Brady Drums // history // ply drums // solid drums // block drums

|| 1996

Chris designed and produced the new "Dry Timbre Series Wooden Lug".

|| 1994

Our Timber Mill was established helping to control supply of timber.

|| 1989

We began development and production of our Ply shell snare drums and drum kits from Jarrah (Eucalyptus Marginata).

|| 1986

Modern Drummer interview in their March 1986 issue, "A New Approach to Drum Making", with Chris Brady launches Brady Drums on an international level.

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|| 1982

Chris began producing Block Shell snare drums. Chris was also perhaps the first to

produce snare drums of 10" and 12" diameter.

|| 1980

Chris Brady produced a Solid Wood Shell snare drum from a hollowed solid section of a Jarrah tree. Chris was told that this method of construction was not possible - but he went ahead and did it anyway. There was no join, no seam, no glue; literally a solid section of tree hollowed out using an axe, a chainsaw, a chisel and finally a lathe, then drilled and fitted. We now only make these on a customer order basis.

|| 1976

Chris Brady first made drum sticks from Brown Mallet and began testing the local timbers for drumstick suitability.