Drum Workshop was founded in 1972 as a teaching studio by Don Lombardi. Alongside student John Good, Lombardi began a small drum equipment sales operation to cover the studio's operation costs. After the closure of the Camco Drum Company in 1977, its manufacturing equipment was purchased by Drum Workshop.[2]
After selling primarily drum hardware, the company began making its first drum sets in 1990.[3]
^Clandos, Rosemary (July 11, 2000). "Business Is Booming at Oxnard Manufacturer of Quality Drums". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
^"Ovation Brand Sold to Drum Workshop". Acoustic Guitar. January 7, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
^Grizzle, Nicholas (November 26, 2019). "DW Buys Slingerland Drum Company from Gibson". DRUM!. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
^Hood, Phil (December 5, 2019). "DW's Slingerland Revival Will Begin With Radio King Snare Drums". DRUM!. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
^Takeda, Toshihide (September 13, 2022). "We got the beat: Roland buys Drum Workshop in $65m deal". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
^Williams, Stuart (September 12, 2022). "Drum Workshop Inc. joins Roland Corporation as the Japanese giant acquires all outstanding DW shares". MusicRadar. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
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drum, workshop, also, known, drums, american, drum, hardware, manufacturing, company, based, oxnard, california, current, products, include, drum, sets, snare, drums, hardware, typeprivateindustrymusical, instrumentsfounded1972, years, 1972, santa, monica, cal. Drum Workshop Inc also known as DW Drums or DW is an American drum kit and hardware manufacturing company based in Oxnard California Current products by DW include drum sets snare drums and hardware 1 Drum Workshop Inc TypePrivateIndustryMusical instrumentsFounded1972 51 years ago 1972 in Santa Monica CaliforniaHeadquartersOxnard California United StatesKey peopleDon Lombardi FounderChris Lombardi President and CEOJohn Good COOProductsDrum setssnare drumsdrum hardwareBrandsPacific DrumsParentRoland CorporationSubsidiariesSlingerland Drums Ovation Guitars Latin PercussionWebsitedwdrums com Contents 1 History 2 Expansion and acquisition 3 References 4 External linksHistory editDrum Workshop was founded in 1972 as a teaching studio by Don Lombardi Alongside student John Good Lombardi began a small drum equipment sales operation to cover the studio s operation costs After the closure of the Camco Drum Company in 1977 its manufacturing equipment was purchased by Drum Workshop 2 After selling primarily drum hardware the company began making its first drum sets in 1990 3 Expansion and acquisition editDW expanded into larger facilities in Oxnard California and grew to oversee a new company Pacific Drums and Percussion a company offering lower priced drum sets In 2015 Drum Workshop acquired Ovation Guitars Latin Percussion Toca Percussion Gibraltar Hardware and KAT Technologies 4 In November 2019 DW acquired Slingerland Drum Company from Gibson with plans to introduce Slingerland branded vintage style drums to the market in 2020 5 6 In late 2022 it was announced that Roland would acquire DW for 65 million as the company looks to expand into the acoustic drum market 7 8 References edit Pilla Sarah June 21 2021 Oxnard boasts one of the biggest drum manufacturers in the world Spectrum News Retrieved June 22 2021 Nicholls Geoff Nicholls Jeff 2008 The Drum Book A History of the Rock Drum Kit Rowman amp Littlefield p 35 ISBN 978 1 4768 5437 3 OCLC 1084251774 Clandos Rosemary July 11 2000 Business Is Booming at Oxnard Manufacturer of Quality Drums Los Angeles Times Retrieved September 13 2022 Ovation Brand Sold to Drum Workshop Acoustic Guitar January 7 2013 Retrieved September 13 2022 Grizzle Nicholas November 26 2019 DW Buys Slingerland Drum Company from Gibson DRUM Retrieved December 11 2019 Hood Phil December 5 2019 DW s Slingerland Revival Will Begin With Radio King Snare Drums DRUM Retrieved December 11 2019 Takeda Toshihide September 13 2022 We got the beat Roland buys Drum Workshop in 65m deal Nikkei Asia Retrieved September 13 2022 Williams Stuart September 12 2022 Drum Workshop Inc joins Roland Corporation as the Japanese giant acquires all outstanding DW shares MusicRadar Retrieved September 13 2022 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drum Workshop Official website nbsp Don Lombardi interview with the NAMM Oral History Program John Good interview with the NAMM Oral History Program Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Drum Workshop amp oldid 1177476735, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
