All in the Family Slingerland’s
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On 01st Nov 2025
This month’s Kit of the Month comes to us from Bryan Beyer. We’ll let Bryan tell us about this kit’s unique history in his drumming family. “This is an early 60s Slingerland “Windsor” outfit that was originally purchased by Pierson High School in Sag Harbor, New York. I believe it is a 1962 kit. The Windsor setups did not include a floor tom, so the original set was a 9×13, 14×22, and 5×14 snare. My father and my uncle both went to the same school as me, and they both learned how to play drums on THIS kit. Dad would sometimes mention the Slingerland kit that the school had, and as I got older and moved into the high school band, I noticed some drum cases at the top of the racks in the band room and asked what was in them. I was surprised to find out that it was the […]