This page is where we list local drumming resources, from drum makers and sellers to instructions on how to make your own drum straps and caftans. Our organization never uses its events for promoting businesses. However, we are very glad to provide our members with a listing of local drum retailers and local service providers on our website Resources page. If you are a drum vendor or a drum service provider and you would like your company, business or email address/website URL added to our resources page, please email us at info@thedrumcircle.org and let us know your company name, your company snail mail address, business phone #, business email address, and a brief list of drum products and/or services you provide.

  • Magic City Costumes, Wenatchee, WA Phone 1-866-884-7518 offering music, drums, and other middle-eastern dancing-related projects. The store has a website at http://www.magiccitycostumes.com/default/. This site also includes drums and drumming CDs by the Scabland Band (Roy Pettit's group).

  • Busto Drums, Kennewick, WA phone 509 582 9751 offering custom made Ashikos, Kpanlogo, Bougarabou, Nyahbinghis. Owner Jeff Busto writes: These are the common name of old drums from Africa, Senegal, Jamaca, Kpanlogo, and Bougarabou. They are perhaps ancestors to the Cuban Conga drum. I have taken technology and am reproducing these drums with my modern touch. My goals and focus are to teach drummers to tune their drums and to bring up new drum makers. There are not enough of us out there. I have a very modern way of teaching new rhythms and stretching out old rhythms. I also do overhauls (new rope and skin) or just head replacement. jeff

  • Etsy Owner Evelyn Ward de Roo shares: Hi Tri City drummers, I found your drum circle on the web at Drums on the Web site. This is my shop on Etsy where I sell handmade djembe drum straps from recycled clothing. http://WaveSong.etsy.com Etsy is an online marketplace for buying and selling all things handmade. And my demonstration video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze08Hcv377A I would be grateful if you told your group about my straps. Thank you for looking.

  • Ted Brown Music, 2600 N. Columbia Center Blvd. Phone 509-783-3481. Drum Circle member Jennifer McCann shares: They have a nice display of djembes, doumbeks, talking drums, bongos, hand drums, congas, etc. etc., right near the front entrance. Most of the drums are Remo (synthetic). They also have a lot of nice shakers, bells, and tambourines."

  • Treasures of the Sahara, this store (operated by Carrie Chambers) carries drums and other percussive instruments as well. The store website is currently located at www.treasuresofthesahara.comand their phone is 948-0580.

    Drumming Maintenance
    Need your drum head redone? Need your cords tightened? A number of drum circle members in our area are very good at it -- and very reasonably priced:
  • Jeff Busto of Busto Drums now in Kennewick, WA. jeff can be reached at bustodrums@charter.net.

    National Drum/Percussion Sources (which have contacted us):
  • Seattle: Lark In The Morning
  • Portland: African Rhythm Traders
  • Chicago: Medusa's Musical Mysteries
  • eBay
  • Mother Rhythm
  • Shake and Rattle
  • Afrodrums
  • Drum Journeys

    Drumming Websites (which have listed us):
  • www.drum-circle.org