The Slingerland Book

The Slingerland Family Family background, first involvement in the music business, first manufacturing 1(6) Marion (Slingerland) McLaughlin and the Rock River Farms 7(1) Family tree 8(1) Guitar and banjo production 9(4) The Boston Background Henry Bower and The Bower System 13(3) Dodge, Nokes & Nikolai 16(1) Getting Started First drum production 17(7) Walter Robert Slingerland 24(1) The Tone Flange 25(2) Slingerland In The 1930s Slingerland growth, place among competitors in the 1930s 27(4) Sam Rowland 31(2) Patent Battles 33(2) Gene Krupa 35(8) Slingerland In The 1940s Wartime restrictions 43(1) Slingerland family and personnel in the 1940s 44(1) George Way and Slingerland 45(2) Slingerland In The 1950s Bud Slingerland 47(1) Slingerland acquires Leedy 48(1) Don Osborne, Don Osborne, Jr. 49(2) Slingerland In The 1960s The Niles factory 51(2) Shelbyville, Tennessee, manufacturing 53(4) Slingerland/Ludwig drum head litigation 57(1) Slingerland In The 1970s 1970s Sales and personnel timeline 58(1) The Slingerland family sells the business 59(1) Spencer Aloisio 60(2) Mrching percussion/ Fred Sanford 62(2) Ward Durrett Interview 64(1) 1980-1986; Slingerland At The Edge 1980s sequence of ownership 65(3) The Gretsch/HSS era 1986-1995 68(3) Gibson Acquires Slingerland Pat Foley interview 71(2) Josh Touchton interview 73(2) John Aldridge interview 75(1) Sam Bacco interview 76(3) Slingerland as a Gibson division 1995-2003 79(2) Slingerland Endorsees Alphabetic listing of Slingerland endorsees 1929-2003 81(5) Endorsee photos 86(15) Max Roach 101(2) Ed Shaughnessy 103(2) Roy Burns 105(1) Louis Bellson, Hank Guaglianone, Gregg Potter 106(3) Jake Jerger 109(4) Chad Wackerman, Peter Erskine 113(1) Carmine Appice 114(3) Slingerland Personnel John Clark 117(1) Catalogued executive staff 118(1) The Color Section Drawing board snare drums, 1973 119(2) Uncatalogued engraved models 121(1) Dave Brown collection 122(1) Steve Maxwell collection 123(1) Donn Bennett collection 124(2) Eddie Mosqueda collection 126(1) Mike Curotto collection 127(5) Oil-painted bass drum heads 132(1) Slingerland Dating Guide Catalogs 133(3) Colors 136(10) Badges 146(5) Cymbal stands 151(1) Hihats 152(1) Slingerland and cymbals 153(1) Bass drum pedals 154(2) Snare drum stands 156(1) Snare drum strainers 157(8) Hoops 165(2) Mufflers 167(2) Lugs 169(2) Tom holders 171(3) Shells 174(5) Snare drums 179(16) Outfits 195(24) Mallet instruments 219(6) Latin instruments 225(3) Tympani 228(3) Index 231(4) Appendix 1 Colors 235(2) Appendix 2 Catalogs 237(2) Appendix 3 Sam Rowland notes 239