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Jarrah 14″ × 5.5″ Gloss

From the maker

“The Mighty Jarrah”

Renown around the world for its rich range of red colours and various uses for furniture, flooring & decor, Jarrah is also a highly revered tone-wood for drums & percussion. As a result of its dense, straight grain structure, this single piece of 11mm Jarrah ranges from a dark, deep, rich note up to a dry, throaty crack with a ring akin to a metal snare drum that will blow your ears off and send chills up your spine

Jarrah 14″ × 5.5″ Gloss

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Provenance

The tree behind this drum.

A Jarrah tree

Jarrah · Ruby red

Eucalyptus marginata

The mighty Jarrah – famous worldwide for its ruby hues. Dark, rich and throaty in the low register; an ear-splitting, almost metallic crack up top.

The full story →

No shortcuts

Years in the making.

01 – Salvage

The log is rescued

Salvaged, never felled – recorded with its GPS coordinates before the first cut.

Chainsawing a salvaged log
02 – Season

The wood learns patience

At least three years of natural air drying – sometimes far longer. Just time and patience.

Freshly cut River Red Gum log at the start of its seasoning years
03 – Carve

The shell emerges whole

Hollowed from the very fibres of the tree – nothing between the tree and the tone.

A one-piece Tuart shell blank, hollowed whole

The whole story, from tree to drum →

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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New logs, fresh carves and drums finding their drummers – follow the workshop as it happens.