Jack Lawton joined us this morning and he is a tremendous addition
to our slowly growing network of folks interested in rope drums.

But Jack brings a lot more to the table. He's an expert drum
mechanic (I have an 1863 ca. John C. Haynes (Boston), on which Jack
did some conservation work), as well as a drummer.

Jack owns Lawton Drum Company of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, doing
quality full time vintage drum restoration for museums, collectors,
dealers, other drum companies and players from around the world.
See http://www.lawtondrum.com/.

It is a great pleasure to welcome Jack to our group.

Please also take a moment to add photos (the smaller the KB size,
the better) to our photo album. We are now showing photos of more
than 60 drums.

Best regards to all.

Ellis Mirsky
RopeDrums Groupo Moderator