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The New Carbon Fibre Marching Drum

What is Carbon Fibre?

A carbon fibre is a long, thin strand of material about 0.005-0.010 mm in diameter and composed mostly of carbon fibre atoms. The carbon atoms are bonded together in microscopic crystals that are more or less aligned parallel to the long axis of the fibre. Carbon fibre-reinforced composite materials are used to make aircraft and spacecraft parts, racing car bodies, golf club shafs, bicycle frames, fishing rods, automobile springs, sailboat masts, and many other components where light weight and high strength are needed.

Why Carbon Fibre?

Traditional wooden shell drums are heavy weight. In order to have a light wooden drum, decreasing thinkness in shell and weight in parts is needed. Therefore, thin wooden layers can not create a quality sound as well as a good strenght in drum shell. Vice versa, to have a good quality sound, the wooden layers need to be packed and heavy.

Using carbon fibre and other composite materials solves the problem for weight and the sound quality. It is not only light weight, but the density is 20 times higher than traditional wooden drums shells.

Unlike wooden drums, carbon fibre doesn't cause hydrous in the body layers. Parts and accessories are not easily to be rusty because of hydrous problems caused by the weather.