 Hey guys welcome to another episode of percussion in the news today We are talking about some really cool zilgen ads. So to jump into this first one. This one's really neat This is from the Modesto B, which is in Modesto, California from August 30th, 1929 It says holds symbol secret Constantinople there are symbols and symbols but all of those Noisemakers owe their origin to a family in Samatia a suburb of this city Which has guarded its secret for several hundred years the name of the family zilgen means symbol makers The secret method of making instruments is now held by the head of the clan a woman more than 80 years old So I have to remember back to the podcast episode with Paul Francis about zilgen But I'm pretty sure that this is Aunt Victoria where there was a period where she was the only one who had it I believe she actually was the reason why then more than one person had the family secret and Mikhail the cousin Mikhail got the secret and I think that trickled down to what later became Sabian but I believe she then passed it on to Arum zilgen and So on and so on and so on but at one point. She was the only one who had the family secret So it's kind of cool to see that History actually written up in a newspaper in the Modesto B. Let me read my sheet here This is from the Boston Globe in 1938. This one's interesting Let me read it and then we'll talk a little bit more of how this is connected to Some drum history that we've heard about before So it says investigate theft from Quincy cruiser Quincy November 21st Special officer Thomas Fallon of the Quincy police is investigating the theft of marine equipment stolen from the luxurious cabin cruiser of Armin zilgen famous symbol designer from a local yacht yard over the weekend the equipment included expensive binoculars a Crenometer and a bronze propeller the boat had been stored at the yacht yard for the winter Okay, so this is obviously cool because it includes Armin zilgen in here But I think what makes this stick out a little bit is because I've heard before that his boat Which I believe was called the Mahal was where he would take drummers like Gene Krupa Buddy rich Joe Jones, he would hang out with these guys and his boat was sort of like they're like Place to go they're like get away where they could go and do whatever they want have some drinks smoke some cigars I'm sure at that time so hopefully special officer Thomas Fallon got to the bottom of it And Armin got his binoculars back and stuff like that. So next we've got an ad from 1929 This is from the Indianapolis Star January 13th 1929 it says symbols now made in American factory Quincy mass January 12th INS a local factory has begun the manufacture of zilgen symbols the first time that these musical accessories have been made in America I looked up what INS means and I think that's immigration and naturalization services Because they're immigrating to the country and I guess that had to be included. I'm not really sure But I think that's what that means. That's it for today. I hope you enjoyed it I want to thank my friend Jerry Rhyman who has put together this awesome book for me Which I'm working through called percussion in the news And there's lots more to come. I got a new camera. So this probably looks a little different I'll probably still tweak the settings and kind of where I'm looking and all that stuff But anyway, I hope you like this one be sure to comment below if you like this and maybe some ideas of brands You want to hear about next and I'll see if I have them Subscribe give me a thumbs up and we'll see you on the next one. Thank you You