C5 major, all eightThe scale
6-Inch Steel Tongue Drum, 8 Notes in C Major — Travel Size
Ocean Blue
Sale price
$149.90
Regular price $198.90
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The Pocket Steel Tongue Drum
Six inches, eight notes, one full octave. The drum that goes wherever you go.
Sale price
$149.90
Regular price $198.90
Save $49
Free US shippingDelivered in 2–3 weeks
30-day returnsWith the packaging still sealed
1-year warrantyFrom the day it arrives
Nothing else to buyThe full pack is in the box
Choose your color:
Ocean Blue
Size guide
Is the 6-inch right for you? Bright, clear, and small enough for a bag or a desk. Want deeper notes and a longer ring? Step up to the 12-inch Signature, $50 more.
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Description
Small enough to forget it is in your bag, until you want it.
Six inches across, eight notes, a complete octave in C5 major — from the low C to the high one, with nothing missing. The note is engraved into each tongue, so you do not need to read music: strike them in order and you have a scale, strike them in any order and it stays in key, because every tongue belongs to the same C major scale.
Carbon steel. Use the mallets for a bright, bell-like attack, or your fingertips for something softer and quieter. It arrives tuned and ready to play.
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 fingertipsSoft
The Pocket, next to the ordinary $100 drum.
The Pocket$149.90
A typical $100 drum$100 and under
Notes
8 · full octave
6 · incomplete
Tuning
By hand · ±5 cents
Often off-pitch
Note names
Engraved
Unmarked
Shell
Carbon steel
Galvanized sheet
In the box
Bag, mallets, stand, songbook
Drum only
Warranty
1 year
None
Returns
30 days, sealed
Case by case
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Every specification, and the box.
- Diameter
- 6 in · 15 cm
- Notes
- 8 · full octave
- Scale
- C5 major
- Pitch
- 440 Hz
- Tuning
- By hand · ±5 cents
- Shell
- Carbon 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.
It depends what you want from it. Six inches gives you eight notes in a bright, bell-like register, in something that fits in a backpack or sits on a desk. What it cannot give you is depth — the low, room-filling notes need a wider shell, which is what the 12-inch and 14-inch drums are for.
First instruments, children, travel and desks. It is the drum people buy to find out whether the sound is for them, to keep at the office, or to hand to someone who has never played anything. If you already know you love the sound, start at 12 inches.
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 one year, 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.