Here in the gallery you can see some examples of our drums. They provide a sampling - not a complete display - of the product range available from Walter Goodridge - Woodturning. Presenting information here is a little difficult, because each piece we make is unique; we do not have standard sizes and shapes. We generally make whichever drums we feel are best suited to an individual tree.

Many features are common to our drums:

· They are one piece of wood, including the foot.

· All are cut from logs, many of which we have cut ourselves.

· Most of the trees we use must be removed for some reason such as storm damage.

· Every drum is kiln-dried to make certain that it will not crack from internal stress.

· The drums are shaped to effect sound quality. As the head is installed on the drum, the tension is monitored by deflection and sound analysis by a computer.

· The drum gets at least 3 coats of a tung oil finish. This oil, from the nut of the Chinese tung tree, is said to be the most water resistant natural vegetable oil.