D major, all fifteenThe scale
14-Inch Steel Tongue Drum, 15 Notes — Titanium Steel, D Major
Textured Black
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$299.90
Regular price $398.90
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The 14-inch Steel Tongue Drum
Fifteen notes in titanium steel. The largest drum we make, and the deepest.
Sale price
$299.90
Regular price $398.90
Save $99
Free US shippingDelivered in 2–3 weeks
30-day returnsWith the packaging still sealed
3-year warrantyFrom the day it arrives
Nothing else to buyThe full pack is in the box
Choose your color:
Textured Black
Size guide
Is the 14-inch right for you? Our largest drum: 15 notes, the deepest tone and the longest ring. Nothing above it in the range.
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Description
The largest and deepest drum in our range.
Fourteen inches of titanium steel: fifteen notes across two octaves in D major. The longest tongues reach lower than anything else in the range, and the ring behind them keeps going well after you have stopped playing. At this size you feel the shell as much as you hear it.
One thing we would rather say out loud: fourteen inches does not travel. This is a drum that lives in one place, on a table or on your lap. If you want something you carry around, take the 6-inch.
Mallets and their stand, a padded bag, a songbook and note stickers are in the box.
Care
Wipe the shell with a dry cloth after playing, and store the drum in its bag when you are not using it. Keep it out of damp rooms and away from direct sun, which is what dulls a painted finish over time.
A steel tongue drum keeps its tuning: a cut tongue does not drift with playing, travel or temperature. There is nothing to adjust and nothing to retune.
Shipping and returns
Free shipping anywhere in the US.
Leaves the workshop in 1–3 business days, shipped by air.
Delivery time: 2–3 weeks within the continental United States.
More information here.
You have 30 days from delivery to request a return, with the packaging still sealed, for a full refund.
More information here.
Played at any age.
No lessons, no reading music
Old enough already
Touch it and it sounds good
No wrong note
Screen-free, willingly
Less screen time. More music.
Nothing to read
Never too late to start
Playing on the very first evening
No lessons needed
Three ways to play it.
With malletsBright
With fingertipsDeep
The 14-inch, next to the ordinary $200 drum.
The 14-inch$299.90
A typical $200 drum$200 and under
Diameter
14 in · 35 cm
12 in · 30 cm
Notes
15 · two octaves
8 · fixed scale
Tuning
By hand · ±5 cents
Often off-pitch
Shell
Titanium steel
Basic carbon steel
In the box
Bag, mallets, stand, songbook
Drum only
Warranty
3 years
None
Returns
30 days, sealed
Case by case
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Every specification, and the box.
- Diameter
- 14 in · 35 cm
- Notes
- 15 · two octaves
- Scale
- D major
- Pitch
- 440 Hz
- Tuning
- By hand · ±5 cents
- Shell
- Titanium steel, painted
- Note names
- Engraved on every tongue
- Delivery
- 2–3 weeks · free US shipping
- Returns
- 30 days, sealed
Tongue drum questions
What people ask before they pick a drum.
The questions we get asked most about this instrument.
The attack and the surface. Titanium rings brighter and cleaner than painted carbon steel, and it shrugs off marks, damp hands and handling far better. This is the drum to choose if it will be passed around — workshops, classes, sound sessions — rather than kept on a shelf.
No, only wider. Every tongue still belongs to the same scale, so nothing you strike can clash; there are simply more of them, spread over a 14-inch face with room in between. A beginner plays it as easily as the small one and grows into the extra range.
No. Every tongue belongs to the same scale, so any order you strike them in stays in key. Children work it out in minutes, and most adults are playing something that sounds finished within the first evening.
Both, and they give you two instruments. Mallets are brighter, louder and more precise — the way most demonstrations are played. Fingers and thumbs give a softer, closer sound that suits quiet playing. Unlike a handpan, a tongue drum takes mallets with no risk to the tuning.
No. The tongues are cut into a single thick shell, so the pitch is a property of the steel itself rather than something hammered into the surface. It holds indefinitely — which is why a tongue drum survives travel, children and years of use where a handpan would need attention.
Wipe it dry after playing and keep it in its bag when you are not. It needs no oiling and no special storage, but it will mark if you drag it across a rough surface or leave it damp. This is the low-maintenance instrument of the two.
Yes. This drum is covered for three years, counted from the day it arrives. Across the range, the 6-inch carries one year and the 12-inch and 14-inch three. It covers the drum itself in normal use: if something isn't right, send us a photo or a short recording and we will sort it out with you.