SAN FRANCISCO DRUM COMPANY ANNOUNCES
AVAILABILITY OF CANISTER THRONES

San Francisco Drum Company announces the availability of vintage-style canister thrones, offering the musician both the classic on-stage styling associated with the great swing drummers of yesteryear and the added convenience of built-in storage. Read More

2006 HOLLYWOOD CUSTOM
AND VINTAGE DRUM SHOW

OCTOBER 7-8, 2006
PASADENA CONFERENCE CENTER

San Francisco Drum Company will have instruments on display at the upcoming Hollywood Custom and Vintage Drum Show. Visitors will have the opportunity to try out a custom trap set as well as a variety of snare drums including the Civic Center, Fillmore, and Bernal Beat models. Read More

MONTREAL PRINCIPAL PERCUSSIONIST
SERGE DESGAGNES NOW REPRESENTING
SAN FRANCISCO DRUM COMPANY

San Francisco Drum Company announces that Serge Desgagnés, Principal Percussionist for the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra), is the latest artist representing their product line. Mr. Desgagnés is playing a 5.5"x14" Bernal Beat snare finished in vintage Champagne Sparkle with the new Dunnett R-Class strainer and Puresound snare wires. Read More

1906-2006 COMMEMORATIVE
SNARE DRUM NOW AVAILABLE
 
DRUM COMMEMORATES 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
OF 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE

San Francisco Drum Company announces the availability of a limited run, collector’s edition snare drum commemorating the centennial anniversary of the Great San Francisco earthquake and fire. This drum was inspired by the military and pit orchestra drums of the era and includes design elements representing the elements and events of the time. Read More

BAY AREA POP/ROCK DRUMMER
STEVE BOWMAN REPRESENTING
SAN FRANCISCO DRUM COMPANY

Steve Bowman was the original drummer for Counting Crows and has played with many Bay Area bands including Third Eye Blind, Tremolo, John Wesley Harding, and Penelope Houston. Steve has been touring with San Francisco's Luce (Luceband.com) and doing sessions and private instruction when home. Read More

HOT JAZZ IN THE CARIBBEAN
WITH CHICAGO'S WEST END JAZZ BAND

Chicago's renowned West End Jazz Band, featuring Mike Albiniak on drums were featured in a unique Traditional Jazz theme cruise organized and sponsored by The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society. The society also sponsors a yearly Jazzfest every July in Davenport Iowa (the hometown of Bix Beiderbecke). Fans of traditional American Jazz music were treated to a seven-day luxury cruise of the eastern Caribbean aboard the Carnival cruise ship, Valor. Read More

JAPAN DISTRIBUTOR VISITS SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco Drum Co. received our first international visitor from Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Hiroyuki Sato, owner of Pad Corporation, made a much-appreciated trip north following the 2006 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. Mr. Sato and San Francisco Drum Co. owner Garry Williams had the pleasant opportunity to visit in person and spend a few days together, seeing the city's most popular tourist attractions as well as a marathon tour of the leading pro drum shops in Northern California. Read More

DUNNETT R-CLASS SNARE THROWOFF
NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL MODEL SNARE DRUMS

San Francisco Drum Company is now offering the Dunnett R-Class snare throwoffs as the standard component on all snare drum models starting in 2006. The new snare strainer features a smooth piston-action operation and is constructed of durable metal components. A notable new advantage of the new R-Class mechanism is the adjustable handle, which allows the user to adjust the handle position by 180°. Read More