Welcome to Artisan Drumworks

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…makers of Handcrafted, Heirloom Quality, Custom Drums since 1998!  We are a boutique, custom drum company located in Memphis, TN offering hand-crafted, custom stave, segment, and solid snare drums and drum sets with superior sound and quality. Our custom snare drums and drum sets are precisely engineered to produce unparalleled, pure tone, sensitivity, and a unique voice within each species of wood. 

“These are the most amazing drums!!!  The attack and rebound allow for effortless playing in a relaxed state.  The sound of each drum is perfect like none other with maximum resonance.  There is nothing I can compare them to after 40 years of playing.  I can only thank God for leading me to Curt and Artisan Drum Works allowing me the opportunity to experience a truly perfect musical instrument.  They are truly hand crafted inside and out.  Thanks Curt and God bless you!!!”

Prestige Series- African Bubinga (8×12, 13×14ft,15×16ft,17×22,6.5×14)

Phil Keeler, North Carolina

The flagship drums of our company are our stave snare drums and drum sets.  Stave-designed drums capture and differentiate the full, distinct tonal properties from one wood species to another.  Stave drums are made from solid timber with no fillers, as is common in ply shells.  A fraction of the glue is used in the stave process resulting in substantially increased, pure and natural wood tone.

We also offer solid (one-ply) snare drums and drum sets in our Vintage Classic series. Solid snare drums have been made famous and are favored among many top professionals, offering a voice that is unique to their design.   Finally, our segment (block) snare drums round out the palette of instruments that we handcraft at Artisan Drumworks.  Our drums are increasingly the choice of many professional players and sound engineers for recording and live performance all over the world.

We are also proud to use our very own engineered, U.S.A. manufactured lugs on all of our snare drums and drum sets exclusively!  These lugs are machined out of solid brass and are available in a number of plated finishes.  Other recent developments include several hardware finishes for the entire snare drum or drum set including chrome, bright nickel, satin nickel, black nickel, platinum and lacquered brass.  The latest and very well received development is our Artisan Isolation Mount (A.I.M.) tom suspension system.  This mounting system comes standard and exclusively on our Custom Select and Prestige Series drum sets.  Further information about the Artisan Isolation Mount (A.I.M.) can be found by clicking on the link in red.  Copyright 2009 (patent pending).

Our custom snare drums, drum sets, and wood hoops are all handcrafted in several domestic and exotic wood species with passion and precision, one at a time, proudly in the U.S.A.  Our Prestige and Custom Select Series drums ship in legendary Humes & Berg Enduro Pro hard cases.  Our Vintage Classic Series ship in Humes and Berg soft cases.  All of our drums are backed by our Lifetime Warranty!

MADE IN U.S.A.!