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Pearl was founded by Katsumi Yanagisawa, who began manufacturing music stands in Sumida, Tokyo on April 2, 1946. In 1950 Yanagisawa shifted his focus to the manufacturing of drums and named his company "Pearl Industry, Ltd." By 1953, the company's name had been changed to "Pearl Musical Instrument Company," and manufacturing had expanded to include drum kits, marching drums, timpani, Latin percussion instruments, cymbals, stands, and accessories. Yanagisawa's eldest son, Mitsuo, joined Pearl in 1957 and formed a division to export Pearl products worldwide. To meet increasing worldwide demand for drum kits following the advent of rock and roll music, in 1961 Pearl built a 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m2) factory in Chiba, Japan to produce inexpensive drum kits that bore the brand names of more than thirty distributors such as Maxwin, CB-700, Stewart, Werco, Ideal, Crest, Revelle, Revere, Lyra, Majestic, Whitehall, Apollo, Toreador, Roxy, and Coronet. In 1966 Pearl introduced its first professional drum kit, the "President Series". Today, Pearl's Taiwanese operation encompasses five factories whose output supplies nearly the entire worldwide market for Pearl products. The original Chiba factory now caters to the domestic Japanese market, producing drum kits, marching drums, timpani, and symphonic chimes. Adams Musical Instruments are sold in the U.S. through Pearl dealers, Hughes and Kettner guitar and bass amplifiers are distributed through Pearl's main warehouse in Nashville, Tennessee and Sabian cymbals are distributed in Japan through Pearl dealers. Pearl created several drum products, such as shells in the 70s that were made of a composite called "wood fibreglass." Additionally, Pearl combined roto-toms and these wood-fiber shells to create the Vari-Pitch line of drums. Other early innovations included shells that were slightly undersized, so that the drum head would extend over the edges, much like a gong drum. Pearl manufactured seamless, extruded acrylic shells that were different to the tabbed-and-seamed Vistalite shells used by Ludwig. Pearl also developed the hinged tube tom-arm: a design widely copied by many other drum manufacturers.

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Pearl Reference RF924XS Midnight Fade Drum Set

Pearl Reference RF924XS Midnight Fade Drum Set

List Price: $4,299.00
Our Price: $2,895.00
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Pearl Reference RF924XS Midnight Fade Drum Set

The mission behind Pearl Reference Series drums is to produce a complete set of individually engineered, incredible sounding drums. Each shell in the Reference Standard 4 piece drum shell pack is composed of a blend of woods totaling an incredible 20 plies. This extra thick drum shell ensures that no energy is lost through shell vibration and all energy is focused on moving sound waves.

Pearl EPLX205P-B31 E-Pro Live with Brass Cymbals-Black

Pearl EPLX205P-B31 E-Pro Live with Brass Cymbals-Black

E-Pro Live is a revolutionary electronic drumset that looks, feels and sounds like real drums. Never before has today's drummer been offered the limitless sonic capability and realistic feel of electronic drums on a drumset built with real drum shells, real brass cymbals, and real drumset hardware, all from the percussion industry's leader, Pearl.

Pearl EPLX205P-B E-Pro Live with Brass Cymbals

Pearl EPLX205P-B E-Pro Live with Brass Cymbals

Pearl EPLX205P-B E-Pro Live with Brass Cymbals-Quilted Maple Fade

Pearl EPLX205P-B E-Pro Live with Brass Cymbals-Quilted Maple Fade

Pearl EPLX205P/C E-Pro Live with Black plastic Cymbals

List Price: $3,799.00
Our Price: $2,599.00
Sale Price: $1,899.99
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Pearl EPLX205P/C E-Pro Live with Black plastic

E-Pro Live is a revolutionary electronic drumset that looks, feels and sounds like real drums. Never before has today's drummer been offered the limitless sonic capability and realistic feel of electronic drums on a drumset built with real drum shells, realistic cymbals, and real drumset hardware, all from the percussion industry's leader, Pearl.