drum artisans in Europe - know any?

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Postby korman » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:10 am

Just wondering. Many good things are said about drums from custom makers like JCR, Skin-on-skin, Moperc, Volcano Percussion, and others ...

Thing is, so far all the artisans I've read about are from western hemisphere. There must be guys like them in Europe as well! Do you know any?
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Postby Facundo » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:43 pm

korman wrote:Just wondering. Many good things are said about drums from custom makers like JCR, Skin-on-skin, Moperc, Volcano Percussion, and others ...

Thing is, so far all the artisans I've read about are from western hemisphere. There must be guys like them in Europe as well! Do you know any?

There was a guy in France, Michelle Delaporte, that made beautiful drums but I don't know if he is still in business.

There is also a company in Italy that makes drums. See link below.

http://www.vrpercussioni.it/chisiamo.html

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Postby Diceman » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:20 pm

Try Natal drums as well
http://www.nataldrums.co.uk/index2.htm

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Postby troels » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:38 pm

Danish company PJ Percussion make absolut fantastic drums. I own both a set of wooden and a set of fiber ones. Unfortunately they dont make the fiber ones anymore (at least not for the time being) due to the fact that the old guy who actually made all the fiber drums has retired, and they haven't found his replacement yet...

The fiber drums weigh the same as the wooden drums - heavy! - but they produce my all time favourite conga sound. Superior to LP imho :)

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Postby troels » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:40 pm

Here is a picture of a PJ wood conga

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Postby troels » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:48 pm

And now with a picture you can see :;):

Can't seem to change the one in my previous post.

This is the "natural" model - you can have it painted in any colour you like. Costs a little extra though.

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Postby Thomas » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:05 pm

They look good to me, what do they cost?
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Postby Berimbau » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:28 pm

I notice that with the exception of Natal, ALL of these companies still use the traditional rim as oppposed to the Crappy@ Comfort Curve. Europe is SO far ahead uf the US these days.......but then we do have Bush to deal with!!



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Postby OLSONGO » Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:47 pm

Man the Italian congas look sweet. I would like to know how they sound. And the comfort curve is an aesthetical thing Berimbau.
and the thing is that most congas I run into on the road, have them , congas rented from the local music store.

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Postby troels » Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:30 am

Thomas wrote:They look good to me, what do they cost?
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The PJ dums would be around 535€-550€ each (and then there is always a good chance of getting a 10-15% discount :;): Nice guy this Peter Jacobsen who runs the company and is the godfather of drums in Denmark!

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Postby troels » Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:37 am

Berimbau wrote:I notice that with the exception of Natal, ALL of these companies still use the traditional rim as oppposed to the Crappy@ Comfort Curve. Europe is SO far ahead uf the US these days.......but then we do have Bush to deal with!!



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When you order a set of PJ drums you can actually choose between the two types of rims. The fiber congas in the picture are 20 years old - no choice between rims back then. I always go for the traditional - I think it looks better - simple as that :) Have no problem with the Comfort thing though.

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Postby Amber » Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:37 am

Hi,

have also a look to http://www.simonsen-holzart.de. This is a small german manufactory which makes congas and other drums I personally have not seen or played any of their instruments but they have good reputation. Unfortunately their site is in german language only, klick on "Trommelbau" to see these instruments.

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Postby Mbalax » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:51 am

In Madrid there is a luthier that makes fiberglass congas that are called "Campos Percusion"... but his web is out
http://percusioncampos.com/
for more info:
Percusión Campos
C/ Olivar 36
Tf. 91 539 21 78
Fax. 91 531 44 66
28012 MADRID
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Re: drum artisans in Europe - know any?

Postby Victorius » Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:15 am

In Poland:

CC Percussion

http://www.bebny.com/
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Re: drum artisans in Europe - know any?

Postby Whopbamboom » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:52 pm

Don't forget Reiche in Germany. Do a search of these forums for a link. Beautiful looking stuff.
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