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HI
does anybody knows the delaporte congas?Are they good?And a what level?


Thanks so much

i know they were really famous in France
price range 700 to 1000 per drum

you can compare them to the california series of gon bops or the giovanni's of LP

Thanks Gilbert!
I'm goig to check out...

joaozinho check out the attached forum link for some great images and information on Delaporte Congas.

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4136&p=42605&hilit=delaporte+congas#p42605

Nice looking tubs!

I own a pair of michel delaporte conga.Very good sounding drums,with very solid hardware.
I replaced the heads.On the conga there,s a skin from Skin on Skin,and it sounds great.
But I still can,t find a good replacement head for the tumbadora.
I,ve tried a few heads,but all them have a distorted sound when you play loud.
The original head was very thick.So I,m still looking for a good congahead for the tumbadora.

is that a pot leaf on the drums?

Those look like quarter sawn oak, nice tubs!
PC

Yes it,s a pot leaf.I,m from Holland which is famous for its pot.
It,s just a sticker I put on the drums.It,s not standard on the delaporte drums

Hi there
Delaporte is a Frencg conga maker. He stopped production a few years ago and his main craftsman bought the company from him.

The production should start again soon according to the new owner I talked to on the phone about two months ago.

The quality of these drums is very very good. I am impressed that this brand made it to the US.... There are still some distributed here in Europe.

B