From the maker
“River Red”
Another type of Eucalyptus species, River Red Gums are among the most highly distributed & most iconic Australian Eucalypts. River Red Gum takes its name due to commonly being located near rivers & water sources and for its rich, pink ginger colour. With an interlocking & dense grain structure, this wood provides our drums with a throaty crack more akin to a jarrah, but with the warmth and buttery mids of a Marri snare drum. The best of both worlds!
Provenance
The tree behind this drum.
River Red Gum · River red
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Freshly cut, the wood is almost blood-red. Rich in tone as well as colour – a punchy, warm thump low down and a metallic bite in the upper registers.
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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