Zikit
The drum is an exciting music instrument, but they are also the only musical instrument that has one pitch!!! A multiplayer drummer cannot play Rock Reggae and Jazz using the same snare drum. Zikit Drums designed a mechanism that provides drummers a versatility playing experience without being bound to a specific music style by changing the diameter of the snare drum in real-time. Zikit designed to augment possibilities for drummers and giving them new acoustic opportunities in creating unique content.
Zikit Diameter Change Mechanism by Oz Shenhar has been highlighted as an innovative representation of industrial design by the A' Design Awards. Zikit Diameter Change Mechanism was awarded the Bronze A' Design Award in Musical Instruments Design in 2020. The A' Musical Instruments Design Award is a juried, academic and highly prestigious design recognition program which celebrates exceptional design of guitars, pianos, violins, drums, saxophones, flutes, trumpets, harps and more.
