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Key Features
- Professional 16'' x 12'' pipe band tenor drum with ebony black lacquer finish
- Easy to tune, play and transport thanks to its purpose built, non corrosive design
- Intuitive hands-on turnbuckle tensioning system eliminates the need for tuning key
- Achieve incredible levels of warmth and resonance thanks to free floating 7-ply, 5.5mm shell
Premier Marching Professional 16" x 12" Tenor Drum, Ebony Black Overview
From budding pipe band drummers to world champions, the Premier Marching Professional 16" x 12" Tenor Drum serves you every step of the way. Thanks to its 5.5mm 7-ply birch shell, the Professional Tenor Drum is designed to excel on the field, in any climate. Its free floating shell grants you unrestricted resonance, emitting a warm, mellow tone when struck, making it a great supporting instrument within the ensemble. The unmistakable tone and breadth of voicing it offers adds to the versatility of the drum, bringing out every last nuance of your playing style.
A friend of the community, Premier understand the fast paced nature of live performance and the unpredictable climate conditions performer's face. That's why the Professional Tenor Drum offers an innovative turnbuckle tension system to ensure a stress free experience when achieving perfect pitch. Easy to use, there's no need for a tuning key, the drum's pitch can be determined by finger adjustment. Coming complete with a stylish silver powder-coated finish, the turnbuckles provide the perfect finishing touch that complements the ebony black shell.
Product Ref: 186685
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View Full DescriptionUnparalleled Build and Sound
Made from birch, the shell offers the perfect starting point for a pipe band tenor with its bright top-end, full bodied low-end with a gentle scoop in the low-mids. Premier’s choice to utilise wooden hoops enhances its tone, offering a free, open sound that’s in keeping with the musical style.
Impeccable Championship Winning Pedigree
Long considered the world’s leader and innovator in the manufacturing of marching drums, Premier has continually set and reinvented the bar that many premium brands can only aspire to. Their innovative designs boasting high-tension tuning, free-floating shells and parallel action throw offs have placed the brand in a league of their own. From one pipe band alone Premier have been affiliated with 22 major championship and six world drumming titles.
Reviews
''Premier’s Professional Series bass and tenor drums have been the only choice for six times World Drumming Champions St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band. At the heart of the drum lies a truly free-floating shell that helps to create a natural, open sound across all sizes. As weather conditions change during competition, each drummer can quickly re-tune their instrument thanks to the innovative turnbuckle tensioning system. Each drum has a resonance like no other and is truly the choice of champions.'' - Stephen Creighton (St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band)
''The Professional Series tenor drums, with so many different sizes available, give any drum corps the scope to produce accurately pitched note intervals that complement the bagpipe chanter, whilst producing a resonant and well projected note every time.'' - Mick O'Neill (Police Scotland Fife Pipe Band)
''We at St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band use Premier Professional Series tenors for their consistency to produce the best quality tonal balance possible across all size drums. We have worked closely with Premier to help us achieve the unique pitches that no one else can produce, the warm sound and turnbuckle system is truly streets ahead when it comes to a champions choice. We have also worked closely with Premier to produce custom drum colour finishes to help us bring out the exceptional quality product for pipe bands.'' - Simon Hodgett (Lead tenor, St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band)
Specifications
- Shell Construction: Birch
- Shell Ply: 7-ply
- Shell Thickness: 5.5mm
- Bearing Edge: 45 degrees
- Shell Diameter: Standard
- Lugs: Turnbuckle
- Internal Finish: Clear Sealant
- Drumheads: Opaque
- Dampening System: Foam Dampers
- Hoops: Wooden
- Shell Finish: Ebony Black Lacquer
- Hardware Finish: Silver Powder Coat
- Carry Hook / Eyes: Carry Hook
Our legacy, your future. The perfect blend of heritage and technical innovation, Premier have remained at the forefront of musical instrument design, providing a legendary sound to drummers and percussionists worldwide since 1922.
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