From the maker
“There’s something about Marri”
This single piece of 11mm Fiddle-back Grained Marri produces a rich, warm attack with a fundamentally lower note and a pronounced mid range. With 2.3mm Triple Flanged Hoops and a 45 degree slight round over bearing edge, this deep monster can range from a low creamy thud, to ear splitting highs with surprising warmth to the crack.
Provenance
The tree behind this drum.
Marri · Honey gold
Corymbia calophylla
Honey-coloured heartwood – sometimes tiger-striped, sometimes fiddle-backed – with an explosive, “nuked” midrange: rich, organic, and like none other.
No shortcuts
Years in the making.
The log is rescued
Salvaged, never felled – recorded with its GPS coordinates before the first cut.
The wood learns patience
At least three years of natural air drying – sometimes far longer. Just time and patience.
The shell emerges whole
Hollowed from the very fibres of the tree – nothing between the tree and the tone.
One of one, made for you
This drum is gone.
Its wood isn’t.
Tell Paul what spoke to you about this one – he’ll carve a sibling from the same species, to your size and finish, from a log that has already waited years.
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