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Rogers Drums is an American multinational drum manufacturer. It was founded in 1849 and originally based in Covington, Ohio.During the twentieth century, their drums enjoyed popularity with musicians spanning from the Dixieland jazz era in the 1920s to classic rock in the 1960s and 1970s, but was particularly associated with big band and swing drummers of the 1940s and 1950s.
Richard I. Berger (born 1952) is the president. Before becoming president, he had overseen the Trophy Grover Company and Grossman Musical Products, which in 1983, was one of the largest distributors of musical instruments in the U.S. Grossman Musical Products was founded in 1922 by his great uncle, Henry Saul Grossman (1898–1995) [5] who, from 1953 to 1966, owned Rogers Drums.
This is a list of some drum makers, individuals and companies known for making drums and accessories, such as drum sticks.It includes defunct companies, and companies who additionally make instruments other than drums, and manufacturers of cymbals, which are a common component of drum sets.
Slingerland is a United States manufacturer of drums.The company was founded in 1912 and enjoyed several decades of prominence in the industry before the 1980s. After ceasing operation in the early 1980s, Slingerland was acquired by Gibson, who briefly revived it and owned it until November 2019, before selling Slingerland to DW Drums, who announced the intention of re-launching the brand.
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]
Rogers Video — video rental business (although some stores converted into Rogers Plus outlets) [5] Shomi — video streaming service co-owned with Shaw Communications, shut down in 2016. Yoopa — children's programming
B.J. Brown, who owns Gatormade Trailers and other businesses in the county, has bought several photos from Rogers to hang. Brown owns the former bus depot in downtown Somerset, and acquired photos ...
Later in 1978 Rogers (actually Swisstone because Rogers now wasn't a company but a trading name) under Michael O'Brien and Brian Pook buy Chartwell from the official receiver. In 1993 the brand was sold off to its new Chinese owners Wo Kee Hong Holdings, who had since developed the Rogers brand to include surround sound speakers, car audio ...