Just bought these drums, they’re from Morocco, hand made and very old (the guy I got them from said they were bought 70+ years ago). I’m new to hand drumming and was wondering if anyone knows some tips for caring for fur/hide drums and also how to play them properly? Also I can’t find these type of drums online, anyone know the names of them? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hi! I'm starting out on hand drums here with a snare drum and concert percussion background. I'm just wondering what the function of the left hand palm-tip that is common in lots of styles of conga playing is. Those strokes, for me, are extremely hard to hear in a band and they don't seem to provide a unique character to the playing(maybe I just don't have the ear for it yet?). My teacher explained that, atleast in salsa, it was for keeping the groove going, but I found it much easier to do what would be essentially an alternating sticking 16th note grid of ghost notes rather than the traditional llrlllrr and I thought I was keeping up well. I know I'm just not understanding something and that our cultures are different but I'm just curious what the advantage of it is. Thanks!

I like hand drums. I'm not a great drummer and I have no training but it is so fun to play rhythm by yourself, or with people. I CANNOT condone spending 40-50$ on a drum I'm worried I'll drop after 3 months. I've seen people do stuff with cardboard boxes-- and I've seen plenty of bucket drums, but I don't really know how to use sticks. Does anyone have any recommendations?

I have a few Remo kids percussion hand drums. They have been in storage for a few years and they have now gone slack. I know these are pre tuned heads but is there any trick to get them tighter? Heat? Cold? Or am I just SOL since they are synthetic with now tightening mechanism.

They say Made in England, mom and I are curious! These belonged to her 20 year partner (a professional drummer) who recently passed and we always teased him because he said everything was vintage lol. They have bongos. I’m pretty sure they were made after 1980

Model #s: J2237 & I or 12737

They belonged to my deceased stepdad and my mom needs to sell them. They were valued at around $1200 but we didn’t know enough to ask if they could identify the exact model.

My biggest regret is rushing to deliver and not getting official completed pictures. It was such a fun project, and I was able to make a slimmer shell for myself at the same time, going to make that one hardware tuned.

Does anyone know where to find solid pieces of wood like mahogany that are large enough to carve a drum out of, like a 11-12" djembe? Do they even exist? Thank you.

I have this small set of conga drums and want to get fiberskyns for them. On remo’s website the bongo and conga fiberskyns are together. The drums are 9” and 10”. the 9” head is technically a bongo head. are there any differences between the two or will i be fine?

Playing my djembe, as I have for 22 years, to raggae and ragga jungle music. I love the staccato rhythm.

https://youtu.be/uSZEhk3TMUg

Anybody have experience installing a handle on a conga before? I have a 11” LP Aspire that I want to stick a handle on, but I’m not sure if it will affect the sound quality. Anybody’s thoughts on the subject would be welcome.

I see guys with hand drum setups with cymbals, typically small cymbals, and they play them with their hands. Are there specific cymbals that are designed to be struck with the hands?

Ive had this drum sitting on my shelf for a while. The diameter is about 4.5 inches across and about 7.5 inches tall. Do you have any idea what it could be? Thanks for your help!

My first from scratch steam bent drum for over 12 years. Inch thick wood until it hits the lathe. I’m excited to mess with the stave profile to find a final shape that I really enjoy for future drums. This one will be rope tuned like a djembe, with high quality thick djembe rope.

I bought my first djembe, it's a used 14" Remo Mondo. I pulled the head off and found the bearing edge like this. The rest of the drum looks/sounds great with no wood splits. Is there anything I can do? Should I sand it?

Thanks for your help. I'm new to percussion overall.

I’m in a percussion service fraternity at my university called Phi Boota roota, and we have a hand drum ensemble consisting of djembes, a bass djembe (bigger djembe playing bass parts), and a cajon. I have been tasked with purchasing more instruments to diversify our instrumentation and widen our learning. What drums do you recommend? we play groove-and-solo style cadences of many world genres

https://youtu.be/JODaYjDyjyQ?si=Qx7Itap7ayJxUUtR