The Grover Pro Tunable Tambourine is the first professional-level tunable and customizable tambourine. It provides players who prefer a natural skin head the ability to maintain a consistent head tension regardless of the ambient temperature or humidity.  The first tambourine to utilize miniature titanium tuning pins, the Grover tuning system provides players a tuning range not previously possible with professional-level, concert tambourines. The Grover Pro tuning mechanism is completely internal to the shell of the tambourine, invisible from view and unobtrusive. The patent-pending tuning system has been 2 years in the making and has been carefully designed to avoid adding extra weight or bulky external hardware.

In addition to being tunable, the Grover Pro Tunable Tambourine is easily customizable. The top row of 18 jingles are interchangeable, allowing for an unbelievable 26 trillion jingle configurations! Customizable jingle combinations allow players the ability to create new, exciting sound colors.  Packages of 18 jingles can be purchased separately in Phosphor Bronze, Beryllium Copper, Heat-Treated Copper, Heat-Treated Silver and Brass alloys.

“The response so far has been ecstatic!” claims Grover President & Founder Neil Grover.  “We took a few samples to PASIC and had large crowds in our booth eager to see and experience our new tuning system”, he continued.  “We rocked the tambourine world when we introduced our professional level concert tambourines in 1980 and we’re doing it again in 2012”, Grover proudly exclaims.

Each Grover Pro Tunable Tambourine comes complete with a Grover Pro tambourine bag, and a custom tuning key in a velvet storage pouch.

Model T2/GS-T German Silver Double Row Tunable Tambourine                     MSRP $ 275.00

Model JP jingle paks
MSRP $ 39.00

 www.GroverPro.com

]]> http://elitepercussion.com/news/grover-introduces-tunable-concert-tambourine/feed/ 0 http://elitepercussion.com/news/launch-of-acoustic-percussion http://elitepercussion.com/news/launch-of-acoustic-percussion#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:24:33 +0000 ElitePercussion http://elitepercussion.com/?p=239 Introducing the new range of mallets from Acoustic Percussion. Designed, tested and manufactured with detail and precision by professional percussionists, our products ‘speak’ for themselves.

We currently manufacture:

Glockenspiel mallets
Xylophone mallets
Unwound rubber mallets
Vibraphone mallets
Marimba mallets

Our products will be launched at the Day of Percussion at the Royal Northern College of Music, 12th February 2012.

We are proud to be associated with JAM Percussion, where our complete product range is available to purchase.

Coming soon….

Graham C. Johns Becken mallets Keyboard practice mallets

Visit our website for further information

www.acousticpercussion.com

KD Drums, based in the North West of England, have built an enviable reputation for custom built snare drums and drumsets since their inception in 2003 under the management of Keith Keough who will now take on the role of head of manufacture for Premier. Keith excelled in carpentry and drumming from an early age and specialised in the repair and restoration of drums before moving into manufacture at the request of many drummers who were impressed by the quality of his work when they came across him working at Moolah Rouge Studios in Manchester. In recent years KD have released products to critical acclaim from drummers and the drum industry on a worldwide basis.

The acquisition of KD Drums heralds a return to UK manufacture for Premier with the first of the new British built products due to be released at NAMM in January 2012. The Premier Drum Company will operate and manufacture from new factory premises inLancashirewith production starting in February 2012, which will allow KD drums to fulfil all existing orders beforehand.

Craig Buckley, General Manager at Premier, comments “as Premier celebrates its 90th anniversary in 2012, we are excited that this acquisition kickstarts the celebrations and sees Premier return to its natural heritage of manufacturing high quality products in theUK. We will continue to source in Asia but we now have the ability to runUKmanufactured product alongside our current offering. It is also our intention that our new facility will build drums that are 100% British and following the launch of the first of the British Collection at NAMM we will introduce the second new range at Musikmesse in March 2012 which will be an astounding range of snare drums built from indigenous woods using advanced design technology.”

The Premier Drum Company will manufacture high end snare drums to begin with before moving on to British built drums sets and orchestral and marching products from 2013.

Our aim is to bring all aspects of percussion playing to one place that is accessible to all.
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Hopefully wont be long now!
11/12/2011