My Whitney Drum & Head Sizes
|
Whitney Drums |
Soprano kit |
Alto kit |
Tenor kit |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Snare |
6/14 (16) |
6/13 (15) |
6/13 (15) |
|
Small Tom |
6.5/10 (12) |
8/10 (12) |
7/10 (12) |
|
Large Tom |
8/13 (15) |
10/13 (15) |
9/14 (16) |
|
Bass/Kick Drum |
12/16 (18) |
16/16 (18) |
17/18 (20) |
Drum sizes are listed as shell-depth/head-size (shell diameter). Shell-diameters are rounded to the nearest half-inch.
Considering Whitney Drums drum sizes can be a little confusing because, unlike most drums, the head sizes are smaller than the diameter of the shells. A 14” Whitney tom-tom has a nearly 16” shell diameter, giving it a resonance that’s more like you would expect from a 16” drum combined with the rebound (feel when your stick hits the head) of a 14” drum.
The Whitney Shamrock Snare Drum doesn’t have a consistent shell diameter, so I’m using its widest measurement and rounding up a tiny bit.
The shells of all three of my Whitney snares, and the two larger bass/kick drums are 1” (one inch) deeper than standard. I like a deeper snare sound, especially with brushes, and should I ever want/need to nest both toms and the snare within the bass drums, the bass drums need to be an inch deeper too. I prefer deep-sounding drums anyway, and these bass drums are amazingly lightweight because of the combination of having thin shells and almost no mounting hardware on them.
Since I don’t fully nest the drums for transport, I have chosen a few drum sizes that won’t all fit together in their bass drums for the “one-bag” solution that Nesting Penguins can typically accomplish. So far, that’s worked out just fine for me though.
Kurt’s “tenor” kit.