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HighWood Drums launch the Hallmark snare drum
1st of July 2010 – HighWood Drums, one of the UK’s most well know drum makers have launched a unique snare on its 6th birthday.
Designed between HighWood & one of the UK’s most experienced drum component machinists, The Hallmark is one mighty piece of metal.
The original concept was to try and make a drum out af entirely out of one material as possible – Aluminium
This is HighWoods 2nd venture into Metal Drums, the first the “Hammer” was a production steel drum designed to offer quality, great sound & amazing value for money. For this venture Gareth Heeley (HighWoods founder) chose not to focus on end cost & ease of production.
“The drum was pure self-indulgence, fixed around the idea of creating something for our birthday, to celebrate how far we have come from such humble beginnings, all I knew is I wanted to make an aluminium drum & I didn’t want it to be like any other Alu drum out there, having tested the prototype with my band both in rehearsals & at gigs, I’m 100% convinced we have a unique instrument, in both sound & spec”
The prototype drum was designed, tweaked & machined over a number of months in 2009, 4 full specification drums have now been made 2 at the request of HighWood Drums Artists, the Original Prototype & another drum remain in HighWoods position.
Orders for Hallmark Snare drums will can now be taken from the public, each drum is made individually per order, wherever possible HighWood has avoided using mass produced parts
Each drum will feature:
Trick USA GS007 Aluminum Throw
CNC Machined Unique Hallmark Lugs, with Stainless steel threaded inserts
1” thick solid CNC machined Aluminium Drum shell & 60 degree bearing edges.
Cast & CNC Machined Aluminium Hoops
HighWood Custom Script Logo
Stainless Steel Tension Rods
Evans Drum Heads
Bronze Snare wires
NO internal fixing screws protrude the inside walls of the drum, the shell & other components have been designed to mount each part externally, leaving clean & junk free internals.
The drums are available in - 14 x 4”, 5”, 6”, & 7" depths & are available to order direct from HighWood at a limited special offer price of £999, usual retail price is £1355.
Contact HighWood drums for more info – [email="highwooddrums@mac.com"]highwooddrums@mac.com[/email]
More pictures & info of the Hallmark can be found on their facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/HighWood-Drums/18848213636