When one of the musicians in the band I play in complained of the drummer being loud, he started playing with drum-rods, which are described here.

In Germany and in Switzerland, drum-rods are expensive. The ones we found locally cost 23 Euros.

The manufactured drum-rods cost 25euros for a pair.

The original, manufactured drum-rods

The drummer decided long ago to spare himself from paying that ridiculously marked up price and started constructing his own.

Here is how.

He finds wooden dowels at the local do-it yourself superstore. The price isn’t “wow” but he’s still saving money over the manufactured drum-rods. These dowels are cut to the preferred size and sanded rounder at the tips to prevent unnecessary wear on the drum heads.

Wooden Dowel Selection at the Hardware Store

He bundles the cut and sanded wooden dowels as shown in the following picture

The grouping of dowels for a hand-crafted drum-rod

…..uses shrink tubing and black electric tape to bundle the dowels into his own drum-rods. For less than 10euros he has drum-rods

Unfortunately I have forgotten to photograph the finished product…..soon! in the comments…