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email  ken@americanpercussion.com 

Where we make drums one at a time

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Introducing American Percussion'snew subsidiary,
"HATBOX PERCUSSION"

Hatbox Percussion are wood shell drums - 3/8" or 3/16" thick - with wooden drum heads as well.  They look like the wooden hat boxes made to put hats in back in the 20's and 30's -  thus, the name "Hatbox".  They are similar to the popular cajons but are cylindrical instead of box shaped.  This is done so the performer can play the drum between their legs or put the drum on some sort of stand for ease of playing.  The Hatbox shells come in three types of wood;  Okoume (African mahogany), Russian Birch, and Colorwood (like American Percussion snare drums.  The drums pictured here are Okoume shells with Sapelle drum heads, but can be made with maple, oak, walnut and zebra woods, just to name a few.  Hatbox Percussion makes individual hand drums, drum sets and travoletts, a 1" thick drum played with a mallet on one side of the drum and the middle finger on the other side which can change pitch as well.  There is also a Guiro etched onto the edge of the drum.  This particular drum is part of the Hatbox M.U.D. series.  ("Multiple Use Drum")

The Hatbox Drum

The Hatbox Drum comes in a large variety of sizes

Hatbox Drums arrayed to form a drum kit.

Travolettes

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