 1994. Faced with foreign competition, Martin sold the fixtures, machinery, inventory, and equipment to Jim Corder who renamed the business Corder Drums. The company thrived for about 10 years, but drum manufacturing was a low priority for Martin. Martin in 1970 which it sold the Fibes assets to Jim Corder in 1979, who subsequently established his own company, Corder Drums. Norm received his Bachelor of Arts from Berklee College of Music and has studied with several renowned percussionists, including: Bob Grauso (who was the inventor of Fibes Drums & the exclusive drummer for Connie Francis for 48 years), the wonderful Alan Dawson (who performed with scores of the greatest jazz artists, including Bill Evans, Dave. Martin Organisation, makers of Martin Guitars. Fibes Drum Company was a US musical instrument manufacturing company that produced drum kits.Founded in 1966, it was acquired by guitar manufacturing company C.F. They came up with the name by combining the core sound of a drum-vibes, short for vibrations, and fiberglass, the material used in the original drum shells.Įventually, Bob and John decided to sell the company to the C.F. Fibes Drum Company was founded in 1966 in Austin, Texas, USA by drummer Rob Grauso, and John Morena, a specialist in composite materials, and also a drummer.
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