Wow! Those sure are a "Time Capsule".....drumset....

Thanks blarindrums. On here now trying to get more info. Can't decide if I should gather all period correct hardware to go with them, or, get some RIMS style mounts, and use the hardware with my DW's along with this kit. That would certainly be much less money than going full on period correct.

9/72 denotes when this series of Rogers drums were begun. These same tags were used for several years after 1972. Whenever they were made, those are some very nice American-made Rogers drums. By the way, the cleveland manufacturing years were long before 1972 with some years of drum making in Dayton, Ohio before the move to California. here's a good guide from another forum member.

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Re: Rogers 9/72?

Roger's Fullerton 9/72 series was in production 1972 through 1975, and was the last of the Swivo era Rogers (The Big R's started in 1976). Drum historian Rob Cook dates the 9/72 series by their serial numbers as follows:

1972 - Serial number underlined with no prefix letter

1973 - Prefix letter "A" followed by serial number

1974 - Prefix letter "B" followed by serial number

[COLOR="Red"]1975 - Serial number not underlined with no prefix letter[/COLOR]

Rogers tags are not an exact science and don't definitively date your particular drum, but this is a good guideline. I ordered an 8-piece double bass set in July, 1975, and when they finally arrived in September, they all had the 1974 "B" serial numbers (either leftover tags from 1974 or I just received older stock).

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Thanks for the info. So based on this, these could possibly from 75 and not 72? That would kinda suck if so...but still they are what I had and that's really what matters to me. Love the sound.

Would these then be 5 ply?

Sweet!! That us a great find. Congratulations.

Personnaly, I put RIMS on all my kits so that I only have to worry about one type of hardware with all of my shell packs. The only exception would be my Yamaha Kits with YESS mounts. To me, period correct hardware is most useful for photos. But that is just me.

Totally get your point. Looking at Ebay now for some RIMS mounts etc.

Beautiful kit in pristine condition and happy you were able to replace the kit you lost in the fire with an exact same kit.Enjoy them-there a gorgeous set that sounds killer!

Wayne

That SuperTen is definitely not from 1975. There were over 7000 SuperTen badges mounted and put into the market on snare drums from Sept. 1972- to between Sept. 1975 and December 1975. If Snare drum and set are factory born, then your set will date earlier than 1975. Could be the original owner already had the SuperTen, and purchased the set later. And they are three ply. In the OP you said "down to the month and year," if your original drums had a 9/72 tag, it did not say Cleveland.

I love how you guys know all this! I was told by the man I bought them from, that he bought them without the SuperTen. That he looked for about 2 years before finding one int he local trading paper we used to have in the area called "The Trading Post." But, I don't believe ever claimed to have gotten these from the original owner.

What would have typically came with such a set? Would the SuperTen been "typical" of what would be put with them?

Is that 3 ply Maple? Or a combination of woods?

Thanks!