{"id":1667,"date":"2026-10-01T19:45:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonnykoelbl.at\/?page_id=1667"},"modified":"2026-10-01T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:46:10","slug":"joko-drums","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonnykoelbl.at\/en\/bastl\/joko-drums\/","title":{"rendered":"JoKo Drums"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bastl \u2014 JoKo Drums<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Piece by piece to a drum.<\/em><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Stave drums made of solid, local wood \u2013 built in my workshop, played on my stages.<\/p>\n\t\t

\n \t\t\tsince 2014<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\tSolid wood, stave construction<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\tOne of a kind<\/span>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n
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What is a stave drum?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

No plywood \u2013 just solid wood<\/em>, stave by stave.<\/h2>\n\t\t
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A stave drum is made like a wine barrel: narrow strips of solid wood, glued into a ring. The grain runs vertically and unbroken through the entire shell.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

With no cross-layers in the shell, the wood resonates freely \u2013 open, warm and a little different with every type of wood.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n

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The build process<\/em><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\tin six steps<\/span>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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Cutting the staves<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Apple, walnut, oak: the board is ripped into strips of equal width, every edge precisely mitered.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Gluing<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Glued into a ring around a template \u2013 ratchet straps hold everything in shape.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Milling the outside<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

In the first self-built CNC mill the shell rotates and is milled perfectly round on the outside.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Milling the inside<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

The second home-built mill works from the inside until the wall is 10 mm thick all around.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Rings & bearing edges<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Fitting the reinforcement rings, then milling the bearing edges for the heads.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Finish & tuning<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Oiling, mounting the hardware and heads \u2013 and then the first stroke.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n

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New in the workshop<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Two mills, built myself.<\/em><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

My latest development: two CNC mills, designed and built myself \u2013 one for the outside of the shell, one for the inside. That way every drum has the same thickness all around.<\/p>\n\t\t

\n \t\t\toutside & inside<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t10 mm wall thickness<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\tDIY CNC<\/span>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n
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Filmed in the workshop<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Workshopcinema<\/em><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

The camera has been rolling since the very first drum.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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The first snare<\/em><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Where it all began: my first stave snare made of maple \u2013 from the board to the first stroke.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n

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A whole kit<\/em><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Bass drum, toms and snare as a matching kit in the same construction.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n

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Apple, walnut & stone pine<\/em><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

A small series of snares from local woods: apple, walnut and stone pine.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t

\n\t\tSound tests & more on YouTube \u2197\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/section>\n

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Latest kit \u00b7 Stone pine<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Tiny Pocket Kit<\/em><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Bass drum, snare and tom made of stone pine \u2013 small, light and quick to set up. Built for small stages, played at my concerts.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Stone pine shell<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Fully assembled<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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In concert<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n

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Tonewoods<\/em><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\tevery wood sounds different<\/span>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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JoKo Drum \u00b7 Apple<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t

Apple<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Dense and finely grained. Round and singing, with strong mids.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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JoKo Drum \u00b7 Walnut<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t

Walnut<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Dark and lively figured. Warm and focused.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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JoKo Drum \u00b7 Pine<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t

Pine & stone pine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Light, bright and resinous. Open, airy, with lots of overtones.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bastl \u2014 JoKo Drums St\u00fcck f\u00fcr St\u00fcck zur Trommel. Stave-Drums aus massivem, heimischem Holz \u2013 gebaut in meiner Werkstatt, gespielt auf meinen B\u00fchnen. seit 2014 Massivholz in Fassbauweise Unikate Was ist eine Stave-Drum? Kein Sperrholz \u2013 nur massives Holz, St\u00fcck an St\u00fcck. Eine Stave-Drum entsteht wie ein Weinfass: schmale Leisten aus Massivholz, zu einem Ring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1524,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1667","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnykoelbl.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnykoelbl.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnykoelbl.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnykoelbl.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnykoelbl.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1667"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonnykoelbl.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1689,"href":"https:\/\/jonnykoelbl.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1667\/revisions\/1689"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnykoelbl.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnykoelbl.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}