Comments: A medium to large canopy tree, reaching as much as 100 feet in height and 3 feet in diameter at the trunk. Excellent substitute for the endangered Rosewood and Cocobolo.

Timbre/Tonal Color: Plenty of high crack, supported with strong mid and low frequencies. Has a full, rich, warm presence. A drier sounding drum with a more defined fundamental in the sweetspot (center) of the drum.

Dynamic Range: Maple has an overtone consistently throughout all dynamic levels, while the Granadillo has a very "clean" sound.

Pitch: Plenty of lows, good mids, and a great crack. Good range of frequencies yielding a full sounding drum. The fundamental pitch is lower than Maple.

Tonal Range: Gives a good range of frequencies that Maple lacks. The Granadillo has high-end frequencies, which seemed to really kick in at louder volumes, giving a cleaner, more powerful and fuller sounding drum.

Tuning Range: The Granadillo went to a really low head tension, just above "no tension", and went as tight as Maple before choking.

Resonance/Decay: Good resonance. Sharp sounding.

Cross Stick: Has a more "forgiving", consistent cross stick sound with a ½ inch movement in stick location. Maple is all high-end frequencies and the pitch changes with any small change in stick location. The Granadillo cross stick is fuller and richer than the Maple.

Volume: Similar to Maple.

Sensitivity: Good snare sound/activation as playing moves from the sweetspot toward the rim.

Comments: Tommy D described the Granadillo as having a "built in auditorium sound". R.B., owner of A Drummer's Tradition, summed up our Maple/Granadillo comparison: "The Maple sounds like a snare drum, the Granadillo sounds like an instrument."