“Student” Kit

Pro kit
Recording Custom drums for students

Yamaha Recording Custom (1980s)
22×16 bass drum
10×8 tom
12×8 tom
14×12 suspended tom

Also available:
8×8, 15×13 & 16×14 toms
Ludwig 5×14 Supraphonic snare
A & K Zildjian cymbals
DW9000 double bass pedal
Yamaha FP9 Direct Drive Bass Drum Pedal
Tama Iron Cobra Glide hi-hat stand

Teacher’s Kit

Drum Lessons in Holland, PA
Yamaha PHX kit for Teacher

Yamaha Phoenix (PHX)
22×18 or 20×16 bass drum
10×7 tom
12×8 tom
14×13 & 16×15 floor toms
various snare drums (see below)

Istanbul Agop, Zildjian, Paiste, Sabian and Dream cymbals
DW9000 double bass pedal
Tama Iron Cobra Glide hi-hat stand
Yamaha FP9 Direct Drive Bass Drum Pedal

Other Kits

Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute Nouveau
22×18 or 20×16 bass drum
10×8 tom
12×8 tom
14×14 & 16×16 floor toms

Yamaha Live Oak Custom
18×14 or 20×16 bass drum
10×7 tom
12×8 tom (2)
14×13 & 16×15 floor toms

Yamaha Stage Custom Hip — birch
13×5 snare drum
20×8 bass drum
10×5 tom
13×8 hybrid snare/floor tom

Yamaha 5000
22×14 bass drum
12×8 tom
13×9 tom
16×16 floor tom

1960s Vintage Ludwig Super Classic
5×14 wood snare
22×14 bass drum
13×9 tom
16×16 floor tom

1960s Vintage Leedy
22×12 bass drum
12×8 tom
16×14 floor tom
5×14 wood snare

We now have a 1908 Knabe grand piano in the studio!

This is a wonderful instrument! It just got some new bass strings, regulation, and a thorough cleaning.

Recording Equipment and
Outboard Gear

Toft ATB32

Toft ATB32 – 32 channel Mixing Console
Lynx Aurora AD/DA Convertors
Pro Tools Studio 2024.3.0
Plug-Ins: Boz Digital Labs; IK Multimedia; Melodyne 5 Studio; Waves
2020 iMac 27″ with additional 27″ Thunderbolt Display
G-Technology 12TB G-RAID
LaCie d2 Professional 6TB USB-C Desktop HDD
Focal CMS 50 reference monitors
Dynaudio Acoustics 9.5″ 300W Active Sub
Grace m903 Reference headphone amplifier, DAC, monitor controller
Furman HDS-16 Headphone Distribution System
Six Furman HRM-16 Headphone Remote Mixers
API 3124+
Lexicon MX200 Reverb
Symetrix SE-400 Stereo Parametric Equalizer
dbx 166XL 2-channel Compressor/Limiter/Gate
PreSonus ACP88 8-channel Compressor/Limiter with Noise Gates
Byer-Dynamic DT 770 PRO/80 headphones
Tascam TH-200X headphones
UltraPhones High Isolation Studio Headphones
DrumKat; h.at.Kat.; PoleKat (midi controllers)
Roland R-8 Human Rhythm Composer (drum machine)

Toft desk
Toft ATB32 console

Microphones

AKG D112
1 pair AKG C414 XLS
Audio Technica AT2020
Audix D6
Audix i5
Audix D2 (2)
Audix D4 (2)
Byer-Dynamic M422N(C)
Cascade Fat Head II Lund Single Ribbon (Lundahl)
EV RE-10 Cardioid Dynamic Microphone ‘Baby’ RE-20 Variable-D
EV RE-20
1 pair Grundig GDSM200 vintage stereo microphones
Miktek CV4 Large Diaphragm Condenser
1 pair Rode NT5’s
SE Electronics Z3300 A
Sennheiser MD 421 (4)
Shure Beta 52A
1 pair Shure KSM141’s
Shure KSM32 (2)
Shure PG52
Shure SM57 (3)
Shure Beta 57A
Shure Beta 58
Shure PGA52
Shure SM58
Shure SM59
1 pair Shure SM81’s
Shure Beta 98 D/S (4)
Soundelux ifet7
Yamaha SKRM-100 SubKick

Video Gear

Final Cut Pro X
Canon Vixia HF R300 HD Camcorders (6)
Flat screen Samsung 40″ color monitors (3)
Logitech webcam
Mac mini 2022
Zoom Q8

Snare Drums

Vintage snare drums: Leedy | Leedy & Ludwig  Rogers | Slingerland | Ludwig | Gretsch | WFL

Brady 41/2x14 wood (Jarrah finish)
Gretsch 5×14 wood
Gretsch 51/2x14 brass (COB)
Leedy 5×14 wood
Leedy 5×14 brass (1930’s)
Leedy 61/2x14 wood (1930’s)
Leedy & Ludwig 51/2x14 wood
Ludwig 3×13 brass piccolo
Ludwig 31/2x13 wood piccolo (1950’s)
Ludwig 41/2x15 metal
Ludwig 5×14 Acrolite (1970s)
Ludwig 5×14 Super Classic Maple

Ludwig 51/2x14 Super Sensitive (1970s)
Ludwig 5×14 wood (1930’s)
Ludwig 5×14 wood (1950’s)
Ludwig 61/2x14 Black Beauty
Ludwig & Ludwig 41/2x14 wood (1920’s)
Mapex 3×14 Maple piccolo
Nodar Rode 7×14 wood
Rogers Banner 5×14 wood (1960’s)
Rogers Dynasonic 5×14 wood (1950’s)

Slingerland 5×14 metal
Slingerland 51/2x14 Radio King (1950’s)
WFL 61/2x14 wood
WFL 7×14 wood
WFL 7×15 wood

Yamaha | Gretsch | Ludwig | Nodar Rode

Yamaha 31/2 x14 brass piccolo
Yamaha Peter Erskine 4×12 Maple
Yamaha 4×14 Maple Custom Absolute
Yamaha Dave Weckl Limited Edition 5×13 Maple
Yamaha Dave Weckl Limited Edition 51/2x14 Brass
Yamaha Steve Gadd Signature 14×5 Birch
Yamaha 5 1/2 x 14 Club Custom (Orange Swirl)
Yamaha Limited Edition Steve Gadd 51/2x14 Steel
Yamaha 51/2x14 Live Oak Custom
Yamaha 51/2x14 Maple Custom Absolute Nouveau
Yamaha 51/2x14  Roy Haynes Signature Hammered Copper
Yamaha 7×14 Absolute Hybrid Maple
Yamaha 7×14 Maple Custom Absolute Nouveau
Yamaha 51/2x14 Copper
Yamaha 6×12 Musashi Oak
Yamaha 61/2x13 brass
Yamaha 61/2x13 Steve Jordan with Stellar maple wood hoops
Yamaha 8”x14” Recording Custom
Yamaha Field Corps Marching Snare Drum
Yamaha sfz marching snare

Cymbals

Istanbul Agop | Sabian | Zildjian | Paiste | Dream

13 pairs of hi-hats
28 ride cymbals
including 7 flat rides
Istanbul Agops—amazing!
Sabian 18″ Limited Edition Chick Corea Royalty Ride!
26 crash cymbals
6 splash cymbals
4 swish & China cymbals
2 UFip Ice Bells
2 small gongs