DK Percussion

01/27/2026

Slowly but surely... working on a series of videos "Beyond Basic Timpani Maintenance." Episode 1 - Dealing with rivets.
https://youtu.be/KnNfRmyYPxk

DK Percussion presents a "Beyond Basics" maintenance series for your American Drum Manufacturing Company Light timpani. This series will touch on things not ...

12/01/2025

Swapping plastic heads for calfskin.

11/15/2025

Photo dump from the last two weeks. Shipping out some flesh hoops, correcting a Yamaha timpani hoop, casting parts for timpani repairs, and finished parts!

10/26/2025

Shop expansion “done.” “Done” because there’s always more to do. A few big projects starting up right now and this space will be crammed full within the next couple days!

10/18/2025

Following yesterday’s post: I’m copy-casting some parts to convert a single 29” Light timpani (Mark XI) to German for myself. The setup will make sense once I have pictures, but the idea is to have 32, 31, 29, 26 in a standard configuration for movie music.
This is a 29” I recently acquired and will post more about it later - perhaps some videos and How To’s as well!

10/16/2025

Shop expansion and mystery project! Shop is doubling in size and the mystery project… what’s your guess? (Part 1?)

10/07/2025

Guess what the weight limit is on the airlines?

09/01/2025

I've been putting it off for about two years, but it's finally time to give in: pricing on DKP tuning indicator bolts needs to bump up, but do not fret! Use code "OLDPRICE" through 9/6 to get the original price we started with back in 2015!

CNC machined from solid stainless steel. Will never rub off or break. 7/16" round head, fits Ludwig and other 3/16" spaced rails. Made in the USA. Includes custom machined 3/8" dia. brass thumb nut, nylon and spring washers.

08/27/2025

Low drum high and high drum low. Added tilters and new casters to a set of Hinger timpani.

08/05/2025

It’s “Bring Your Supervisor to Work” day!

He wrapped himself around the fan with his new leash but is also enjoying his new bed.

06/20/2025

It's been a while since the last episode... this one is rather unfortunate.

In this episode of the Light Timpani Rebuild, we explore what went wrong with the chrome plating process. Unfortunately this isn't a "shined and polished" vi...

05/20/2025

"Hey, maybe I'll switch back to calf sometime this week and get some work done in the shop..."
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