In 1961, the University of Texas and Purdue University chapters of Kappa Kappa Psi pledged to bring their respective drums to a showdown to decide the title of "World's Largest Drum" at the fraternal national convention in Wichita, Kansas; however, as only the Purdue branch of the Fraternity showed up with the Purdue Big Bass Drum, Big Bertha lost the self-claimed title of "World's Largest Drum". As of 2018, The Guinness Book of World Records lists a Korean drum as the largest.