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  • Ayasa Handpan

    Bought by scale, not by model

    Hand percussion · Germany

    Handpans after the Hang are specified by their scale — D Kurd, C# Amara, F Low Pygmy — because the tuning is the instrument. Ayasa's are nitrided steel, hand-hammered, and made to a chosen note layout.

  • Sonor SQ2

    Built-to-order German drum system

    Drum kit · Germany

    The SQ2 is less a kit than an order form: shell timber, thickness, bearing edge, hardware, and finish are chosen drum by drum, with maple, beech, birch, and American walnut all offered in more than one thickness. Every SQ2 is made in Bad Berleburg and takes months.

  • Lefima Concert Bass Drum

    Lightweight composite shells

    Concert percussion · Germany

    Lefima builds concert and marching bass drums with composite shells that cut a large drum's weight substantially, which matters most when a player has to carry it.

  • Kolberg Timpani

    Pedal timpani built to order

    Timpani · Germany

    Kolberg builds pedal timpani in copper with a choice of bowl profile and head, alongside the trolleys and covers a working section needs.

  • Studio 49 Orff Xylophone

    Removable-bar xylophone for the classroom

    Concert percussion · Germany

    Studio 49's Orff instruments have removable bars so a teacher can leave only the notes of a chosen scale in place, which is the pedagogical idea the Schulwerk is built on.

  • Meinl Cajon Bass Pedal

    A pedal for a drum that has no hardware

    Hand percussion · Germany

    A cable-driven beater that lets a seated cajon player add a bass drum with one foot, which is how the instrument ended up in duo and singer-songwriter setups where a kit will not fit.

  • Meinl Dunun Set

    The three bass drums under a djembe ensemble

    Hand percussion · Germany

    A djembe ensemble sits on three rope-tuned bass drums — dundunba, sangban, and kenkeni — played with a stick in one hand and a bell in the other. They carry the melody of West African drumming; the djembe solos over them.

  • Paiste Symphonic Gong

    The orchestral tam-tam

    Gong · Germany

    Paiste's Symphonic gongs are the tam-tams most orchestral parts assume: a broad, unpitched wash that builds slowly and takes a long time to die. They are made in diameters up to eighty inches.

  • Paiste Planet Gongs

    Gongs tuned to calculated planetary frequencies

    Gong · Germany

    The Planet Gongs are tuned to frequencies derived from the orbital periods of the planets, a scheme that comes from sound-therapy practice rather than from orchestral tradition. They are widely used in film scoring and sound work.

  • Meinl Sonic Energy Planetary Gongs

    Tuned gongs for sound work

    Gong · Germany

    Meinl's Sonic Energy range covers planetary-tuned gongs alongside singing bowls and tuning forks, sold largely into sound therapy rather than into music retail.

  • Paiste Sound Creation Gongs

    Gongs built for specific characters

    Gong · Germany

    The Sound Creation series gives each gong a name and a purpose — Earth, Sun, Fire — with hammering and shaping aimed at a particular spectral character rather than a general wash.

  • GEWA G9 Drum Module

    German module with a large sample engine

    Electronic drums · Germany

    The G9 module was GEWA's entry into serious electronic drums, with a very large factory library, deep per-instrument editing, and a touchscreen — unusual in a category that mostly still uses knobs and small displays.

  • GEWA G9 Pro Kit

    Full kit around the G9 module

    Electronic drums · Germany

    The G9 Pro kits put the module behind mesh-headed wooden shells and multi-zone cymbals, positioned directly against Roland's and Yamaha's flagships.

  • Kolberg Concert Bass Drum

    German orchestral bass drum

    Concert percussion · Germany

    Kolberg's concert bass drums are built to order in a range of diameters with suspension stands that let the shell resonate, and are common in German-speaking orchestras.

  • Sonor 600 Series Hardware

    Light single-braced stands

    Drum hardware · Germany

    The 600 series is Sonor's deliberately light hardware line: single-braced legs and small footprints, for drummers who carry their own gear and do not need a stand that could hold a gong.

  • Studio 49 Orff Metallophone

    Sustained metal bars for Orff ensembles

    Concert percussion · Germany

    The metallophone gives the Orff ensemble its sustained voice, with thick aluminium bars over a resonator box and the same removable-bar system as the wooden instruments.

  • Paiste 900 Series

    Mid-range B12 cymbals

    Cymbal · Germany

    The 900 series sits between the student lines and the professional ones: B12 bronze, machine-hammered, bright, and available in a Colorsound finish that Paiste has offered on and off for decades.

  • Sonor Perfect Balance

    Jojo Mayer's single-chain pedal

    Drum hardware · Germany

    Designed with Jojo Mayer, the Perfect Balance is deliberately light and minimal — a long flat footboard, a single chain, and no adjustment the player does not need — and it folds nearly flat for travel.

  • Meinl Generation X

    Purpose-built effects cymbals and stacks

    Cymbal · Germany

    Generation X is Meinl's effects catalogue, built with drummers including Thomas Lang and Johnny Rabb: filter chinas, drumbals, trash stacks, and other instruments that exist to sound broken.

  • Paiste PSTX Series

    Stacks, swiss cymbals, and cajon hats

    Cymbal · Germany

    PSTX is Paiste's effects catalogue: the perforated Swiss models, pre-built stacks, splash stacks, and the small hats designed to be played alongside a cajon.

  • Meinl Classics Custom Dark

    Machine-hammered B10 with a dark finish

    Cymbal · Germany

    Classics Custom Dark takes Meinl's B10 mid-range line and finishes it dark, giving a warmer voice than the brilliant Classics Custom at the same price.

  • Sonor Vintage Series

    Teardrop lugs and thin beech, reissued

    Drum kit · Germany

    The Vintage Series revives Sonor's 1950s and 1960s specification: thin German beech shells, rounded bearing edges, and the teardrop lug, in the small sizes those kits were actually built in.

  • Sonor SQ1

    German-made birch kit in fixed configurations

    Drum kit · Germany

    The SQ1 takes the SQ2's German birch shells and thin-shell philosophy and fixes the configurations and finishes, which brings a Bad Berleburg kit within reach of drummers who do not need a bespoke build.

  • Sonor Artist Series Snare

    German-made snares in wood and metal

    Percussion · Germany

    The Artist Series is Sonor's à la carte snare catalogue: maple, beech, birch, and vintage-spec shells alongside bronze and brass, all built in Germany to the same hardware specification.