"Largest Autographed Drumstick Collection
Peter Lavinger of New York, USA, has collected over 1,300 famous drummers' sticks since 1980. He was faced with a peculiar problem after he had picked up his 100th starry stick. He had no proof of their amazing origin. "People would say 'Yeah, sure it was'," he remembers. It led to the mammoth task of tracking down drummers and persuading them to sign their own sticks from 13 years ago!"
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"Largest Dhol Drum Ensemble
A total of 314 dhol players from the UK performed for 8 min 40 sec at Oldbury, West Midlands, UK on July 3, 1999, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Sikh faith."
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"Largest Drum
A drum made from Japanese cedar and cow hide measuring 4.8 m (15.74 ft) in diameter, 4.95 m (16.24 ft) deep and weighing 2,000 kg (4,409.24 lb) was built begining June 15, 2000 by Asano Taiko Company Ltd, Ishikawa, Japan with the final section being finished off a few hours before its first performance on January 1, 2001."
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"Largest Japanese drum ensemble
The largest Japanese drum ensemble consisted of 1,899 participants playing 1,951 drums at Tainan Municipal Stadium, Taiwan on August 7, 2004."
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"Largest Simultaneous Percussion Performance
The largest percussion performance was held at the Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, China, on July 2, 2002, when 10,102 people played a percussive rhythm entitled Ten Thousand Hearts Beat As One for over six minutes.
The performance was part of "The Music of the Dragons" concert, and the instruments played were: cow bell, hand drum, guiro (a wooden ribbed cylinder, often in the shape of a fish, that is scraped with a stick), triangle, maraca and chocalho de Platinela (a hand-held frame mounted with various jingles that is shaken, much like a tamourine)."
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"Drumming Marathon
The longest drumming marathon by an individual lasted for 84 hours and was achieved by Arulanantham Suresh Joachim (Australia), from February 1-4, 2004 at the Magic Factory, Zurich, Switzerland."
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"Longest drum kit marathon by a team
A team of 14 drummers completed a drumming marathon of 52 hr 15 min at the Nexus Music Academy, Coventry, West Midlands, UK from May 17-19, 2005."
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"Loudest Drummer
A peak reading of 109.1 decibels was recorded during a show by the French one-man show The Jerome Experience (aka drummer Jéróme Dehèdin) at the Celtic Warriors 10th Birthday Bash at Woodgreen Animal Shelter, Cambridgeshire, UK on April 12, 2003.
A peak-level sound meter was used to record Dehèdin's drumming, which peaked at a volume equivalent to a propeller plane taking off and louder than a pneumatic drill from 3 m (10 ft) away."
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