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Source: Drum Workshop purchases Latin Percussion, Toca Percussion, Gretsch Drums, Gibraltar Hardware, and KAT Percussion from Fender's KMC subsidiary · Guitar Story

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Drum Workshop purchases Latin Percussion, Toca Percussion, Gretsch Drums, Gibraltar Hardware, and KAT Percussion from Fender's KMC subsidiary

Modern Drummer, 2015-01-07. Graded secondary. Open the original.

Added 2026-10-15 by llm:claude-sonnet-5-5. Reprints the release; says the parties 'have finalized an asset sale agreement' but does not say the sale has closed. Archived 2026-10-15 via Directus URL import (llm:claude-opus-5-5); the capture (97 KB) could not be checked against an independent download because the site timed out. Excerpts not yet verified (download blocked): C542.

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Fact	Years	Records	Passage
Drum Workshop, Inc. (DW) owns Ovation^[1]	2015–2020	Ovation, Drum Workshop, Inc. (DW)	Ovation Guitars and exclusive U.S. distribution rights for Sabian Cymbals are also included in the transaction.

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Drum Workshop purchases Latin Percussion, Toca Percussion, Gretsch Drums, Gibraltar Hardware, and KAT Percussion from Fender's KMC subsidiarygraded secondary
- Ovation Guitars and exclusive U.S. distribution rights for Sabian Cymbals are also included in the transaction.Drum Workshop, Inc. (DW) owns Ovation, 2015–2020

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