Geoff Nicholls

In his Essex workshop, Provenance's Tim Broughton takes reclaimed materials of fantastically varied provenance and fashions them into unrepeatable instruments.

Premier's Modern Classics are high-end drums that are entirely hand-built in the UK

Pearl updates its popular SensiTone series of snares starting with a first-rate metal-shelled trio to suit all pockets

Inspired by the avant garde jazzers of the 1950s, the Liberty Avant's motto is to "build and excel, inspire and enhance"

Remo's long overdue first single-ply mesh heads enable quiet practice sessions with a pretty authentic feel

Istanbul - the cymbal company – was founded in 1980 by Agop Tomurcuk, previously foreman at the K Zildjian factory in Istanbul, Turke

Updated collectors' limited editions of the master drummer's unique signature maple snare drum

Limited to just 250, we test Dave Weckl's super-limited collectors' edition snare drum

Zildjian harks back to the 1950s and 1960s for this richly characterful new set with an authentic vintage twist

Sustainably-sourced drums from the unique Brazilian company

Sabian's clever marketing idea, to run an online public vote for the most popular of its latest cymbals to promote, enters its third year.

A new custom snare drum illustrates the breadth of choice from this fascinatingly different firm

Professional quality cymbal series now fully available in the UK

Two hand-made snares in attractive beech wood from the recently launched and rebranded Japanese company

The old Tuscan firm returns with a set of cymbals that demand attention

Professional flamenco cajon with innovative design features and impressive bass response from this top Spanish company

Two superlative custom snare drums hand built from scratch in the UK that look and sound awesome

The Chinese cymbal company, Stagg, first surprised us back in 2001. We always thought of 'proper' cymbals being of Turkish origin, most often via the USA and Europe

West Yorkshire custom builder Animal simplifies its output with the launch of these new hand-crafted drums

New additions to the Meinl Byzance range of traditionally-made Turkish cymbals

Mapex adds this exceedingly well-specified small group kit to its popular budget Meridian Maple line

Four brand new and wildly different Sabian one-offs, the winners of Sabian's online player selection scheme

This joint venture sees EcHo metal shells married to Flint Percussion's marching band style free-floating shells

A well-priced, hand-made Turkish range

Want to really wow your audience? Light up the stage with Spaun's new LED Custom acrylic shelled drums