TAMA Octobans

TAMA Octobans are tube-shaped, small single-headed tom-toms which were manufactured by TAMA.

Stewart Copeland acquired some TAMA Octobans (with 70s Royalstar lugs) from Summerfield's music instrument dealer on 15 June 1979, and they first appeared in the music video for "Can't Stand Losing You" shot at the Lyceum two days later. The Octobans remained a key part of his drum kit throughout The Police's career, both in concert and in the studio. He usually used four Octobans, but also had a set of eight.

In the early 2000's he started to use the Octobans again.