Kelly Smith'sRogers Astoria for sale on eBay

[jmettam]

Kelly Smith, who wrote an excellent page with pictures for this site all about the Rogers Astoria:

http://www.cocktaildrum.com/models/astoria/astoria.html

has passed away. The drums from his estate are being sold through Rob Cook author of "The Rogers Book" and proprietor of Rebeats. The set almost got sold of as individual parts but I was luck enough to spot it and inform him about the kit and Kelly's contribution to the site.

So, the kit is back together and up for auction! A wonderful piece of Cocktail Drum history and a cool kit.

Check it out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rogers-Black-Onyx-A ... dZViewItem

[ricky]

Pretty neat piece of history on this one,thanks for the post John.I think I speak for alot of us ,we probably look at ebay every other day to see what kinda jems you can come across...this ones really cool.

[jmettam]

Yeah,

I'm proud to have the contribution from Kelly on this site. If anyone here buys the kit please let us know and maybe we can do a follow up addition to Kelly's page.

John

[Dancynstyx]

Hello Everyone......
Was browsing the web, looking for information on Kelly Smith and came upon this site.
I just wanted to say that my boyfriend just purchased a Rogers Red Onyx Kit (12,13,16,20) owend by the late Kelly Smith. This now makes 7 Vintage Rogers sets for him !!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26fvi%3D1

[jmettam]

Hi,

Kelly was a really great guy. Nice to know that his gear is getting out to collectors that really appreciate it!

John