Tempus Drums
May 22
By way of clarification, some Q&A.
Q. What's happening with Tempus Drums these days?
A. It's still in transition; I still own the company but the shells/drums are now all being manufactured under the supervision of my old friend Bill Hibbs ( of Monolith Drums ) out in Toronto.
Q. You still have drums in Vancouver, right?
A. I have around 100 snare drum shells and other oddities here, yes; these I assemble and ship as and when they're ordered.
Q. How do I find out what you've got in stock?
A. I'm reconstructing a list of those items and should be able to post it soon; the old list disappeared when Facebook forced a page mutation on me a few weeks ago.
Q. How do I order newly built drums?
A. Simple; you can contact either Bill (
[email protected] ) or me (
[email protected] ) for all brand new custom orders.
Q. How long is the wait for a new drum/drum set?
A. Roughly the same as it always was; 12-16 weeks from receipt of deposit to the finished drums going into boxes.
Q. So it takes 12-16 weeks to build a Tempus drum?
A. Nope, it actually takes only a few days; it simply takes 10-14 weeks for any given order to reach the top of the production schedule.
Q. Can I still get T-shirts and bass drum heads with the Tempus/Milestone logo on them?
A. Yes, although available stock varies depending on demand/usage.
Basically, folks, this is a work in progress and something of an uphill battle; as you might well imagine it's not a simple task, after 18 months in hibernation, to re-start an operation like this. But we have good people involved, the new workshop is gradually getting up to speed, parts inventories are being replenished, orders are coming in ( which means that lost momentum is slowly being regained ) and are also starting to go out.
All in all an encouraging state of affairs.
PFM