I wish I could answer that but I never met the man and my friend who studied with him passed away last month.

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> On Feb 23, 2014, at 1:38 AM, Paul Stamler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> On 2/22/2014 11:55 PM, Michael Fox wrote:
>> I think that the other legendary bass drum LPs that were alluded to
>> below were probably the Wilson Audio recordings of the National
>> Symphonic Winds conducted by Lowell Graham, "Winds of War and Peace"
>> and "Center Stage." They are easily the equal of the Telarcs in sheer
>> impact. But mastered by Doug Sax, not Stan Ricker.
>
>
> Tegarding the Telarcs (and Mercurys): I've heard that Frederick Fennell always brought a custom bass drum beater to sessions. Any truth to that?
>
> Peace,
> Paul