It's a mid-70's Slingerland Buddy Rich model (not part of the TreeHouse kit). It looks like a metal shell because of the chrome outer wrap but it's actually a maple shell. Yes, it is at a medium tuning.

Thanks, Francesco. The traditional instrumentation for an organ trio is organ, guitar, and drums. There generally is not a bassist. The bass register is played by the organist with the left hand and/or feet.

ok, thanks for your kind replay. That was my opinion. Anyway you have a very pleasant sound. Congratulations for your performance@@EdEDrummer

Thanks for your kind words, Wayne. There's no doubt that Zildjian makes fine cymbals, and their K and K Custom lines are certainly a good choice for jazz. But the reality is that each individual cymbal has it's own unique character. Two cymbals that are the exact same make & model can have radically different sounds, so you really need to audition the cymbals in-person and choose the ones you like best. While I do like Zildjian, I play many different brands including Bosphorus, Istanbul, Crescent, Paiste, and others. My point is: pick what sounds good to you. Your cymbals are a part of your own unique sound, so have fun creating the "Wayne Sound."

Thanks for the kind words, Michael. If you compare TreeHouse to other custom drum builders, I actually think their prices are very good. But yes, if you compare them to mass-produced kits from a major label, they are going to cost more. Each of their kits is handmade, one at a time, and you just can't do that on the cheap. Bottom line: they aren't cheap but they are a good value IMHO. Thanks again for your comments!

Yes, they sound surprisingly good, in my opinion (kudos to TreeHouse). I have a couple of different 16" bass drums and I've found that the key to getting a good sound out of them is all in the tuning, dampening, and head selection. When I first get a new bass drum, I spend a lot of time experimenting with different scenarios before dialing-in the best sound. On this particular drum, I ended up with an Aquarian Super-Kick as the batter head, a smooth white Ambassador as the front head, both heads are tuned just a 1/2 turn tighter than completely slack (just where a little bit of tone is starting to creep in) and I put a felt strip at the top and bottom of the front head.

Thanks for your comments. As you might expect from such a shallow bass drum, the room itself has a bigger impact on the overall sound than would be the case with a deeper drum -- i.e., the size and acoustics of the room have a bigger impact on the amount of bass frequencies that project out into the room, so it sounds better in certain spaces than in others. But I've been pleased with the sound in most spaces. In fact, on this recording with the bass drum mic positioned about 6 inches from the front head, the bass frequencies were actually too pronounced and I needed to dial them back in the mix. Overall I tried to keep the EQ as flat as possible so as to give an accurate portrayal of the sound of the kit, but that mic location actually exaggerated the bass response (presumably due to the proximity effect) so I needed to cut it back in order to give a more accurate representation of the actual sound.

I assume the band leader purchased this arrangement from Gordon Goodwin and that the guitar chart was included in that package.

@@EdEDrummer thanks!

Yes I loved the Metcalf video