ABAKUA wrote:Some has fitted a mule skin to the Quinto in my set, it is one of the best sounding drums I have ever played. I love these old school Meinls.
Me too!ABAKUA wrote:I love these old school Meinls.
consciousnist wrote:this is our set of traditional Meinl Woodkrafts, well beaten up, makes playing and moving around somewhat painless.
they sound as one would expect from plus 30 year old oak drums, the Quinto does need a new head though.
they are only 71cm / 28" tall, whereas the walnut colored quinto is another 1.5cm smaller at 69.5cm / 27,3"
I am in love with them.
consciousnist wrote:I would like to find out how old the pictured brown Woodkraft quinto is.
It doesn't seem to belong to the first generation Meinl Woodkrafts as it is not as tall as the red ones,
as in 69,5cm versus 72cm, it does not carry any handles nor remains, and it isn't made from Oak either,
as it appears way too light on second thought. Color ain't natural oak but maybe walnut ?
took some pictures this afternoon to share my excitement about this drum and hope that someone will
help me to identify its age and the wood it is made from.
consciousnist wrote: there are no holes to be seen where that other
real Meinl sign could have been - interesting IMO.
consciousnist wrote:our sets only appear to be similar at first glance, my bordeaux red drums do not got those
rubber cushions beneath the sideplates, that dates them to the early 80's is what I learned from this thread.
p.a.dogs1 wrote: At least we agreed about some significant details in order to determine the age of the congas. The younger series have their sideplates fixed with counter-sunk screws, the older series with head screws (and the youngest models have an additional rubber piece between sideplate and corpus).
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