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5 models

  • Cooperman Frame Drum

    Tunable frame drums from Vermont

    Hand percussion

    Cooperman's frame drums are built with a tuning system that lets a natural head be brought back into pitch as the weather changes, which is the practical objection to skin frame drums answered.

  • Emin Bendir

    Frame drum with a snare string

    Hand percussion · Turkey

    The bendir is a large frame drum with a gut snare stretched under the head, giving a buzz behind every stroke. It carries Sufi and Anatolian music, played upright with the fingers of both hands.

  • Remo Frame Drum

    Synthetic-headed frame drums in many diameters

    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.

  • Meinl Sonic Energy Steel Tongue Drum

    A tuned steel drum played with hands or mallets

    Hand percussion

    Steel tongue drums are cut and tuned so each tongue sounds a note of a chosen scale, and Meinl's Sonic Energy range brought them into general music retail from the sound-therapy market.

  • Remo Buffalo Drum

    A large frame drum with a synthetic head

    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.