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

“good” bamboo wind chimes

An Ingenious Mallet storing system

An Ingenious Mallet storing system

Clock Coils - mounted on a resonant box

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

Colgrass Variations for 4 drums and Viola - THE drums

Colgrass Variations for 4 drums and Viola – THE drums

cool glass wind chimes

cool glass wind chimes

Drums in Studio

Drums in Studio

drums in the studio

drums in the studio

Dumbeks

Dumbeks

gongs

gongs

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

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

Lions Roar

Lions Roar

Lions Roar

Lions Roar

mallet storing system - this is ceiling material

mallet storing system – this is ceiling material

Marching machine

Marching machine

Percussion Storage

Percussion Storage

Percussion Studio

Percussion Studio

Siren

Siren

Siren for Ionization

Siren for Ionization

Siren

Siren

Wind Machine

Wind Machine