List of timpani manufacturers

The following companies manufacture timpani.

Mass producers

• Adams Musical Instruments
• Dynasty USA
• Ludwig Drums
• Majestic Percussion
• Premier Percussion
• Yamaha Corporation

Custom builders

Most companies that build custom timpani are associated with an individual builder or timpanist, listed in parentheses.

• Dresdner Apparatebau (Michael Denenr)
• American Drum Manufacturing Company (Walter Light)
• Berlin Classic Timpani (Wolfgang Hardtke)
• Clevelander Drum Company (Paul Yancich)
• Lang Percussion (Saul Goodman)
• Precision Classic Timpani (Mark Guthrie)
• Dorfler Klasik Percussion (Christoph Dorfler)
• Winkelmann (Hartmut Winkelmann)
• LEFIMA - AEHNELT (Ernst Leberecht Fischer)
• Kolberg - Bergerault (Bernhard Kolberg)
• Wiener Pauken Werkstatt (Bernd Lanner)

Historical

These companies no longer produce timpani, but their instruments are still widely used.

• Hinger Touch-Tone Corporation
• Leedy Drum Company
• Günther Ringer Company
  (Note: Ringer was purchased by Ludwig, who used the name for their top-of-the-line Berlin-style timpani.)
• Rogers Drum Company
• Slingerland Drum Company
• Jenco