Premier Music International Ltd, England’s leading manufacturer of Pipe Band drums has announced that it has formed a new partnership with the Canadian based company Hosbilt, renown for their radically innovative drum designs.”I’m excited to have the range of drums into a new agreement. It’s important that Premier and Hosbilt move into the future with drums that sound and look amazing. This allows bands a chance to continue in their advancement in sound. With Premiers new high quality control and manufacturing programs I have confidence that together we can provide quality instruments to these bands the World over.”
The Premier range of Hosbilt Bass Drums features the following sizes: 26x12”, 28x12”, 28x14”, 28x16” and 28x18”.
The Premier range of Hosbilt Tenor Drums offers the most expansive size range available on the market today featuring the following sizes: 14” x 12”, 15” x 12”, 16” x 12”, 16” x 14”, 18” x 14”, 20” x 14” and 22” x 14”.
These size ranges have been specifically selected to allow a drum to be tuned to every note on the Great Highland Bag Pipe. This flexibility allows bands to chose and create their own ensemble effect.
The world of functional tuning in Pipe Band ensemble is only truly available when you can play all of the nine notes on the chanter. The Premier Hosbilt range of seven tenor drums is the only range on the market with which this is possible. Karen Whitelam, Premier’s Director of Marching & Orchestral Percussion states:
”We are thrilled to renew our partnership with Craig and the Hosbilt Company. Premier is the recognized world leader in Pipe Band drums and the very exclusive sound and capabilities of the Hosbilt range are an essential component of Premier’s offering to today’s modern Pipe Band drummer.\"
