Drum Colors : the Rebeats color swatch book, compiled by Rob Cook

Finishes used by the American drum companies 1925 to 1995

The 2nd edition 2009 limited edition, 100 copies, c1996

"Originally used as a decorative finish for toilet seats and hair brushes, Pyralin, or 'pearl' was first applied to drums by the Leddy Drum Company in the early 1920s....Vintage drum enthusiasts have in this book a reference guide to what finishes were used by the major American drum companies from 1925 to 1995. Also included: finsihes available to the do-it-yourselfer from Precision Drum Company."

Leedy, Slingerland, Ludwig, Rogers, Gretsch, Camco, Drum Workshop, Precision Drum Company