industry musical instruments founded 1965 ; 51 years ago 1965 founder alan sharp headquarters bletchley england united kingdom products drums drum hardware owner marshall amplification parent marshall amplification website nataldrums.com natal drums in past known as natal percussion company is an english drum and hardware manufacturing company based in bletchley england united kingdom . in 2010 was purchased by marshall amplification . 1 natal has quickly become one of the hottest small brands in the uk and us . natal had great success in the late 1960s thanks to its revolutionary fiberglass congas that was used by bands like santana t. rex led zeppelin fleetwood mac deep purple and the rolling stones . 2 the name is a composition of the company s founder s and his wife s names natalie and alan . endorser edit andy treacey ash soan blue devils drum and bugle corps brian downey 3 charlie morgan claudia killer lippmann daniel chantrey daniel schild darrin mooney dhani mansworth dj bonebrake gary walmsley ian matthews jack stephens jamiel blake jano rix julien audigier louise bartle martin frosty beedle cutting crew lifesigns martin ranscombe matt brobin matt donnelly mohktar samba nate arling nick kilroe paul hose raymond hearne richard kensington ritch battersby russell gilbrook sean moore steve grantley sudha kheterpal swiss chris references edit sponsor natal drums . retrieved 26 march 2012 . history of natal . retrieved 26 march 2012 . featured natal artists . retrieved 26 march 2012 . external links edit official site nataldrums.com german official site nataldrums.de retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title natal drums & oldid 737444455 categories percussion instrument manufacturing companieshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles with german language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 20 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view