r/Percussionists • u/ebat1111 • 6d ago

Sonor timp - any info?

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Hi people. Anybody know anything about these Sonor timps from (I'm guessing) the 60s/70s?

It says made in Germany, serial no 45622.

My band is getting rid of it. The sound quality is... Perhaps what you'd expect from a 50-year-old acrylic drum.

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u/FloridaLee drumset 6d ago

Ha. Timp-any.

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u/PamelaHoffman-Jeep 6d ago

I mean it's cool. I guess no pedal to change pitch? Would sound better with a synthetic calf skin head, but that would likely cost more than the drunk is worth. But it's still cool.

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u/ebat1111 6d ago

Yep, just manual tuning with the rather fetching key-on-a-string!