PERCUSSION PROGRAM  

Facilities & Equipment

Our facilities are housed within the Earl V. Moore building on the University of Michigan's North Campus.  We have eleven practice rooms and additional storage.  In addition to percussion facilities the Moore building houses a rehearsal hall, three recital halls, classrooms, music library, and faculty studios. For complete information and photos of all of the School of Music,Theatre, and Dance's facilitiies see the SoMTD Facilities Page.

Percussion Cage

This room connects to our rehearsal hall.  Because both personal instruments and school instruments are stored here, setup in the reheasal hall is extraordinarily convenient.   It also serves as a social center for the percussion studio.

An assortment of snare drum, cymbal, temple blocks stands,  2 lion roars, Yamaha hi-hat stand,  2 Yamaha kick pedals, 1 Pearl kick pedal, 2 cello bows, 1 ludwig piccolo snare drum, 1 6.5” Black Swamp snare drum, 4 toms with calf skin heads, 1 Singerland snare drum, 1Hinger touch-tone snare drum (6.5”), 5” Ludwig snare drum, Extra 2.9 octave Deagan glock,  2 ludwig toms, 1 Vibratone colonial Drum with stand, Field drum, pan sticks, 6 Black Swamp Castanets with mounting machine, An assortment of paiste gong mallets, LP Maracas, 3 LP bongos with stand, An assortment of triangles, tambourines, rachets, flexatones, vibraslaps, whips, sleigh bells, cowbells, pop guns, rain sticks

Percussion Cage

 

Rehearsal Hall

-Set of Hinger Touch-Tone Timpani with stool: 24”, 26”, 29”, 31’, ”20” Piccolo Timpano, 33” Timpano,  Small and Large Taiko Drum

-Bass Drum and Tam Tam mallets, 8 Goose Neck Stands, Deagan Chimes, 2 sets of LP Temple blocks, Paiste Gongs/Wuhan Tam Tams, Chinese opera gongs

-8 Yamaha Single headed concert toms, 5 Pearl Philharmonic Snare Drums (5” Snare drum, 6.5” Snare drum, 14”x4” Piccolo Drum, 14”x12” Field Drum, 16”x16” Field drum)

-10 Tam tam racks, road cases

-4.5 Octave range of Paiste Button Gongs

-Metals: Spring Coils, Cans, Brake Drums, Thunder sheets, Small and large anvil plates with hammers, Chains, Small and large ship bells, 4 aluminum trash cans, 1 set of spectrasound wind chimes, An assortment of metal pipes, 2 Bell Trees

-3.5 Wide-bar xylo on Equilibrium stand, Two 22” Singerland bass kick drums, marching machine, 7 wooden wind chimes

-4.3 Deagan Marimba, 9 conga stands, 5 of which are height adjustable

-Samba Equipment: 7 Shekeres (1 LP, 1 Meinel, 2 Nigerian Gourd (The overseas connection), 2 REMO Surdos (1 small and 1 large), 3 Meinel Repinique, 1 REMO (2 12”x12”, 2 10”x10”), 1 GOPE Shaker, 2 REMO Pandieros, 2 LP Agogo bells, 2 REMO Tamborims, 1 Contemporanea tamborim with mallet, 2 LP orixas

-1 Musser vibes (3-octave range), 4 kick drums, 16 Roto toms with stands, 4 separate roto toms mounted,

-2 octave Zildjian Crotales, 2 octave Paiste Crotales

Rehearsal hall

 

4 1/2 octaves chromatically tuned gongsMarimba and World PercussionCabinet

cabinetGlock storageXylo storage

A few of our many Rehearsal Hall storage cabinets

 

Hill Auditorium

Reamer Concert Bass Drum with Calf Skin Heads, Musser Vibes - 3 Octave, 2 Octave Zildjian Crotales, Assortment of Tam-Tam Stands, Assortment of Goose Neck Stands, Hinger Touch-Tone Timpani, Bass Timpano, Fall Creek Glock - 3-Octaves, Vintage Deagan Artist's Special Xylophone #264 (4 octaves), Yamaha Marimba 6000 - 5-Octave, Pearl Philharmonic Snare Drums and Field Drums , Pearl Philharmonic Double-headed Toms, Equilibrium Road Case, Equilibrium Cymbal Tower with Goose Neck Mount

Percussion Setup in Hill Auditorium

A Symphony Band setup in Hill Auditorium

Many instruments are stored at Hill. Additional instruments needed at Hill and other venues around campus are moved by the University for the Percussion Program.

McIntosh Theatre Storage

Yamaha Timpani, Black Swamp Snare Drum, Equilibrium Road Case. Gong Stands, Equilibrium Cymbal Tower with Goose Neck Mount

Studio 1201 Teaching Studio

Marimba one (5-Octave Range), Walter Light American Drum - Mark XI Timpani, piccolo cable drum, Pearl Philharmonic Piccolo Snare Drum and 6"" Snare Drum,  Mallet Kat, PA System, Fall Creek Glock (3 octaves), Leedy 4-Octave Xylophone, Musser Vibes (3-Octave Range)

Professor Udow's StudioProfessor Gramley's Studio

Studio 1193 Secondary teaching studio and graduate student practice room

YM 5100 Marimba (5-octave range), Deagan Rosewood xylophone (4-octave) on Marimba One Frame, Black Swamp Titanium Sound Art 6.5” x 14” Snare Drum, Pearl 5” x 14” Philharmonic Snare Drum, Remo Djembe, Two Velez tunable tars, Velez tunable Riq, Egyptian Metal Doumbek, Pakistani Metal Doumbek

1215 Multi-Percussion, Timpani, and classroom

PA System with dual speakers, 2 sets of timpani (YM9000 Timpani and Ludwig Professional Model Balanced Action Timpani), 8 LP Congas, 2 Mallet Kat Pros, space available for large multi set-ups.

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1082 Marimba Room 1

Adams Artist Series Marimba (5-Octave Range)

1192 Marimba Room 2

Marimba One (5-Octave Range), Yamaha piano

Marimba One

1087 Marimba Room 3

Yamaha 4900A Marimba (Low F), Malletech Glock in Fall Creek Case (2.9-Octave Range)

1089 Marimba Room 4

Yamaha 6000A Marimba (5-Octave Range), 2 double second pans, 3 cello pans

, Wide-bar xylophone (4-octave), Kori marimba (4.3-Octave range)

Yamaha 6000

1086 Vibes Room 1

Yamaha Gold bar Vibraphone (F-F 3-Octave Range)

1137 Drum Set/Vibes/Timpani Room

Musser Vibraphone (F-F 3-Octave Range), Yamaha Drum set (Kick, snare, 4 (12, 13, 14, 15”) toms, Adams Series, 16" Sabian Crash Cymbal, 20" Sabian Ride Cymbal, 14" High Hat), , Sound System, Roland Synthesizer

1084 Xylo Room 1

Musser Rosewood Xylophone (Low F 3.7 Range), 1 lead pan drum

1088 Xylo Room 2

Deagan Rosewood Xylophone (Low F 3.7 Range)

 

 

 

 

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