Cooperman Frame Drums

Cooperman Frame Drums From logs to finished instruments - Cooperman hand crafts artist-inspired frame drums and tambourines in its circa 1925 Vermont Mill.

Oak is standard for our Marla Tarocco Moon drum, and, in the next few months, we plan on sawing some more oak for specia...
09/15/2026

Oak is standard for our Marla Tarocco Moon drum, and, in the next few months, we plan on sawing some more oak for specialty model drums. This set of lapstyle drums are special-ordered- 19”, 17”, and 16”. The 16” displays the medullary rays from the way it way milled.

We’ve been being inspired and working with Glen Velez and with David Kuckhermann since the 1990s. i think, maybe, every...
09/12/2026

We’ve been being inspired and working with Glen Velez and with David Kuckhermann since the 1990s.
i think, maybe, every frame drummer should work with them too

https://www.worldpercussion.net/the-art-of-frame-drumming?fbclid=IwY2xjawUSfwtwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMW9lejRKTXFFcFRMamhvbmRzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe9ZtJizWE7tGrVc0zdJ5eYXKdJesX42hQxmiSibcxMgSPptL6aCPbtsr1rjw_aem_sQ5pQL-Jf6_zsHEMiBMw1w

Learn frame drumming from Glen Velez: 12 modules, 107 video lessons covering sound vocabulary, vocalisation, finger snaps, independence and phrasing.

09/12/2026
09/10/2026

David Kuckhermann is simply “ one of the best “ in our estimation.

Large diameter frame drums, like this 28" (on left) and 22" (right), are wonder-fully resonant. Even though they are sha...
09/09/2026

Large diameter frame drums, like this 28" (on left) and 22" (right), are wonder-fully resonant. Even though they are shallow in depth (3" for the 28" and 2.75" for the 22) they produce a rich and resonant doum that mesmerizes and astounds. Even just handling them during the finishing steps, made these two sing. It kept giving me pause - even when I placed them in the box to ship, they were singing, maybe to eachother as well as to me.

09/03/2026

Thinking about dimensioning boards into drums - it’s not the glow-part of drum building but it’s a critical part of buildout.

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1007 Route 121
Bellows Falls, VT
05101

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Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
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