More head ratios to report:

Drum Center of Indianapolis: A healthy supply of heads on display, about 40% Remo, 35% Evans, 30% Aquarian.

Musician's Pro shop (or something like that) in Iowa City: maybe 40 heads on display, 55% Remo, 45% Evans.

And although I normally don't, I was forced to go to a Guitar Center in Chicago to pick something up. VERY surprised to see only a couple of Remo pre-packs on display, while Evans and Aquarian enjoyed a 50/50 split among the 200 or so heads on the floor! They even had some Attack heads. While I'm sure there were Remo heads in stock, there were precious few to be found where customers could see or access them.

On a side note re Chicago, there are apparently only 2 shops in town. Frank's is gone, there's a sort of high-end/vintage shop with a Michigan Ave address, and Andy's supposedly converted from a music store to a drum shop, but was closed Monday when I needed them.

Absolutely! I'm not sure if I'd been there before, are they in Buckhead?

More head percentages, Appleton, WI (Green Bay metro)...

Heid Music: About 250 heads, 70% Remo, 15% Evans and 15% Aquarian.

Island Music: maybe 100 heads... 90% Evans, 10% Remo (no Aquarian.)

Henri's Music: About 300 heads, an almost even split, slightly less Aquarians: 35% Remo, 35% Evans, 30% Aquarian.


I realize that my 'reports' are coming in fairly infrequently, considering that I'm in 5 different cities each week. I'm visiting every music store & drum shop that I can, and not being selective or omitting results that may not support Evans' numbers. The fact is, I just don't have the kind of access to transportation that would allow me to explore further. In some places, I'm not around long enough to get out and look around. But whenever I have friends who offer to run me around, or there's a store within walking distance, I'll go there and make notes.

In about 3 weeks when I haved a chance to breathe, I'll sort out the results and, if it's not obvious already, put to rest the notion that Evans' market share is small, dwindling, or that it poses no threat to Remo.

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More head percentages, Tallahassee FL -

Music Xchange: About 150 heads, 60% Remo, 40% Evans.

Music Market (I think that's the name...) - about 300 heads: 75% Remo, 20% Evans, 5% other. There were a few interesting finds (they had recently absorbed another store that was in business for 40 years)... they had some genuine Premier, 70s Ludwig, and even about a dozen Duraline Kevlar heads, still sealed! (Note that the Duralines hadn't been in production since about 1987.) No Aquarian however.