Welcome to Antonio Drums Craft Shop for Manufacturing and Service of Percussion Instruments!
All drums are custom-made unique products, and all are built using steam-bent solid wood shells.
To hear more sounds and find more information, please visit Antonio Drums website at
www.antoniodrums.com or feel free to send me an
e-mail.
We believe:
The drum, although sometimes considered a plain instrument, should be made with the same attention as, for example, a violin.
The highest quality components, painstaking and devoted work, experience of old masters and care devoted to making of each instrument result in a superior product of impressive aesthetic and accustic characteristics.
The more love and care invested in making of an instrument, the product is better.
The Art of Drum Making
What is a solid shell drum? Solid shell drum is made from one piece of wood. That is, a single plank of wood is cut, steamed, bent and glued. Matching reinforcing hoops are added at the top and bottom of the shell to stabilize and strengthen it.
History
All drums were made from one piece of wood before the development of multi-ply shell technique, which was introduced in 1930's and quickly spread to all major companies because it was much easier and quicker way of making drums. The idea of solid shell drums became popular again in 80's with the snare drums from Noble & Cooley and Johnny Craviotto.
Why is one piece drum shell acoustically superior to multi-ply drum?
In a ply-wood drum shell there is a layer of glue between each ply. Glue is sound inhibitor. In the traditional solid shell construction there is almost no glue. That is why drums made in traditional way have noble sound and unsurpassed tonal characteristics. Although the explanation is purely physical, the result is magic. We dare say that istruments made in Antonio Drums craft shop are the works of art.
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