Cooper’s Vintage Drums
About Us
Cooper’s Vintage Drums has been supplying quality instruments
to collectors and players since 1998. Owner Mark Cooper has been a
professional drummer and singer for over thirty years....
“I was first bitten by the vintage drum “bug” in 1980. During a
visit to a New York recording studio, Roger Earl (Foghat drummer)
invited me to play one of his 1930’s Slingerland Radio King snare
drums. I had never seen or heard anything like it before. I was
intrigued with the strange “cloud” shaped badge, the old fashioned
engraving on the hoop, and the overall art deco look of the drum.
When I heard the unique sound that the drum produced, I was hooked!”
-Mark Cooper
Thus became a lifetime obsession with vintage drums. After collecting
and playing these wonderful old instruments, Mark Cooper decided to
set up a website which offered vintage drums to drummers and collectors
all over the planet. Cooper’s Vintage Drums is proud to be a part of the
world wide vintage drum community serving drummers’ needs, not only
in the U.S. but in many European countries. Even as far away as New
Zealand, Australia and Japan.
At Cooper’s Vintage Drums, we lovingly repair and restore old and
sometimes neglected or abused drums, in hopes of placing them into
the hands of modern day drummers who can appreciate their unique look
and sound.
www.coopersvintagedrums.com