When Vic Firth was growing up, he took weekly lessons on piano, trumpet, clarinet, trombone and drums —plus music theory. Only the drums — and the drumsticks — stuck. Firth, who for 50 years ...

Everett “Vic” Firth, a longtime timpanist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra who became renowned among drummers of all stripes as a manufacturer of drumsticks, died July 26 at his home in Boston.

Everett "Vic" Firth, whose namesake drumsticks are among the world's most popular, has died. The musician and teacher was 85 years old. The news was announced on the company's website today.

"It was closer to what we wanted to do with our lives," Cross says, "to prep sticks rather than work in the cafeteria!" The Vic Firth factory is located in Newport, Maine, and claims an output of ...

NAMM 2013: Percussion maestro Pete Lockett has gone and got his own Vic Firth signature stick ... Designed as a double-ended stick for multi-purpose use, the DrumJammer has versatility in mind and is ...

Drum stick giants Vic Firth have taken the humble hickory hitter to a whole new level: by adding a mini USB port and a powerful LED light in each tip. They're called Lite Stix, and while they resemble ...