Dr. Ummer
A Comprehensive History of the Drum Kit
"You have been a drummer since the day your heart first began keeping time."
Discover the BookCome in, come in — mind the cymbal stands.
You have found your way to the strangest and most joyful address in all of percussion: the House of Dr. Ummer, the world's foremost historian of the drum — a title he holds, he is quick to admit, in no small part because so few others ever wanted it. This house exists for three reasons and three reasons only: your entertainment, your education, and your plain, unashamed delight.
About Dr. Ummer
No one has ever seen his face. No one knows his name. What is known is this: Dr. Ummer, PhD, is the world's foremost — and possibly only willing — historian of the drum kit, a scholar who narrates from behind a velvet curtain and has no intention of ever stepping out from it.
The PhD, he cheerfully admits, is the only doctorate he will ever claim — the one awarded by his three warring personalities:
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A Comprehensive History of the Drum Kit
The drum is the oldest instrument we have, and the modern kit is the great-great-grandchild of the human heartbeat. This is its complete story — from the frame drums of the ancient world and the cymbal foundries of old Constantinople to the electronic stage of today. You will laugh. You may even find your eyes tearing up.
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