Hi, Paul, I have enjoyed playing Premier Pedal Timps for a long number of years but feel that Premier are doing themselves a disservice in the quality of their parallel bar type tuning gauge. Whilst the the idea in theory of the system is fine in practice I feel there is room for improvement. Due to wear and tear and transit of the drums the groove in which the bars lay becomes worn and loose leading to problems of malfunction of the tuning gauge indicator. In my opinion ( for what it's worth) I would like to see Premier looking into improving the alloy type material of the main tuning gauge body and clamps ( which are also easily damaged) to something more robust.What a shame to spoil a super instrument with an inferior sub- standard tuning gauge. Look forward to hearing your comments. Peter Clarke. Look forward to hearing
Thanks so much for this review. Saved me a ton of money by not purchasing a used 25" Premier timpani that I can now quite clearly see was missing the gauges.
Brilliant - this is exactly why I put up videos. FYI I do have replacement gauges for Premier timps in both designs (and obviously loads of indicies), but they are expensive. Furthermore, like all designs of timpani gauges they just about do the job but really they are not great. There are also aftermarket gauges that can be fit to most drums but to be quite honest I am even less impressed with these. All the more reason for me to develop my own... Paul
Hi Peter, I agree. As is often the case, development results in an inferior product. The old "shield" gauges are a lot more robust and personally I prefer their aestheics. However they also had problems in their design. For me simplicity is the best route to reliability and performance. So when designing a new gauge for their drums, I would not have gone from a solution requiring 9 components to be manufactured to a design of 15 components. Mistakes and oversights are always made, but I can't help but feel that this mistake wouldn't have happened in yesteryear and that if it had, by now it would have been corrected. Paul
Hi Mr IwshIcldstrtover,
I use copper grease in the clutch mechanism because the whole point of the clutch is that it does stick!
+Paul Jefferies Okay, thanks so much for your response. I deeply appreciate it.
Hi, Paul, I have enjoyed playing Premier Pedal Timps for a long number of years but feel that Premier are doing themselves a disservice in the quality of their parallel bar type tuning gauge. Whilst the the idea in theory of the system is fine in practice I feel there is room for improvement. Due to wear and tear and transit of the drums the groove in which the bars lay becomes worn and loose leading to problems of malfunction of the tuning gauge indicator. In my opinion ( for what it's worth) I would like to see Premier looking into improving the alloy type material of the main tuning gauge body and clamps ( which are also easily damaged) to something more robust.What a shame to spoil a super instrument with an inferior sub- standard tuning gauge. Look forward to hearing your comments.
Peter Clarke.
Look forward to hearing
muy interesante!! en Chaco Argentina tenemos 2 ejemplares Premier de los años 70 Saludos
Thanks so much for this review. Saved me a ton of money by not purchasing a used 25" Premier timpani that I can now quite clearly see was missing the gauges.
Brilliant - this is exactly why I put up videos.
FYI I do have replacement gauges for Premier timps in both designs (and obviously loads of indicies), but they are expensive. Furthermore, like all designs of timpani gauges they just about do the job but really they are not great. There are also aftermarket gauges that can be fit to most drums but to be quite honest I am even less impressed with these. All the more reason for me to develop my own...
Paul
Mr. Jefferries, what do you use on the shaft that the pedal is connected to to make the pedal slide up and down easily? Silicone s pray?
Hi Peter,
I agree. As is often the case, development results in an inferior product. The old "shield" gauges are a lot more robust and personally I prefer their aestheics. However they also had problems in their design.
For me simplicity is the best route to reliability and performance. So when designing a new gauge for their drums, I would not have gone from a solution requiring 9 components to be manufactured to a design of 15 components.
Mistakes and oversights are always made, but I can't help but feel that this mistake wouldn't have happened in yesteryear and that if it had, by now it would have been corrected.
Paul
Boom boom, boom boom, boom boom, boom boom, dah, daah, daah!Can you record me some 2001 style sounds please?