Maker
Remo · Models
Remo Belli's Mylar drumhead, introduced in the late 1950s, ended the era of calfskin and made drums that stayed in tune through weather and travel. The company went on to build world percussion with synthetic shells and heads — djembes, frame drums, and the tunable Roto Toms — and remains the largest drumhead maker in the world.
6 models
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Model
Remo Talking Drum
Hand percussion · United States
Squeezing the cords between the two heads raises the pitch mid-stroke, letting the drum follow the tones of speech — which is what gives the family its name across Yoruba, Hausa, and Wolof traditions.
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Remo Ocean Drum
Hand percussion · United States
Tilting the drum rolls hundreds of small steel beads across the head, producing a sound close enough to surf that it is used for exactly that in film and theatre — and, with a clear head, watched as well as heard.
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Remo Mondo Djembe
Hand percussion
The Mondo djembe replaces a carved wooden shell with Remo's Acousticon and rope tuning with tuning lugs, which makes it consistent, weatherproof, and playable by anyone who can turn a key.
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Remo Frame Drum
Hand percussion
Remo's frame drums cover the tar, bendir, and general hand-drum formats in synthetic heads and Acousticon shells, which is what put frame drums into schools and workshops at scale.
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Remo Buffalo Drum
Hand percussion
The Buffalo Drum is a wide, shallow frame drum played with a soft beater, widely used in drum circles, therapy settings, and film scoring for its low, breathy tone.
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Remo Roto Tom
Hand percussion
Roto Toms have no shell: the head sits on a threaded frame, and rotating the drum raises or lowers the pitch continuously. That makes them the only drum a player can glissando in performance, which is why they turn up in orchestral scores.