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What drumsticks does Sylvie Ayer use?

The drumsticks Sylvie Ayer plays

VaterVHNOJW⌀.555″×15.984″Official roster

Sylvie Ayer plays the Vater VHNOJW (⌀.555″×15.984″, hickory).

The sticks, spec by spec

Drawn to scale, with the figures each maker publishes.

Vater Official roster

Vater VHNOJW New Orleans Jazz Wood

Listed as their stick on Vater's official roster

The drumstick silhouette is drawn to scale — length and diameter exactly as published — and the dotted lines mark every 100 mm from the butt end on the left.

Figures as published by the maker; inch values are converted back from mm.
Diameter	.555″ (14.1 mm)
Length	15.984″ (406 mm)
Wood / material	Hickory
Tip shape	Acorn
Tip material	Wood
Taper	—
Weight	≈46g est.

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Where this comes from

Listed on Vater's official artist page (retrieved 2026-08-25)Source page ↗

All of it is what the maker's own site says. Endorsements and stick choices change, so this is not a guarantee that the drummer plays this model today.

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Sticks similar to this one 6

Ranked by how close each one is to the Vater VHNOJW in diameter, length, wood, tip and taper — the same calculation this site's “find sticks like this” uses. It does not mean the drummer plays any of them.

ZildjianZASJO⌀.551″×15.984″PremierPM-E-HICKORY⌀.547″×15.984″VaterVHLJRW⌀.555″×16.142″BEAT FINGERSBF-AH5AN⌀.563″×15.984″BEAT FINGERSBF-AH5AW⌀.563″×15.984″BEAT FINGERSBF-AH5AW-COLOR⌀.563″×15.984″

Reference: Vater VHNOJW New Orleans Jazz Wood

Other drummers who play the same stick 12

Drummers the makers list as playing the same model as Sylvie Ayer.

Aitor QuevedoEl Puntillo Canalla Brass Band Dan PugachIndependent David HarrisJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat National Tour Eliezer CastellanoIndependent Francesco AlessiCautious Clay Graham HawthorneDavid Byrne / Independent Hannah WeltonPrince / 3rd Eye Girl Jazz RobertsonJazz Roberston Trio & Quintet / Yvonne Aubert Trio Jimmy MacbrideIndependent John WicksFitz and The Tantrums Jose MedelesThe Breeders Michael Seyfried

More drummers on Vater's roster

Other drummers on the same maker's artist pages.

Sónia CabritaDilana Tahrah CohenThe Machine / Antony & The Johnsons Taku Hirano Tal BergmanRock Candy Funk Party Tanner ArebaloIya Terra Tarjei StromRalph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band / YLVIS / Sessions Tate CunninghamSafetySuit Taylor "Pocket Queen" GordonIndependent

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