Hi Jesper,
I'll go along with what Patrice says about company history, and add
that the first Clap Trap was made with both the Simmons and Musicaid
logo (I've a Simmons-logo'd one). There were quite a few modules
made for the SDS-V with the Musicaid logo (I also _think_ one of my
SDS-V chassis has Musicaid on it too).
Then Simmons Electronics became Simmons Digital Music, then
Soundunit, and then as we all know, nothing :-(
I was in St Albans a while ago and went to the old Alban Park
factory - still recognisable from the photos in the Complete Simmons
Drum Book but doesn't look half as interesting...
Merry Christmas all !
Phil.
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Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "Patrice JACQUOT"
<Jacquot.Patrice@w...> wrote:
> Hi Jesper,
> Musicaid company collapsed in nov 1981...
> they moved & opened a new company at Abbey Mills in St Albans
about april of 1982 ...
> I think it was already Simmons limited...they did produced 10
SDSV a months & had quickly a demand of 400 in the same amount of
time.
> In the end of 83 they moved to a bigger place in StAlbans
park...25000 square feet factory with offices , canteen toilets
production lines & workbenches ...
> They then built SDS7 & SDS8 ...
>
> hope this helps,
> bye & Merry Christmas !
> Patrice.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jesper@e...
> To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 2:25 PM
> Subject: [Simmons Drums] Music Aid -> Simmons
>
>
> Hi List!
>
> When did the Simmons gear stop wearing the logo for music aid
and start
> wearing the simmons logo?
> AFAIK the following gear was made with Music Aid logotype:
>
> SDS-III
> SDS-IV
> Clap Trap (the analogue and first version)
>
> I have also seen the Music Aid logo on a few SDS-V modules I
once owned but
> there cannot be many of those around I guess... My SDS-2 only
has the
> Simmons name but since it outdates the company, being a one off
by Dave,
> it's not the logo we're used to see...
>
> electronically yours, jesper
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