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Notes and Thoughts on Drum Shell Bearing Edges — Drum Sound Physics – High-speed video reveals incredible distortions subsequent to each hit; Contact points/surfaces vital to tone

Updated 19 June 2024 | Published 23 February 2024 by M

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Drum Sound Physics

Bearing Edges — Drum Sound Physics Part II

Updated 29 June 2024 | Published 21 February 2024 by M

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Bearing Edges — Drum Sound Physics Part II

Drum Physics, why drums sound the way they sound

Updated 29 June 2024 | Published 20 February 2024 by M

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Drum Physics

“A great Scientist is more greatly an Occultist.”

Welcome fellow travelers; discerning smarties; open-minded and rational afficionados of truth and beauty, to our constantly-curated cornucopia of curiosities delving deeply beyond the beyonds of esoterica, eclectica, engineering, and evermore “-ologies” — a ‘top-drawer’ overflowing delectable variety and intrigue.

“It is important not to worship what is known but to question it.” – J Bronowski

This website largely concerns vibrations, oscillations, energies — vibratory anything — with life, physics, science, music in primary focus, plus oddball tidbits aplenty mixed-in for flavor and zest.

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Ben Franklin

All is inseparably connected via vibration. Per scripture, sound was the beginning: If “God is two octaves above man,” but ‘silence is golden,’ doesn’t that leave us somewhere between precious and divine? We should live up to that.