Noble & Cooley is an American musical instruments manufacturing company based out of Granville, Massachusetts. Having been established in 1854, it is the oldest drum company in the United States and one of the oldest in the world. Having manufactured toy drums at the beginning, Noble & Cooley soon entered the professional drum market. Noble & Cooley has specialized in snare drums, although the company also manufactures whole drum kits. The company is still a family business, with a Cooley’s descendant presiding over it.

By 1873 Noble & Cooley produced 100,000 drums a year, some of which carried the nation through its most infamous moments. In 1860, Noble & Cooley created a drum of rail split by Abraham Lincoln himself, which would later be used in political rallies throughout New England.

As the country changed and grew, so did Noble & Cooley. From making drums for the Northern Regiments in the Civil War, to expanding the factory and updating from water power to steam engine, Noble & Cooley continued to master their craft. Shortly after, Noble & Cooley made history yet again by creating the largest drum on record, used in Boston at Gilmore’s 1869 National Peace Jubilee

Pioneering nodal point mounting techniques, precise bearing edges, furniture grade finishes, symmetrical venting, solid shell designs, staggered ply designs, hybrid shells and more, Noble & Cooley raised the bar for drum manufacturers everywhere and almost single–handedly created the boutique drum market.  Many of these innovations have been imitated by the mass produced brands but the company continues to innovate daily, introducing fascinating new designs on a regular basis and pushing the envelope of drum quality.

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