British drum brand Hayman are about to return to the stage in November, complete with the original and unique Vibrasonic internal coating and the original round turret Hayman lugs.
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Besides a short press release no details are available yet, and their web site haymandrums.com isn\'t adding much info.
About Hayman Drums Hayman Drums are the brain child of Ivo Arbiter, the first to import Ludwig and Gretsch drums in the UK during the \'beat boom\' in the 1960\'s.
Hayman Drums started in 1968 when the drum entrepreneur bought British drum brand Carlton Drums. At that time Carton was suffering from a perception of being not loud enough and sounding not as good as Ludwig or Gretsch kits. Ivor Arbiter wanted to manufacture British drums that sounded as good - and loud - as the American kits of the time.
His first experiment was with shell linings. Soon Ivor realised that all he needed was a hard lining to coat the inside of the shell. One of the Carlton employees, a shell maker called George Haymon developed the Vibrasonic lining – five coats of polyurethane and came about to improve the resonance and projection of the drums.
At the time, George Haymon had been with Carlton since the early days and Ivor thought he had a great name, and built up a great mystique about Mr Haymon.
The company started with the name George Hayman on the badge, then shortened it to just Hayman in later years.
Hayman was out of business by 1975.
They did have a few endorsers, one of them being Mitch Mitchell from The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
British drum brand Hayman are about to return to the stage in November, complete with the original and unique Vibrasonic internal coating and the original round turret Hayman lugs.
