I saw these Hinger snare drums at Western CT State University when I was there for a class in March of 2010.   David Smith is the teacher there and studied with Hinger.   I got some good photos of them.   I’ve never seen a metal Hinger,

I visited the rehearsal facility for the Kroumata Percussion Ensemble in Stockholm Sweden.  Their rehearsal facility is amazing and their instrument collection is equally impressive.   tuned taxi horns percussion set up percussion set up percussion set up

These are the “wood drums” that I used for Michael Tilson Thomas’ “Island Music”   wood drums

On a visit to the UK, I went to Bell Percussion - an amazing collection of instruments!  They supply most of the London orchestra’s with rental equipment   Jingling Johnnie gongs - hung in the bathroom! tuned sleigh bells

When I was playing extra at the Metropolitan Opera, I took photos of some of the unusual instruments in there percussion rooms.   There were several room that had some amazing drums.    Their collection is huge - this is just a small part of what they

I saw this bass drum at PASIC 2009 and had to photograph it.   It’s a replica of a Janissary Bass Drum - exactly what I’d use for Mozart/Haydn and some Beethoven   Played with a stick in one hand and a “switch” (bundle of twigs) in

This little timpani blew me away.   It was in a glass case in one of the practice rooms.   Note the size of it compared to my thumb.  They also had an original Mozart table.   little timpani little timpani little

When I visited with the Paris Opera I took some photos of a set of gongs they had hanging on the wall - Puccini Turandot gongs.  Note the print on them, “Ricordi”.  Also, in rehearsal, I caught another gong they had.   gong

When I visited OSU, I spotted several instruments and stands that I thought were really interesting. slap stick Korean Drum Toy Piano Tama “octabons” - I didn’t think they still made these. Technically, they are actually boobams