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Below is a very interesting inside look at America’s oldest drum manufacturer – Noble & Cooley. Earlier this year (2022) Jonathan and Nick Jones who are featured in this video are no longer with Noble & Cooley. Jonathan retired and Nick left at the same time. This caused a flurry of online speculation on the health of the company – John Keane confirmed with Drumming News Network that all is healthy and that the craftsmen that are part of Nobel & Cooley are maintaining the historical quality of their instruments. We may see an expansion to their offerings later in 2023.
Noble & Cooley is an American musical instruments manufacturing company based out of Granville, Massachusetts. Having been established in 1854, it is the oldest drum company in the United States and is one of the oldest in the world. Having manufactured toy drums at the beginning, Noble & Cooley soon entered the professional drum market.
Noble & Cooley has specialized in snare drums, although the company also manufactures whole drum kits. The company is still a family business, with a Cooley’s descendant presiding it.
After suffering some financial setbacks pertaining to globalization of their toy business, the company scaled back its innovation and production efforts and built snare drums and drum sets on demand for the better part of a decade. They partnered with business executive, drummer and longtime Noble & Cooley player John Keane to reinvigorate the brand. A key result of this partnership was the re-introduction of Horizon and Solid Shell Series Kits in 2016.
