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Getting the most out of your Cooperman frame drum

Comparing Various Synthetic Drumhead Options:

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Comparing Various Synthetic Drumhead Options:

REMO has formulated a variety of materials that intentionally play to different sound palettes.  In designing each drum model,  Cooperman specifies a particular head material that pairs with the drum's intended tonal characteristics.  .

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Cooperman Endorser Artists / Educators -The Academies and The AIS Drums

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Cooperman Endorser Artists / Educators -The Academies and The AIS Drums

Cooperman frame drum artists have developed online education programs ( beginner "101"  to advance intensives), in private lesson format as well as group workshops, or interactive frame drum academies with self-paced learning modules.  More than ever before, it's easy to work with some of the world's most respected drummers, to expand your repertoire while participating as a member of a worldwide community of frame drummers. Pair with a Cooperman AIS drum !

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Keeping Your Drum and Drum Head Clean

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Keeping Your Drum and Drum Head Clean

Cooperman-built drums and REMO drum heads are a great pairing - durable, and powerful sounding. They are built to give you many years great service, and they are really quite easy to maintain and keep clean.  

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In The Groove - The Important Functions of that Simple Cording

In The Groove -  The Important Functions of that Simple Cording

It’s easy to underestimate the role of the cording that encircles our frame drums where the drum head is mounted to the drum shell, but the cording has four significant design functions.

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Natural Color Variations in Cherry Wood Drums

Natural Color Variations in Cherry Wood Drums

Cherry is our “go-to” wood for most of the frame drums and tambourines. It has a smooth, tight grain that finishes beautifully.  Newly sawed cherry has creamy, pinkish-brown hue, which darkens over time, with exposure to air and sunlight, to a warmer caramel brown. Cherry wood develops a renowned, lustrous patina.

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