The Score Magazine Sept 2018 | Page 34

SASHWATH KARKARE S NA R E-ING I S C A R ING Buying your own drum kit is a challenging but welcome task for any drummer. But it is always inhibited by the question “What should I buy?” One cannot discredit the fact that buying an instrument, any instrument, is first and foremost, an investment. A considerably large one. Hence, by looking at the top three brands in India today, this article helps make this investment an informed choice. Pearl Founded in Tokyo in 1946 by Katsumi Yanagisawa, Pearl has come a long way. Starting out only as a company that manufactured music stands, Pearl now not on