STEP™ Program
RENZI® ADVANCED HEEL PEDESTAL SYSTEM (AHPS)™ with RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY™
Our STEP™ program was developed to apply science, technology, and engineering to percussion hardware. By utilizing the original pedal design, shape and function, we focused on the hardware pedal ‘fit’ to support all types of drummers and percussionists lower body needs.
After many iterations of the original 3-D printed Pilot test system, introduced at the Winter National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Convention in Anaheim, California in 2016, and with the assistance of some of the best drummers and percussionists playing today, we finally came up with a modular and fully adjustable “Advanced Heel Pedestal System™” which replaces the manufacturers stock metal heel plate, without damaging the stock heel-plate, screws or pedal—AND address player comfort, stability, foot control and playing sustainability; either seated or standing behind their kit.
In addition, we worked with various material compounders to attain a proprietary material for the “R-100 Top-Plate™”. Our new material, added to the R-100 Top-Plate™ provides a level of “Recovery Technology™” which improves comfort, balance and stability for the players who plays barefoot all the way through using traditional close-toed shoes, at rest or at play and helps to reduce player fatigue, discomfort and injury. The Renzi® (AHPS)™ is designed for drummers’ and percussionists of all ages, foot size, playing ability and/or players with disabilities to play with stability, comfort and sustainability to learn, expand-upon their playing level, style and technique and enjoy their kit once again.
The Renzi® Stomp Louder®, Corporation has launched its first product, the Renzi® Advanced Heel Pedestal System (AHPS)™ with Recovery Technology™ and look to ‘advance’ the drum and percussion hardware pedal on the global drum and percussion stage’!
The Renzi® Stomp Louder®, Company is continuously investigating the natural world of “Human Factors” by assessing the drum and percussion industry, researching and developing new levels of ‘advancements’ based on drum and percussion player’s NEEDS.
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