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Dimensions

Cases for large hand-tuned / belt timpani

3 sizes are available:

Large: 104cm x 104cm x 80cm, for timpani up to 29"/30" including Lefima 29" belt timpani
Medium: 98cm x 98cm x 74cm, for timpani up to 26"/27" including Lefima 26" belt timpani
Small: 96cm x 95cm x 72cm, for timpani up to 23"/24" including Lefima 23" belt timpani

 

Hardcase bass drum cases for timpani

3 sizes are available:

HN26B, here in red, is 95cm x 45cm, weight 31kg, for timpani 25″ – 27.5″.
HN24B, here in green, 88cm x 45cmweight 30kg, for timpani 23″ – 25″
HN22B, not shown, is 79cm x 45cmweight 28kg, for timpani 20″-23″

Some of the cases have 4 extra wheels. All of them have two built in wheels

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Stands can be transported in lightweight Le Blond boxes.  This one, for up to three stands, has dimensions of 97cm long x 40 wide x 13 deep and weighs around 15kg.

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Why build a cargo bike for timpani?

I'd experimented with taking timpani on the train.  And although accessibility on public transport has become much better, I still needed a vehicle to get the drums from my home to the station.  After that it definitely worked but it seemed to be a lot of lugging around of heavy things when there was a better solution awaiting....

Gilbert & Sullivan ‘Princess Ida’ – June 2023

Performances 7-8 June 2023 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

Gilbert & Sullivan's 'Princess Ida' with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performed here less than half a mile from where it was first performed in 1884 at The Savoy Theatre.
The timpani are 24", 24" & 27" Hawkes with thick English calf heads (range is low G up to E). Percussion includes a Dresdner snare drum, early C20 (?) English bass drum, Istanbul cymbals.
Since this part is definitely written for only one player (perhaps a space issue?) the percussion contribution cannot be as involved or interesting as in other G&S works.
Other works premiered around this time include 'Carmen', Brahms 4, Dvorak 7, 'Parsifal' and 'Manfred' Symphony.

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