Delivery across the Bay Area & Northern California — nationwide shipping available.
Marimbas, timpani, gongs, chimes, hand percussion. Tuned in our shop, padded for transport, on your stage by downbeat.
Drum kits, vibes, upright bass, congas. Tested in our shop, packed for transport, on your stage hours before sound check.
On the truck for
Who calls us
Crotales, almglocken, that one Schiedmayer celesta at A=442 — picked, prepped, on the stage by the call.
Eight Adams timpani sets. Sixteen sound shells. Two hundred Manhasset stands. The whole stage, delivered.
We know the load-in doors, elevator clearances, and union calls at every Bay Area pit. We just show up right.
Same-day backline from Davies to the Chase Center to the Fillmore.
Three real B3s, a Wurly, two Suitcase Rhodes — at Skywalker before lunch.
From the Conservatory to the classroom — concert-grade instruments and district-friendly contracts.
The catalog
Amps, guitars, keys
Timpani, mallets, drums
Steinway, Yamaha, Hammond
How it works
We answer right away — quote forms welcome too. After hours, our answering service routes you, so it may not be a percussionist on the line.
Pitch, mallets, stands. The small stuff email-only places never ask.
Davies, the Opera House, Zellerbach, SFJAZZ — we know the docks, the elevators, the names.
Backup mallets at four? We answer. After the gig, we pick up.
On the bench
From a forty-dollar cowbell to a five-octave Marimba One — every call pulls from the same shelves. We carry the whole vocabulary.
Drum sets
Pearl Reference · DW Collector's · Ludwig Black Beauty
Mallet & keyboard
Marimba One · Adams · Yamaha
Hand & world
Chinese drums, delivered and on stage by downbeat
The room you're calling
You're not talking to a sales desk. You're talking to people who know what "A=442, lid up" means without asking — because they've sat in the chair.
“CalPerc is the first call. Always. The instruments arrive ready, and the gear sounds like the part was written for it.”
Two ways to start
Same answer either way — a real percussionist on the other end and a truck on the way before you've hung up.
California Percussion Rental
California Percussion
Rental assistant
Tell me what you need and when, and I'll pull it together — instruments, backline, or a whole stage. For anything happening today, call 415-626-4606.
Answers are guidance, not a quote. Every item is quoted and confirmed by a person.
