I would like to show some pics of my latest buy, a so-called
darajon,
consisting of a Yambu Peruano-shaped beech corpus with a three-ply 8" cherrywood playing surface.
This instrument has been manufactured in Germany by "Klanginitiative":
http://www.klanginitiative.com/english/set_e.htmlHere are some details about the instrument:
It is actually a blend of darabuka and a djembe.
Check out the different sounds:
played like a djembe (hole closed with leg):
http://www.klanginitiative.com/sounds/K ... Djembe.mp3or the darabuka-like sound (bass tones with open hole) :
http://www.klanginitiative.com/sounds/K ... rabuka.mp3or something like a wood bongo
http://www.klanginitiative.com/sounds/K ... _Bongo.mp3The darajon has been developed for both educational (cf. size: about 16" tall) and professional purposes.
I must say it is great fun to play on it. You can alter the tone by covering the hole, a bit like with clay drums
(Udu). Disrespectfully, it looks a bit like a bird house with the hole
The great plus is its lightness but the projection is still fine.
Here is the darajon combined with my selfmade wooden bongos:
The wooden drums match quite well tonally.
On the whole, I would highly recommend this instrument. It is also relatively inexpensive (but no toy instrument!) and the wood construction is flawless. You can see it has been made by hand by professional craftsmen.
That is all for now.
I wish everybody a nice weekend!
Edit:
The manufacturer has also developed other kinds of innovative and purely wooden drums, such as the cube kit , which a drum set consisting of wooden boxes.