Crafting Inspiration - Since 1985

TRS Custom Drums

Custom Drum Manufacturing — Vintage Drum Restoration.

We are Canada’s Longest Running Drum Builder.

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Who We Are

We are a Full Time professional True Custom Drum Manufacturing shop, and Vintage Drum Restoration specialists. We’ve been manufacturing and restoring drums for almost 35 years starting in back 1985. 

We work extremely hard to handcraft and/or restore the kit of your dreams.

We are full-time Craftsmen, Artisans, and Professional Drummers with a varied track record of Recorded Albums, Tech Gigs, Sound Gigs, and have had the opportunity to work with some of the best names in the music business. We are the specialized drum service centre for Gretsch, Yamaha, Pearl, Sonor, and Ludwig drums in Canada.

Quality, Service, Reputation, and Experience… says it all. 

Go where the pro’s go!

Our Passion. Our Craft.

Why TRS Custom Drums?

We are true ‘wood-workers’, and understand the nuances of wood, the aging of wood, the extreme variability of wood, and, the work required to get a not only a beautiful finish, but also an awesome sounding drum.

Our craft and passion is to design a timeless and professional drum that performs as desired in all playing situations. A handcrafted drum kit and/or snare drum that not only looks great, and sounds great, but gives the drummer a great sense of pride. To design a drum that will respond truthfully to the characteristic of the drum head, and allow a wide and deep tuning range proportional to the drum’s size, bearing edge type, and hardware.

Our own TRS Custom Drums are totally custom handcrafted in a non-assembly line fashion. TRS Custom Drums are made for you… from the shells up, your way! You pick your shells, sizes, depths, finish, hardware, hoops, mounting system, heads, washers, etc…

We are also the choice for custom drum servicing and repairs for the major drum manufacturers here in Canada. We are avid collectors of drums and have a large inventory of vintage and collectable snares and kits. Need vintage drums refinished or refurbished…properly? 

We are the ‘go-to’ guys….  a vast knowledge of vintage drums and edges and woods, have made us first-hand historians….and as builders, we know the sounds and tones of pretty much any and all the drums out there.

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Series Spotlight

Studio Series

The Studio Series is designed for that classic maple shell sound – warm and bold, round and complete – designed as the all-around take anywhere and sound awesome kit!

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Custom Craft Series

The Custom Craft Shells are our own designed proprietary shells. With lots of punch and attack, with an increase in the lower frequencies. Beautiful and Round.

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Savant Series

The Savant Series represents the next step in beauty and craftsmanship on our Classic Maple Shells. Choose from a variety of beautifully handcrafted inlays and a series of custom finishes.

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Exotic Series

The Exotic Series are for those who want the most from their drums. This elegance and exotic nature of these beautiful veneers are brought to life with beautiful lacquer finishes, colour bursts and fades.

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Elite Series

The Elite Series Shells are designed in the vintage school of roundness and warmth. Clarity and thunderous lows produced by the Mahogany/Poplar/Mahogany Shells.

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Dimension X Series

A Completely Brilliant line of Custom Metal Snare Drums. These include our Classic Steel Shell, Hammered and non Hammered. All New to the Series is our Spun Aluminum Shell!

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Fan Club

“Some of the best handcrafted snare drums and full kits I have ever seen, heard and played. TRS Custom Drums I believe are right up there with the best of the best name brand drums anywhere. If you want your forever kit go see Seppo !!!”

– Robert V.

“Seppo, you make such beautiful drums!  I am glad and proud of knowing you as craftsman, and the talent you have for making drums.  You are the sound engineer and studio producer, and the person who is always there with the right suggestions. Thanks Maestro.” 

– Eric B.

“TRS Custom Craft Kits are Amazing. I CANNOT SAY enough on how Great Mine is — Many can’t believe how Great it sounds. Keep Up the Great Work TRS”

– Peter B.

Seppo Salminen and TRS Custom Drums…. you make the best drum on the market today !!! I wish more people would give them a try a see the difference quality makes….. just sayin !!!”

– Leo R.

“Over the years I’ve played a lotta drums and I started with TRS when I was 20.

Now 30 yrs later I’m still playing them, and haven’t heard anything that’s tempted me to switch – just amazing drums for me and what I do!” 

– Tim T.

“I just have to give you props.  I was listening to sound samples from all the major boutique and big industry builders and your stuff is hanging with the Elite of the Elite.  Website samples are off the charts!  Congrats to your whole team!”  – Chad Melchert.

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Our own line of TRS Custom Drums are totally custom handcrafted in a non-assembly line fashion.

We are also avid collectors of drums and have a large inventory of vintage and collectable snares and kits. Our vast knowledge of vintage drums and edges and woods, have made us first-hand historians….and as builders, we know the sounds and tones of pretty much any and all the drums out there.

We offer total custom drum set design, repairs and refurbishing. We can repair, re-wrap, or re-lacquer your drums. We can find you those old vintage hard to find parts, or we can have them custom re-manufactured. Shells can be repaired or replaced. Bearing edges can be reshaped or re-cut if needed, and original parts and badges can be found…hopefully. We can even have your hardware custom powder coated, or re-plated, in any colour for a new and cool look.

Contact us for custom orders or check out what we have on sale, in stock and ready to go!

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(+1) 905-751-7849

Unit 3, 1215 Twinney Dr. Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

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Hours: Wed-Sat 9am-5pm

Studio hours may vary