Instruments & Sticks
Throughout my travels, I’ve come across a variety of unusual and special percussion instruments. These photos represent some of the instruments I was able to photograph. Throughout my career with the Florida Philharmonic, whenever we had an unusual instrument to find, I always thought “what do other orchestra’s do for this instrument?” Well, here are some answers. Also included, my personal collection of instruments and sticks/mallets.
Gong Mounts
I recently had to rent 3 tuned gongs for the Vaughan Williams’ 8th Symphony. (BTW, I rented them from New York Percussion Service, who had super service!) - when the gongs came they had this
Kansas City Symphony
I was fortunate to spend a week in Kansas City playing with the orchestra and doing a class at the U of Kansas. Principal Percussionist Chris McLaurin has done an amazing job at amassing some