Gral 001
Our first Gral prototype: cast aluminium shell, steel hardware made by hand, stainless steel hoops.
Gral series
The highest expression of craftsmanship
Shells obtained from old milk cans: cast, without welding. Each instrument is unique and unrepeatable.
This series represents the maximum expressiveness of a product made entirely by hand. The shells are made using old milk cans: cast containers, therefore absolutely free of welding, composed of an aluminium and zinc alloy, with a thickness ranging from two to three millimetres.
The research of the shells, the cutting and every single process are completely manual operations: for this reason each of these instruments is unique and unrepeatable.
At a glance
- Shell
- Old milk cans: cast aluminium and zinc alloy, 2 to 3 mm, no welding.
- Processing
- Research, cutting and every single step done by hand.
- Hardware
- Varies model by model.
- Each piece
- Unique and unrepeatable.
Gral
Models built
Gral 002
14 × 6,5 ″Handcrafted cast aluminium shell, Manic Drums hardware.
Gral 003
14 × 6 ″Handcrafted cast aluminium shell, 100 % handcrafted steel hardware.
Gral 004
14 × 6,5 ″3 mm cast aluminium shell, semi-raw patina, full NFM hardware system.
Gral Paul Flower
Hybrid shell: oak stave with cast aluminium ring, triple flanged hoops, Dunnett throw off.
Gral 005
14 × 7 ″S-hoops, Champagne Drums aluminium lugs, Trick Percussion throw off.
Gral 006
14 × 6 ″8 tube lugs, triple flanged hoops, Gibraltar throw off.
Gral 007
14 × 5,5 ″8 tube lugs and triple flanged hoops.
Gral 008
12 × 6 ″Undersize shell, 6 tube lugs and triple flanged hoops.
Gral 009
14 × 5,5 ″8 tube lugs and triple flanged hoops.