Koa, Leopardwood and African Blackwood

Above: Koa, Leopardwood and African Blackwood with Ebony Hardwood Hoops,
chrome tube lugs and Dunnett throwoff.

The inspiration for this drum was a small piece of wonderfully figured Leopardwood, and a looming deadline to present something new at the Cape Breton International Drum Festival. We originally envisioned this shell with a centre band of Zebrawood, but once the shell was laid up it left Pete flat, so he cut it apart and decided on the African Blackwood anchor stripe with a couple of pinstripe details instead. Ultimately, we knew that this drum would sound terrific as the majority of the shell was constructed of tonally rich Hawaiian Koa wood, and the Ebony hoops bring the rimshot sound to a higher plane. Going into the show we didn't have a buyer, but Todd Sucherman from Styx was one of the clinicians, and well.... you know...

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Above: The Zebrawood centre band seems busy and contrary
to the color palette of the rest of the drum.

Below: From left to right - Pat, Mark and Kevin from Pro-Mark,
Todd from Styx, and Pete Stanbridge in front of some
serious artillery in Todd's Drum studio.