Last year, we were contacted by Mr Michael Wirth, the drummer with Swing Dancing Orchestra Berlin, for whom we – in three separate phases - produced and restored some vintage style drums. Phase one was a brand new drumset BD 28”, TT 10”, FTT 14” and SD 13”. The drumset's image was adopted from another set of ours, the one we created for Mr Jiří Novák with Melody Makers and which literally enchanted Mr Wirth. The bass drum was made of beech veneer and was 9 mm thick + reinforcement rings. For the toms and the snare, American solid walnut wood was chosen. Later we drove to Germany's capital again, with another 28” bass drum meant for smaller stages. It looked the same but was only 10” deep and its shell was only 3 mm thick with 9 mm reinforcement rings. In the third phase of our cooperation, we were entrusted with the task of refurbishing Michael's main drumset which had been put together from different parts throughout the previous years. The bass drum was a Pearl concert drum 28”x14”, TT, which Michael had inherited from his father, was Trowa 13”x8”. The tom's shell was unfortunately badly damaged, so we had to replace it with six-ply birch shell with six-ply reinforcement rings. The floor tom 18”x16” was from a Mapex Meridian maple set. The snare drum was a Yamaha Elvin Jones 14”x6,5”. We ended up restoring the original condition of the snare and making a brand new Hallvad solid block snare made of solid mahogany. We emulated the look of the original wooden hoops and added a reinforcement aluminium layer in the new hoops. What is really interesting is that the whole kit is fitted with tube lugs of our own production. We cooperated on them with our uncle Gustav, a great craftsman who contributed to the process with making original vintage looking clamps and holders for cymbals, bells etc. The set therefore has an original vintage design and several special accessories which will hopefully be appreciated by the owner. So far, we have only seen satisfaction in the city on the Spree river.
ARTISAN Turk cymbals A wonderful experience was a trip on the wings of Turkish Airlines to the Artisan Cymbal Factory...
Jazz set Hanus and Hert Another set worth mentioning. Its owner, Jakub, had a very clear idea of its configuration, together we decided that it would be made of olive wood...
Hallvad Bloody Ash A set that is certainly worth mentioning is the maple stave shell set 10", 12", 14", 16", BD 22" - thin-walled maple...
Municipal Theatre Brno The drummers from this theatre have come up with a real treat for us...
Historical drums A special "discipline" in our activity is the production of replicas of historical drums...
New and refurbished drums for Michael Wirth, drummer with Swing Dancing Orchestra Berlin Last year, we were contacted by Mr Michael Wirth, the drummer with Swing Dancing Orchestra Berlin...
Hallvad Cherry Custom Stave Shell set A very interesting set TT 12”x8”, FTT 14”x10” and BD 20”x14” has just left our workshop...
Original Vintage Orchestra We have made a replica of a 1920s drumset for the big band called Original Vintage Orchestra...
Concert Bass Drum This was an interesting job for our stable customer from a music school in Hořice...
Hallvad in the National Theatre In the National Theatre in Prague, you can see a show directed by Ondřej Havelka...
Melody Makers & Hallvad Recently, we have been producing a special drumset for Mr Jiří Novák, the drummer with Ondřej Havelka and his Melody Makers...
Hallvad Soundblock New product in the percussion category.
DC-drums drumset Hallvad wooden hoops were used on DC-drums Custom Shop drumset.
Pearl All Birch Set Lady Image Restoration of DW Hallvad Open Body Technology