You read the item name correctly, this is a solid Lignum Vitae Stave snare drum. Lignum Vitae is an exotic wood species regarded by most to be both the heaviest and hardest wood in the world. it has an absolutely ridiculous Janka wood hardness rating of 4,390 lbf - more than triple the hardness rating of maple at 1430 lbf
Because this wood is so hard and dense, it works very well in Musical applications. The robust characteristics of this wood species make for a drum that has a huge amount of attack, bite, and punch. Additionally, utilizing by Stave shell Construction we were able to achieve additional sensitivity, articulation, and musicality.
The individual segments of wood, or staves, are hand and selected, and arranged with care to produce the most striking visual pattern possible, while maintaining the grain Integrity from its original flow in the board in which the drum was made from.
This drum is totally unique piece, made from arguably the hardest wood in the world. It will be an absolute workhorse, in both live and studio settings.
The drum pictured in this listing was custom-built for a client, and it's a 14x5.5 with a satin oil finish - If you buy this drum today we will be building you one from scratch.
This creates the opportunity to customize the drum to your specs. You can get whatever type of Hardware you would like on the drum, we can change the size of the drum, and we can do whatever type of finish you can imagine! Some of these changes might affect the price of the drum.