Hi Martin. I appreciate your enthusiasm to generate more engagement at CongaPlace. So, I'll bite. I am lucky enough to own a 4 drum family of some of the last Sol Mahogany drums that Akbar made before he began his new career making the CA Gon Bops. I love the sound of these drums because of their distinctive low bass, and nutty dry tones and slaps.
I have drum cases which have places for labels, so I inserted cards with the words "supertumba", "tumba", "segundo", and "quinto". But, I could have chosen, "tumba" for the largest, then "segundo", "quinto", "requinto". I mean there's a rabbit hole here where whatever you call it, you still have 4 drums with big down to small. I guess most accurate would be 13", 12", 11", 10". Now that I think of it, I'll change it to that today. Problem with my system I have is that when people help with putting my drums into the cases they inevitably put the "tumba" my second smallest into the "supertumba" bag, and then I find my superT crammed into the tumba's case. They're just names anyway.
So, are you calling a 13" or above a superT? Or "14" and above?
What do you call the requinto? 9 3/4"? 9 1/2"? 9"? This rhetorical for me, as I don't care what any of the drums are called.
I like mine tuned low, and it might actually be why I fell in love with the sound of tumbadoras/congas in the first place. The low sound, that's where I gravitate. So, when I record my music I always have the low frequencies good and pronounced in the mix. Maybe you can see why I call my low one the Super Tumba if you listen below.
I just finished this project with 8 drums. The tumba, what I have called my super tumba, is the most present in the mix if you have nice speakers that play bass frequencies:
https://vimeo.com/811053947And here's a Palo where the lowest drum comes through:
https://vimeo.com/791340372