Milan 13. Nov 2008. 18:32
Next year is anniversary of the founding of the company Ludwig. Unfortunately, this year, on 22th March died William F Ludwig II, son of founder and founder of company known today. Ludwig & Ludwig built their success from 1908. Their focus is on producing drums for a movie theaters. But, with revolution of tone film, theaters no longer required drums and the company was bought by Conn. In 1937. father and son formed a new company, but due to legal problems used the name WFL until 1955. When Conn left the drum manufacturing they sold business and Ludwig name back to the family. In later years Ludwig built it's success, and probably one of the important events for Ludwig was performance of the famous Beatles 1964. in the Ed Sullivan show with Ludwig drums.
To honor the anniversary, Ludwig unveiled Centennial Series Maple Drums. Frames are made of six and eight layer north american maple with several finishing options. In addition to buying the finished set, you can completely configure your own set. More details about this series na on Ludwig site.