Steve Hemphill, Percussion
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Inventory and Equipment

9 marimbas (four are 5-octave instruments; three Marimba One  
     instruments and one Malletech)

3 vibraphones (including 3.5-octave Yamaha gold bar)

3 xylophones (including 4-octave wide-bar Malletech Becker Soloist
     model)

3 glockenspiels (including 3-octave Fall Creek "Round Top" model)

6 drum sets (w/side-by-side set-up in one room; a showcase DW set 
     in jazz studies)

4 sets of timpani (including professional set of 5 Clevelander timpani;
     set of 5 Yamaha)

3 concert bass drums (including Pearl 36" x 20" Symphonic PBM)

Inventory of snare drums (Grover, Black Swamp, Pearl, Yamaha) and 
     concert tom-toms

Dedicated cymbal cabinet with an extensive and diverse inventory

Exceptional inventory of auxiliary and world percussion instruments

A percussion studio mallet "library" (available for checkout)

Yamaha Vibraphone (low C)

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Fall Creek "Round Tops"

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DW Drum Set

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Yamaha Timpani

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Marimba One with NAU Students

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Malletech 4-Octave Wide Bar Xylophone (Becker Soloist)

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Grover and Blackswamp Snare Drums

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Clevelander Timpani (in Bartok Sonata set-up)

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Yamaha "Deagan" Chimes

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Sabian Cymbal Collection

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