Drum Magazine

Antonio Drums in the Press

Wntonio Drums was featured in the February 2008 isssue of Drum! magazine, Solid Shell Snare Drum Buying Guide section.

... Ask Anton Šutej, owner of Antonio Drums, about the wood he uses to produce his steam-bent snare shells and he'll wax rhapsodic about the unique properties of the wood from his homeland of Croatia - about how the city of Venice was constructed out of wood from Croatian forests, about how many famous buildings in the United States feature interior trim fashioned from Slavonian oak, even how Stradivari reportedly used Croatian wood for his violins. But wood pedigree aside, Antonio Drums' strongest selling point is Šutej's three decades of experience playing and making drums. And with a primary focus on solid shell snare and drum set construction, Antonio Drums is a great place to see what happens when famous Croatian wood gets used for something really important ...

[excerpt, © Dave Constantin, Drum! magazine, February 2008]

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