Kentville Drums was started in 2011 with the simple aim of providing the Australian drumming community with a dedicated repair and restoration service. I brought twenty years of experience as a drummer and my existing workshop skills with me to this job, but I've never stopped learning or adding strings to my bow along the way. Over the years I’ve made my own tools to suit new tasks, honed my techniques and established my own style and school of approach to restoration.
I devote myself to detail and quality. Whether I’m working for a studio or a symphony orchestra, The Rolling Stones or the local primary school, I’m always committed to providing every one of my clients my best work and the outcome they need.
Beyond restoration services, I’m dedicated to upholding the great traditions of rawhide drumhead lapping in continuing to produce my Kangaroo Hide Drumheads, which are today being played by drummers and percussionists in a wide array of genres around the world. Every drumhead is made entirely by hand, amongst the bell birds and red gums at my workshop in beautiful Kurrajong, just outside Sydney.
Please enjoy perusing my site and feel free to get in touch with any enquiries.
Steele Turkington
Kentville Drums is an authorised service and warranty repair centre for:
Some of our clients include:
Charlie Watts - The Rolling Stones | The Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Mick Fleetwood - Fleetwood Mac | Todd Sucherman - Styx | Ben Gillies - Silverchair | The West Australian Symphony Orchestra | The US Army Field Band | Chris Whitten - Paul McCartney/Dire Straits | Rob Hirst - Midnight Oil | Bernard Fanning - Powder Finger | Gerry Morgan - James Bay | The Brandenburg Orchestra | Chris Hayden - Florence and the Machine | Orchestra Victoria | Gordon Rytmeister | The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | The London Symphony Orchestra | Synergy Percussion | Andrew Gander | Hamish Stuart | Brian Kirby - ABBA | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Angus Stuart - Hermitude | Richard Harvey - The Divinyls | Warren Trout - The Voice/Kate Ceberano | Simon Barker | Singapore Armed Forces Band | Warner Brothers Pictures | Jess Ciampa - Monsieur Camembert | Royal Australian Navy Band | Joe Accaria | Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra | Dave Jenkins Jnr - Daniel Johns/Vera Blue | Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Glass - Royal Crown Revue | Mental As Anything | Darryn Farrugia | NSW Police Band | Bree Van Reyk | Singapore Symphony Orchestra | Jon Farriss - INXS | Tony Currenti - ACDC | Charley Drayton - Cold Chisel/Divinyls | Anthony Stanislavski | Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | Terri Lyne Carrington | Black Swamp Percussion | Gordy Forman - Frenzal Rhomb | Myles Heskett - Wolfmother | Andy Strachan - The Living End | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Niko Schauble - Pughouse Studios | Pete Kostic - Regurgitator | Marcelo Barraza - Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile | Fabian Hevia | Love Hz Studios | Dave Williams - Augie March | Paris Jeffree - The Avalanches |Grant Gerathy - John Butler Trio | Mike Curotto - Vintage Drum Collector | Steve Weiss Music | Hamish Rosser - The Vines/Wolfmother | Mick Beeton - Royal Australian Airforce Band | BHSS Sydney | Jim Lower - Kansas City Broadway Jazz Orchestra | Nick Norton - The Angels | Ben Vanderwal | Barton Price - Models | Turtlerock Mastering | Calderwood Percussion | Campbell Phillips - Blue Devils Drumcorp | Dunedin Symphony Orchestra | Dave Goodman | Jackie Barnes | Wichita Symphony Orchestra | Hawaii Symphony Orchestra | James Waples | Josh Dufficy - Kasey Chambers | Hedwitschak Drums | Mike Avenaim | Studio 301 | Rebecca Lagos | Steve Goold - Sara Bareilles | Omaha Symphony Orchestra | Jamie Cameron | Bob Campbell - Not So Modern Drummer | Troy Horse Studios | Mark Lucas - The Radiators | Laurence Pike | Jonathan Zwartz | Paul Derricott | Declan Kelly | Timmy Hansen – Strangers | Luke Davison – The Preatures | Dave Hibbard | Steve Marin | Daniel Susnjar | Joe Gould - Crooked Fiddle Band | Nic Cecire | Angus Diggs | Orchestra Wellington | Peter Marin
