# Supplier RFQ — Modular Pedestal Drum Stack Quote-ready text to send to material and hardware suppliers. --- ## Steel suppliers (e.g. Online Metals, Metals Depot, Discount Steel) Subject: Quote request — sheet and bar stock for hobby percussion instrument build Hello, I'm building a small custom percussion instrument and would like a quote on the following stock. All quantities are for a single-instrument build with 10% overage allowance. 1. **Cold-rolled steel sheet, 1.2 mm (18 ga)** — one 24" × 48" sheet (1018 or equivalent C1008 grade). Cut-to-size service welcome if you can pre-cut it to fit a 1500 mm × 700 mm working envelope on my plasma table. 2. **Cold-rolled steel plate, 6 mm (1/4 in)** — one 16" × 16" piece, 1018 grade. Plasma-cut tolerance acceptable on the perimeter; I'll finish-cut the disc profile in-house. 3. **Cold-rolled steel flat bar, 3 mm × 18 mm** — five 1 m lengths, 1018 grade. Please quote with: - Per-item price and total - Lead time - Shipping cost to [destination] - Cut-to-size or shear charges if any Thanks! --- ## Hardware supplier (McMaster-Carr or equivalent) Subject: Quote request — drum-stack hardware kit Hello, Quoting the following hardware as a single PO: - Stainless 304 tubing, 25 mm OD, 1.5 mm wall, 1.4 m length — 1 each - Nitrile rubber pucks, 30 Shore A, ⌀25 mm × 8 mm thick — 5 each (need 4 installed + 1 spare) - Levelling feet, M8 stud, rubber base — 4 each - M4 cup-point setscrews, 6 mm long — pack of 50 - M6 lug-anchor screws, 10 mm long — pack of 100 Plus 4 oz Loctite Blue 243. Please quote with shipping and lead time. --- ## Drum-parts supplier (Drum Supply House, Pearl direct, or equivalent) Subject: Quote — modular drum-stack lug + rod + claw kit Hello, For a custom 5-drum instrument build (drum diameters 100/150/200/250/300 mm), quoting: - Pearl-style snare lug, die-cast zinc, standard M6 thread — **30 each** - Tension rod, M6 fine thread × 50 mm length — **30 each** - Tension rod nylon washer, M6 × 3 mm — **30 each** - Claw hook, bent-steel flat 1.5 mm, fits 3 mm counter-hoop — **30 each** I'll counter-hoop in-house from rolled 3 mm flat bar. Need the lugs and claws to be compatible with a non-standard counter-hoop OD; please confirm the claw profile clears a 3 mm hoop. Thanks! --- ## Drumhead supplier (Sweetwater, Drum Center, or Remo direct) Subject: Custom drumhead order — non-standard sizes Hello, Quoting Remo Coated Ambassador (or Evans equivalent) drumheads in the following sizes: - 300 mm OD (≈11.8") — 1 each - 250 mm OD (≈9.8") — 1 each - 200 mm OD (≈7.9") — 1 each - 150 mm OD (≈5.9") — 1 each - 100 mm OD (≈3.9") — 1 each Note that 100 mm and 150 mm are non-standard sizes — please confirm availability and any special-order lead time. If a US-standard size within 5 mm exists, that's acceptable as a substitute (I can adjust shell diameter to match if needed). Thanks!