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Lemon Scented Gum 14″ × 6.5″ Satin

From the maker

“When life gives you Lemon Scented Gum…make drums!”

While the timber itself is very similar to Spotted Gum, Lemon Scented Gum takes it’s name from the distinctive citrus-like scent its leaves produce. This single piece of 11mm Lemon Scented Gum produces a round buttery controlled note, with a surprising amount of definition & colour, topped off with a nice & gooey pop.

Lemon Scented Gum 14″ × 6.5″ Satin

Provenance

The tree behind this drum.

A Lemon Scented Gum tree

Lemon Scented Gum · Citrus cream

Corymbia citriodora

The most metallic drum in the line-up – a tight, saturated bottom end with an ear-whopping bite reminiscent of thick brass, rounded off with buttery warmth.

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.