A jobless drummer hit the jackpot after snaring a missing piece of ultra-rare rock history on the internet.
Snared it - Antony Cummings shows the drum once owned by The Who's Keith Moon to drum shop owner Peter Lewis. Picture: ROB SAMBROOK
Antony Cummings, 35, snapped up a drum which once belonged to wild-man-of-rock Keith Moon of The Who.
The snare drum was part of a second-hand kit on internet auction site ebay.
He splashed out almost £400 for the kit but was only interested in the snare.
"I didn't want the rest of the drums so I gave them away," said Antony, of Witham.
A label linked the drum to an old music shop in London's Wardour Street, where The Who's offices were at the height of their fame.
Antony reckons alcoholic Moon may have sold the drum there to finance one of his legendary drinking sessions in the West End.
Other clues also connected it with the legendary drummer, who died in 1978, aged 32.
Finally, Antony contacted drum-makers Gretsch in the US, who confirmed it was one of six special snares made for Moon.
Published Wednesday August 4, 2004
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