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  • Gawharet El Fan Tabla

    The Egyptian goblet drum, inlaid

    Hand percussion · Egypt

    Called tabla in Egypt and darbuka further north, this is the drum of Arabic classical and shaabi music. Gawharet El Fan's are aluminium shells inlaid with mother-of-pearl and shell, as much decorated object as instrument.

  • Emin Darbuka

    Cast aluminium goblet drum, Turkish tuning

    Hand percussion · Turkey

    The darbuka is played with both hands across the head and the rim, and the Turkish style — a thin head, a sharp rim, and finger technique that runs at speed — is what these cast aluminium shells are voiced for.

  • Axis Longboard A

    Machined aluminium, direct drive, long footboard

    Drum hardware · United States

    The Longboard A is the pedal fast double-bass playing is measured against: a solid machined linkage, sealed bearings, and a footboard long enough to play heel-toe across its whole length.

  • Contemporânea Surdo

    The bass drum of the samba bateria

    Hand percussion · Brazil

    The surdo carries the pulse of a samba school, and Contemporânea builds them in aluminium and wood across the three tuned sizes a bateria uses — first, second, and third surdo.

  • Trick Pro1-V

    Tool-free adjustment on a machined frame

    Drum hardware · United States

    The Pro1-V's adjustments — spring tension, beater angle, footboard angle — are all independent and made without tools, and the bearings are low enough friction that the pedal returns without help.

  • Ahead 5A

    Aluminium core, replaceable sleeve

    Drumstick · United States

    An Ahead stick is an aluminium alloy core inside a polyurethane sleeve, with a replaceable tip. They last far longer than wood, transmit less shock, and feel unmistakably different — which is why drummers either use them exclusively or not at all.

  • Pearl Sensitone

    Metal-shell snare drum series

    Percussion · Japan

    Pearl's Sensitone metal snare series is offered in beaded steel, brass, and seamless aluminum shells, with SuperHoop II flanged hoops, CL bridge lugs, and Pearl strainers, giving a range of bright to warm metal-snare voices.

  • Technical line drawing of Musser M55 Pro-Vibe

    Musser M55 Pro-Vibe

    Three-octave vibraphone

    Vibraphone · United States

    A professional three-octave Musser vibraphone designed for touring and portability.

  • Noble & Cooley Alloy Classic

    Cast aluminum snare drum

    United States

    A snare drum by Noble & Cooley with a cast and machined aluminum shell, developed from limited Zildjian-era production runs. Its metal shell gives a bright, resonant tone described as the metal equivalent of the company's solid-shell drums.

  • Ludwig Supraphonic

    Seamless aluminum snare drum family

    Percussion · United States

    Ludwig's seamless chrome-plated aluminum snare drum family (LM400/LM402), widely regarded as one of the most recorded snare drums in history, with a bright, crisp attack and balanced resonant crack.

  • Ludwig Acrolite

    Aluminum-shell snare drum

    Percussion · United States

    Introduced in 1963, the Ludwig Acrolite is built on a 1.6mm seamless aluminum shell with 45-degree bearing edges, triple-flanged steel hoops, and a P88 throw-off, giving a dry, cracking tone that made the student-priced drum a professional favorite.

  • DeMorrow Vibraphone

    Vibraphone

    United States

    A vibraphone handcrafted by DeMorrow Instruments, featuring graduated aluminum bars, tuned resonators, and a motor-driven fan assembly for vibrato. Each instrument is individually built and tuned in the company's Arkansas workshop.

  • Adams Concert Vibraphone

    3-octave concert vibraphone

    Vibraphone · Netherlands

    Adams' Concert Series vibraphone, offered with silver or gold anodized aluminum bars, a 3.0-octave F3-F6 range, and a variable-speed motor (approximately 25-150 rpm) for orchestral, university, and ensemble use.

  • Ludwig Supraphonic LM-402

    The deep Supraphonic

    Percussion · United States

    The LM-402 is the LM-400 at 6.5" deep — fatter, a little darker, and the choice when a snare has to carry a track rather than sit inside it. Drummers argue about the pair the way guitarists argue about pickup positions.

  • Ludwig Supraphonic LM-400

    The 14×5 aluminium snare on more records than any other drum

    Percussion · United States

    The LM-400 is the 5" Supraphonic: a seamless spun aluminium shell Ludwig called Ludalloy, with the P-85 throw-off. It is bright, cuts through anything, and is close to the default snare sound of recorded music since 1963. The LM-402 is the same drum an inch and a half deeper.

  • 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.

  • Contemporânea Repinique

    The bateria's calling drum

    Hand percussion · Brazil

    The repinique is the drum the leader plays to call a samba school in and out of sections, high-pitched and played with one hand and one stick.

  • Sonor Kompressor

    Seamless metal snares in three alloys

    Percussion

    The Kompressor line is a set of seamless spun shells — aluminium, brass, and steel — in the same sizes, which makes it one of the cleanest ways to hear what a snare shell's metal actually does.