by Ben » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:22 pm
Hey guys. I just won a 14" repinique off of ebay. Now, I've never heard of a 14" repinique before, just 10" or 12". It's an old Contemporanea, the seller said his Dad got it in Brasil during the 70s.
I'm thinking it's actually a small surdo. It's 12"x14", and it came with calf skin heads. I've been trying to crank it pretty high with some plastic heads I put on it, but it doesn't seem to be getting into the repinique range, and I'm also a little concerned about putting that much pressure on the shell; Brasilian drums aren't the strongest things in the world.
With the calf heads, it should make sense as a small surdo. I'm not particularly familiar with surdo sizes, or repiniques in general, so I'm a little confused. Anybody hear of a 14" repinique? Any ideas?