Instruments
Welcome to my page showing my ever-expanding list of percussion instruments! Note that I've probably already added a few things since the last update which are not listed yet.
I'm very proud of my collection so far, I do all I can to keep it in the best of nick and hope to keep adding to it over time.
Tuned Percussion
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5 Octave Marimba
Adams Alpha Series
Rosewood bars.
Range: C2 - C7- The Steinway D of marimbas
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4.3 Octave Marimba
Adams Soloist Series
Padouk bars.
Range: A2 - C7- Easily transportable, perfect for pit, workshops, etc
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Vibraphones
- Adams Alpha Series: F3-F6
- Adams Soloist: E3-F6
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3.5 Octave Xylophone
Adams Soloist Series
Range: F4 - C8- Mid-range xylophone
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Glockenspiels
- Fall Creek K100: Range F5 - D8
- Studio 49 RGS/K/P 300:
Range G5 - E8 (with pedal)
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Crotales
Zildjian
Range: C6 - C8
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Tubular Bells
- Bergerault: Range: C4 - F5
- Extra A3, B3, F#5 and G5 from Matt Nolan
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Almglocken
Range: F3 - C7
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Bell Plates
Range: C2 to C4. Two octaves. Brass.
New plates coming soon with interesting tuning.
Tiles, glass, other metals and more!
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Tuned gongs
Thai gongs: C4-F#5
Vietnamese gongs (amazing!):
D2 (a little dodgy), Eb2, G2, A2-C4
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Steel Pan
- Panyard steel pan (C4-E6)
- Jumbie Jam (G4-G5), in G major
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Tuned Aluminium Pipes
Range: almost 4 octaves.
- D3-C7 chromatic set,
- a few other pitches (microtonal)
Mounted flat or hanging for max resonance
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Tuned Wooden Slats
Range: 3 to 4 possible octaves
Around B3 to E7 -
Tuned Tiles
Range: 2.5 octaves (ish)
Around A4 to F7 -
Hand bells
- Kolberg set, with clappers: C6 - C7
- Small set: F5 - F7
- Desk bells: Chromatic, 2 octaves
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Ritual Bowls
- Various from G4 to G5
- Around 10 other singing bowls: various pitches
- Crystal bowls (G4, A4, A#4 and B4 - ish)


Drums
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Pedal Timpani
Adams Universal Series
32', 29', 26' and 23' drums.
Copper hammered
Range: C2 - Bb3
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Concert Bass Drum
Adams
- 32' diameter, 22' depth
- 28' diameter, 22' depth
Deeper drums for bigger sound
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Drum kits
- Pearl reference: 22 kick, 16, 14, 12, 10 and 8 toms
- Yamaha stage custom: 20 kick, 14, 12 and 10 toms
- Pearl export: 20 kick, 14, 12 and 10 toms
- Drumcraft: 18 kick, 14 and 12 toms
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Snare Drums
- 14 X 6.5' Brady
- 14 X 5' Ludwig Acrolite
- 14' Yamaha stage custom
- 14' Pearl Export
- 10' Pearl mini snare
- 14' Yamaha parade drum (field drum-ish)

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Congas
with stands
- LP Galaxy Giovanni series
Quinto, Conga and Tumba - Shalloch congas (set of 2)
- LP Galaxy Giovanni series
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Bongos
with stands
- LP Generation II
- LP Matador Series
- Tycoon

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Darabukas
with stands
- Meinl HE-3012
- one more drum
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Rototoms
about 12, with stands
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Djembe
with stand
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Tombak
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Four Octobans
with stands
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Talking Drum
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Rope Tensioned Drums
- Large 20' drum
- 3 drums. 13' diameter, varying depth
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Other drums
- Bodhran
- Various frame drums
- Daf
Cymbals and Gongs
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Tam Tams
- 32' and 28' Paiste Symphonic Gongs
- 40', 24', 20', 18' and 14' Chau gongs
- 26' and 16' Wind gongs

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Crash / Ride / Suspended Cymbals
- 18' Zildjian K Custom Hybrid
- 22' Zildjian Constantinople
- 20' Zultan suspended
- 16' Sabian AAX
- 15' Sabian suspended cymbal
- 18' Meinl crash


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Hi Hats
- 14' Sabian Legacy hats
- 14' Bosphorus hats
- 8' Meinl micro hats


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Piatti
- Zildjian 18's
- Zildian 20's
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Other Cymbals
- 10' and 6' Stagg splash cymbals
- 19' Zultan china
- 12', 14' and 16' Wuhan Chinas
- 16' Zultan Trash
- 8' Ice Bell cymbal (Zultan)

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Finger Cymbals
Meinl, Thomann
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Opera Gongs
Large selection of both ascending
and descending opera gongs.
Range: E4 - E5 (approx)
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Small Flat Gongs
Selection of pitched, flat gongs.
Auxillary Percussion
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Bell Tree
- LP
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Blocks
- Grover woodblocks
- Jam blocks (plastic)
- "Moquibo" blocks (high-pitched)
- Granite blocks (templeblocks)
- Several home-made blocks
These are more like log drums



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Cabassa
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Castanets
- Black Swamp castanets - Machine castanets
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Claves
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Cowbells
Meinl, Pearl and more. - several different types of cowbells

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Flexatones
- Various sizes
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Frame drums
- Various sizes
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Guiros
- LP Guiro
- LP Traditional Guiro
- Kolberg extra long
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Indian Bells
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Junk Percussion (metal and wood)
- Three brake drums (with stands)
- Beer kegs
- Spring coils
- Spiral cymbal
- Broken cymbals
- Wooden boxes
- Thick plank
- Metal pipes
- Various other metalic and wooden sounds

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Lion's Roar
- Using low toms and kick drums
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Log Drums
- 2 drums, 4 pitches total
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Ocean Drums
- Various sizes
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Shakers
- Egg shakers
- Maracas (various types)
- Afroton Shekeres
- Various home-made shakers





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Sleighbells
- LP sleighbells
- Other sleighbells
- Some tuned sleighbells
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Rainsticks
- Two large, two small
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Ratchet
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Tambourines
- Grover and Black Swamp orchestral tambourines
- Various rock (headless) tambourines

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Spring drums
- Several of different sizes
- Lion's roar style (large)
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Thunder Sheets
- 100x150 and 100x50 cm aluminium sheets
- 100x170 and 100x30 cm brass sheets
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Triangles
- Alan Abel Symphonic triangle
- Two Grover triangles
- Various others
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Vibraslaps
- a few
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Whip
- Playwood
- home made ones
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Windchimes, etc
- Treeworks "Infinitree" super-long chimes
- Two Treeworks Windchimes with dampeners
- Bamboo chimes
- Nut clusters and other bits and bobs
- Glass chimes


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Wind Machine
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Slide Whistles
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Waterphone
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Various Jungle Sounds
- Waldteufels
- Wind Wands
- rainsticks, chimes, etc
Hardware and Accessories
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Trap Tables
- 4 large Stagg trap tables
- 6 K&M trap tables
- 4 to 6 Giant trap tables (keyboard stand, wooden board and foam
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Stands
- Stands for mounting all instruments in the lists above
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Acoustic foam
- The most useful stuff in the world!!!!!!!