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

|| 1998

Launch of website.

Winner of 4 awards in the Western Australian Telstra Small Business Awards.

|| 1997

Brown Mallet Veneer ply drum shells successfully pioneered with a very small number of snare drums.

|| 1994

Association with Timber Mill established helping to control supply of timber.

|| 1989

Development and production of Jarrah ply drum shells for snare drums and drum kits. This has become the greatest proportion of our production.

|| 1986

In their March 1986 issue, "Modern Drummer" magazine, USA interviews Chris Brady for their article "A New Approach to Drum Making".

Read the PDF online

|| 1982

The beginning of production of Block Shell snare drums and Fibreglass drum kits. Chris was perhaps the first to produce snare drums of 10" and 12" diameter. These drums now constitute about one third of our annual production.

|| 1980

Chris Brady produced a Solid Wood Shell snare drum from a 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. He began testing the local timbers for drumstick suitability and became engrossed in exploring their adaptability for musical instruments.