Steve's been making scale tuned tongue drums for almost 15 years now.

Having worked on so many tongue drums has given him insight into just what it takes to make the perfect tuned tongue drum.

All parts are dried to the correct moisture content, which can take years. The component parts are then all surfaced to varying

   thicknesses, and assembled in careful order to ensure the proper weight ratio for the drum.

The drums are then tightly bonded using high pressure clamping.

After clamping, the drums are rough sanded, and run through a special surfacing machine which adjusts the playing board to the exact

thickness required for that particular instrument.

The instrument is then sanded down to 220 using very fine grit sanding paper.

The keys are then cut in a special pattern, giving each key the right width and length for her note in the scale.

After this, the keys are then fined tuned using special chisels, first by ear, then even more accurately using electronic means.

Once the tuning is completed, the instrument is lightly re-sanded, and then rubbed with a combination of all natural oils.

The result is a wonderfully harmonic instrument, whos sound can't be duplicated.

Steve's drums are exciting to play, and many different sounds can be obtained by choice of mallet, and when playing

by hand, using simple muting techniques.