Editing Walter Light

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'''Walter J. Light''' (1927&ndash;1979) was an American [[timpanist]], [[percussionist]], and [[drum]]maker. At the age of 16, he was appointed to a percussion position in the [[Denver Symphony Orchestra]], joining his father, Walter E. Light, who was the timpanist. He began a 27-year stint as principal timpanist after his father's death in 1952.

Dissatisfied with the instruments available to him post&ndash;[[World War II]], he took up drum building in order to recreate the Dresden-style timpani built in [[Germany]] before the war. Eventually, other timpanists asked Light to build drums for them. In 1950, he formed the [[American Drum Manufacturing Company]], which built custom timpani until the business closed in 2016.<ref> https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/BusinessEntityDetail.do?quitButtonDestination=BusinessEntityResults&nameTyp=ENT&masterFileId=19871388778&entityId2=19871388778&fileId=19871388778&srchTyp=ENTITY </ref>

==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223805/http://www.americandrum-w-light.com/html/body_walter_light.html "Biography: Walter Light"]. American Drum Manufacturing Co. Retrieved February 6, 2005.

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[[Category:American percussionists]]
[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]


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