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Shell
Hard rock maple, steam-bent from one 6 mm ply.
Black walnut, steam-bent from one 7 mm ply.
Fumed white oak, steam-bent from one 7 mm ply.
Hand-built snares / Bergen, since 2009
Shells that
hold a note.
One ply of wood, steamed and bent round a form, glued once. No plies fighting each other — so the shell rings in its own key. Choose a wood and a depth below and see what you'd be ordering.
Live build · Snare 14″
HDW—2026—0417Spec sheetUpdates live
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Edge
45° bearing edge with a ⅛″ round-over, cut by hand and checked flat on glass.
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Tone
≈ 220 Hz — Crisp and quick off the head.Bright, even, very little ring to tame.Warm mids, a soft attack, a dark wash.Dry and woody, the shortest decay we make.
≈ 196 Hz — The all-rounder. Most of our orders.Bright, even, very little ring to tame.Warm mids, a soft attack, a dark wash.Dry and woody, the shortest decay we make.
≈ 165 Hz — Fat, low, old-record backbeat.Bright, even, very little ring to tame.Warm mids, a soft attack, a dark wash.Dry and woody, the shortest decay we make.
The bench
From a seasoned board
to a signed snare.
- 0118 mo
Season
Boards rest in the loft above the bench for eighteen months before anyone measures them.
- 0214 h
Steam & bend
One ply, two hours in the steam box, then clamped round a beech form overnight.
- 033 h
Cut the edge
A 45° bearing edge by router, finished by hand and checked flat on a sheet of glass.
- 041 h
Tune & sign
Heads seated, wires set, played for an hour in the room before the badge goes on.
On the bench this season
Three models · built to order
Bright01
Nordlys
Maple · 14 × 6½″
€1,4802 on the bench
Warm02
Fjordbunn
Walnut · 14 × 8″
€1,7201 on the bench
Dry03
Røyk
Smoked oak · 13 × 5½″
€1,560Next batch in May
“A plied shell argues with itself. A bent one just answers.”
- Shells bent since 2009
- 1,840
- Bench time per snare
- 38 h
- Pairs of hands, no subcontractors
- 2
- Warranty on every shell
- 25 yr
Visit the workshop
Play them in the room they were tuned in.
Saturdays, 11:00–15:00, Sandviksveien 41, Bergen. Bring sticks. We'll leave a kit set up and the kettle on — and if you order, we'll book the bending day so you can watch your shell go round the form.