I had the opportunity to visit the Hartt School in West Hartford, CT – Ben Toth is the teacher there. I was blown away when I walked into his studio – he had a lot of great instruments! Pictured here. Some wonderful historical instruments back to Alexander Lepak’s day!!!

“good” bamboo wind chimes

An Ingenious Mallet storing system

Clock Coils – mounted on a resonant box

Colgrass Variations for 4 drums and Viola – THE drums

Colgrass Variations for 4 drums and Viola – THE drums

cool glass wind chimes

Drums in Studio

drums in the studio

Dumbeks

gongs

Lions Roar – made by Alexander Lepak!! On a timpani bowl

Lions Roar

Lions Roar

mallet storing system – this is ceiling material

Marching machine

Percussion Storage

Percussion Studio

Siren

Siren for Ionization

Siren

Wind Machine