Pro-Mark

ProMark

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Type	Private
Industry	Musical instruments
Founded	1957 (1957)
Founder	Herb Brochstein
Headquarters	Houston, Texas, United States
Products	drum sticks
Parent	D'Addario
Website	promark.com

External video
Oral History, Maury Brochstein talks about his father's pioneering role in the drumming world and the artists that play the product because they love it. Interview date November 10, 2006, NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History Library

External video
Oral History, Herb Brochstein reflects on how getting fired from a band at the age of 14 lit a fire under him and aided in his future success. Interview date November 9, 2004, NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History Library

ProMark is a Houston, Texas-based American drum stick company. Since 2011, it is part of strings company D'Addario. ProMark is a widely known stick company generally played in drum set, drum and bugle corps and concert bands.

History

ProMark was founded in 1957 by percussion instructor and shop owner Herb Brochstein in Houston, Texas. It was the first company to introduce Japanese Shira Kashi white oak into the American market, and the only company to successfully market oak sticks in the United States. The wood provided for ProMark is supplied by Japanese trader Tatsuo Kosaka. In recent years ProMark has moved to use of non-endangered wood and a "green" finishing process to make their sticks and manufacturing processes safer to the player and the environment.

In 1985 ProMark patented a rute for drum kit use, introducing it as the Hot Rod. Several similar models followed, both from them and other manufacturers.

Notable products

ProMark offers many signature products from notable players and endorsees, such as System Blues by the Blue Devils for field marching, and the Todd Suchermans (Styx) for stage playing. Other autographed models are by Scott Johnson, Benny Greb, Chris Adler, Marco Minnemann, Dennis DeLucia, Jason Bonham, Joey Jordison, Bill Bruford, Jason Bittner, Charlie Adams, Jim Rupp, Neil Peart, etc.

Endorsers

• Chris Adler
• Jarrod Alexander
• Martin Axenrot
• Paulo Baldi
• Brandon Barnes
• Frank Beard
• Rich Beddoe
• Jason Bittner
• Chad Butler
• Teddy Campbell
• Phil Collins
• Giampaolo Conchedda
• Peter Criss
• Abe Cunningham
• Jovan J. Dawkins
• Anton Fig
• Billy Gladstone
• Benny Greb
• Richard Jenkins
• Dave Lombardo
• Roy Mayorga
• Joey Oscar
• Ian Paice
• Carl Palmer
• Neil Peart
• Thomas Pridgen
• Simon Philips
• Mike Portnoy
• Luke Anthony Johnson
• Scott Johnson
• Joey Jordison
• Rick Shutter
• Todd Sucherman
• James Sullivan
• Raymond Vargas

Past endorsers

• Dom Howard
• Ringo Starr
• Elvin Jones
• Danny Seraphine
• Aaron Gillespie
• Ray Luzier
• Carter Beauford
• Juan van Emmerloot

External links

• Official website