Company founded
1984
Number of employees
5-9
Description
Founded in 1984, Explorers Percussion is a full line percussion and drum shop located in Kansas City, Missouri. Explorers offers all major brands of cymbals and gongs, including Zildjian, Sabian, Meinl, Wuhan and Paiste. Snare drums and drumset brands in stock are Tama, Pearl, DW, Pacific, Gretsch, Sonor, Ludwig, Mapex and Yamaha, as well as custom drums we build in our own shop. Explorers also carriers many ethnic percussion items, from Brazil, other Latin American countries, African and Asian percussion instruments. Djembes, congas, bongos, timbales, doumbek and darabuka are all offered along with other hand percussion items. The electronic department includes electronic sets and pads from Roland and Yamaha. Many hard to find parts are in stock, along with a shop to do drum repair and drum recovering service. For the student, Explorers has entry level drumsets, snare drum kits and bell kits. The educator will find timpani, concert bass drums and marching drums and percussion. Mallets and sticks for all the above - such as Vic Firth, Pro mark, Cooperman,Vater, Zildjian, Mike Balter, Innovative, Grover and American Drum are carried. Explorers Percussion strives to meet the drummer's needs with educational events, by offering private drum lessons, as well as many drum clinics with national and local artists. The staff at Explorers provides free clinics every other month on a variety of drumming interests...
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Company contacts
- Wes Faulconer
- Owner