In 1946,
Katsumi Yanagisawa started manufacturing music stands in Sumida,
Tokyo, Japan. Due to the increase of music education in schools
and the popularity of jazz music, Yanagisawa was soon selling
lotd of music stands, and realizing that the domestic production
of musical instruments was very non-existent, he expanded his
production to include drum products. In 1950, the Pearl name
is born.
Joined
by Katsumi's eldest son, Mitsuo, the business expanded greatly
over the years and got very involved in exporting. As rock
and roll came into popularity, Pearl became a bigger and
bigger name, with many famous drummers using Pearl Drums, including
Ed Shaughnessy of the Tonight Show Band and Peter Criss of
Kiss.
Pearl
is also a leader in marching band drum equipment, along with many
different percussion instruments and accessories. You'll find
a full range of Pearl products at Music123
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