Thank you very much CongaCaja for so much info!
It's always interesting having any info on drums, even though I live in Italy so I cannot take any actual advantage from it... :p
Well in the end I will keep my old LP Classic quinto and conga and try to choose a tumba to match them (both in look and sound) - but I will have to wait until I have some more budget
By the way, there are few handcraft congas makers in Italy, you can take a look at
VR percussion, just to get an idea: they make very high quality drums with the best woods, the drums are carved from single pieces (and not made with dowels), heads are the best you can get... but the prices are unaffordable!!! They even make congas with internal mic system ready: you have a conga with a cable coming out from the shell, you just plug it into the PA and you're ready... but I never tried such a system, do you think it can work well?
BYE