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Percussion

Percussion instruments from around the world, both traditional and modern.

Kits

Tama Starclassic Performer Birch (8x10, 10x12, 11x13, 12x15, 18x22)
Yamaha Rick Marotta HipGig kit with extra 12" tom

Snares

Ludwig Supraphonic snares: Black Beauty 6.5x14, Hammered Bronze 6.5x14, Hammered Chrome 5x14, and Hammered Bronze 3.5x13
Yamaha Anton Fig 6x14 and Rick Marotta HipGig 5x12

Hi-hats

Diril 15" D hats
Dream 14" Bliss hats
Paiste 14" Dark Crisp and 13" 2002 Heavy hats
Zildjian 13" Armand hats

Rides

Diril 20" flat ride
Zildjian 19" Armand "Beautiful Baby," 20" K Custom Dry, 20" K Custom Dark, and vintage 20" and 22" rides

Crashes

Diril 17" D thin crash and 12" splash
Paiste 20" Signature Thin China and 10" Sound Forumula splash
Zildjian 18" and 16" K Dark Thin, 19" K Dark Medium Thin, and 16" A Thin crashes

Effects cymbals

Factory Metal original Cross Crasherz (6, 8, and 10"), Street FX Cross Crasherz (6, 8, 10, and 12"), Street FX Hi-Hat Jingler, and original Celtic Bells (8 and 10")
Sabian 10" Crasher

Hardware

DW 5000 Accelerator kick pedal
Factory Metal MultiStackers (3)
Gibraltar Cymbal L-Arms (3)
Meinl Professional Djembe and Bongo stands (sturdy!)
Pearl 501C Icon curved rack, S-2000, CH-2000 (2), CH-2000S (2), and BC-2000
Yamaha HS740 hat stand

Electronic Percussion

DrumKat 3.5 (with HatKat, DW5000 and KAT mini Kick)
Korg Wavedrum WD-X

Latin drums

Fat Congas string cajon
Gope cuica
JCR solid-shell bongos
LP Classic conga & tumba and Aspire 10" & 11" congas
Meinl Luis Conte Brass Timbales
Pearl Travel Conga and 13" and 14" steel timbales
Tycoon TK-35 cajon

African drums

Meinl Fiberglass Tri Sound Ibo
Remo Paulo Mattioli inline-tuning 13" djembe, 14" key-tuned djembe
handmade ceramic udu

Middle-Eastern drums

Daveed 9.5" ceramic doumbek
GEF doumbek
Remo prototype 10" soloist external-tuning doumbeks (x2) (yes, they sound different from one another!)
handmade small moroccan fish-skin ceramic doumbek

Other drums

Remo 18" Roto-Tom timpani and 6/8/10" set
RhythmTech Laptop Snare
handmade naal and damroo talking drum

Traditional shakers and rattles

LP Salsa maracas, Soft Shakes, Multi-Guiro 2, large and extra-large caxixi, large ganza, and large and mini Afuche/Cabasas
Meinl Luis Conte shakers (live and studio) and and Kessings
Remo small and medium Fiberskyn Tube Shakers
Rhythm Tech CANZ (Hot Salsa Red)
Shakka Shakerz ADL-4 shaker
Toca African Shakers and Rattan Yellow Bell Shaker
Tycoon skin shaker
handmade abalone shell and sea-snail shell rattles
handmade seed pod, reed, and basket shakers
gourd shekere w/ wood beads
wooden and plastic egg shakers
wooden and metal sistrums
large and small rain sticks

Modern shakers and rattles

LP Cyclops shakers (small and large), One-Shot shakers (small, large, and studio), and Go-Jo Bags
Meinl Spin Spark Shakers, Headed Spark Shakers, Skin Shaker, UFO Shaker, and Wah-Wah shaker
Pearl Tang-Tang shakers, Shakerine, Ganziero, pandeiro, Mini-Shakerine, and Mini-Ganziero
Remo Sound Shapes Click Clack

Tambourines

LP dimpled brass Cyclops tambourine
Meinl Super Dry ABS and Brass Jingles tambourines, 10" wood pandeiro, and brass Jingle Sticks
Pearl Liso Shaker and 8" Tombourine
Rhythm Tech steel and brass Pro tambourines and Engelhart Jingle Shakes
RMV pandeiro snare
handmade middle-eastern tambourines and 6" Caribbean church tambourine

Blocks, claves, and wooden instruments

LP African clave and Monk Bell
Pearl Cata (aka guagua or kata), set of high, medium, and low Elite woodblocks, and low clave block
Toca gecko clacker (kokoriko)
handmade rosewood claves, Vietnamese chun mo (triple temple blocks), devil chaser, wooden and metal spoons, totumo fruit gourd spoons, Cuban hardwood salsa clave, pocket kokiriko, traditional wooden guiro, bamboo angklung, kpoko-kpoko

Cowbells and agogo bells

Fredrico Percussion Cowbell
LP Mambo cowbell, Deluxe Black Beauty cowbell
Rhythm Tech Engelhart Square Bell
Pearl Tri-agogo, Tri-bells, Hi and Low Agogo-Pop, and Primero 6"
cowbell

Triangles

Alan Abel 6" Symphonic Triangle
Black Swamp Spectrum and standard triangle beaters
Meinl Liquid Triangle
Sets of thick and thin Per Del tapered triangles
Rhythm Tech Trigger Triangle
Sabian 6" and 4" hand-hammered triangles

Bells, chimes, and metal effects

LP 25-bell sleighbells and Lu Bar Chimes
TreeWorks Tre44 Studio Chimes and Chime Damper
Majic Wands
Mid-East Flexi-Tone
Rhythm Tech Engelhart 11" and 15" Ribbon Crashers and Reco-Reco
Zildjian metal castanets
handmade Peruvian ankle jingle bells, Indian bell bracelets and belt, different-sized sets of adodo bells
handmade small and large Tibetan singing bowls

Sticks etc.

Pro-Mark Broomsticks, Vic Firth Birch Tala Wands, and a wide variety of mallets, brushes, and unusual sticks