The Beatles’ Ringo Starr, seeking his first American drum set, purchased this Ludwig kit from London’s Drum City music store in 1963. The shop’s owner, Ivor Arbiter, designed the Beatles’ “drop-T” logo on the bass drum head so Ringo could also retain the Ludwig logo, demonstrating proof of its American provenance. He used this kit for European performances from 1963 to 1964. The cymbals and bass drum head are period-correct replacements.

This artifact belongs to The Jim Irsay Collection.

All of the drum pieces were 3D scanned using a Creaform Go! SCAN Spark, and a MetraSCAN Black Elite. Once the scan was complete everything was processed using our own custom in house tools and published on Sketchfab.