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Ujama congas
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Thu May 31, 2012 4:49 amby rhythmrhyme
Anyone seen this site before -
http://ujamacongas.blogspot.ca/ Some pretty rad lookin' gear, bombas, congas and some giant conga beast I've never seen before. Reclaimed cuban mahogany!!
Re: Ujama congas
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Thu May 31, 2012 5:04 amby jorge
Nice wood and look like nice craftsmanship. A couple of them look like they have been genetically modified. Has anyone played them or heard them?
Re: Ujama congas
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Thu May 31, 2012 6:03 amby Mike
Are they really on sale? Strange, there is no info on the net whatsoever.
Can´t imagine that there is a mass of
Cuban Mahogany from a City of London bank in the 1920's.
All that leaves me pretty doubtful.
Re: Ujama congas
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Thu May 31, 2012 6:32 amby Thebreeze
If that's the case I guess the supply is very limited to say the least.
Re: Ujama congas
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Thu May 31, 2012 7:30 amby Psych1
Don't doubt the wood. Those were the days - 1920's to 1950 - when Cuban mahogany was shipped all over the world for paneling and furniture. I've been in rooms in Europe and in apartments in NYC where the walls were paneled in Cuban mahogany.
I've got a big old mahogany dining table, sits 18, that I believe would make a great set of congas. Someday.
Re: Ujama congas
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Thu May 31, 2012 7:33 amby Thebreeze
Save me enough to make a pair of Bongos. lol.
Re: Ujama congas
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Thu May 31, 2012 11:12 amby Mike
Psych1, I am still not totally convinced.
At least I find it strange - to say the least - that the blog website
does not offer any kind of contact details or the like. Whatever,
those drums in the picture surely do look nice.
Re: Ujama congas
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Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:09 amby Chupacabra
They don't look like congas to me at all. They look like a westernized ensemble for Ghana percussion, without the peg and rope system of tuning. The tall one appears to be an atesimevu shape and the others look like similar shapes to that style.
The webpage is pretty umm... sketchy. More pics would be nice!
Re: Ujama congas
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Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:09 amby rhythmrhyme
Chupacabra wrote:They don't look like congas to me at all. They look like a westernized ensemble for Ghana percussion, without the peg and rope system of tuning. The tall one appears to be an atesimevu shape and the others look like similar shapes to that style.
The webpage is pretty umm... sketchy. More pics would be nice!
good feedback... got any pics of these traditional drums? I especially like the giant pig iron bell hanging on that beast of a ... whatever it is. I have a much smaller version of that bell and share your understanding of it's african roots!
Re: Ujama congas
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Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:19 pmby skinslapper
@ Chupacabra ,your correct !
I"ve hade them made for me in Ghana .Great drums . The Ujama set depicted in the top post looks verry interresting to me !!
From big to small : Atsimevu - Skinslapper - Sogo - Kidi - Agpacbang (the one nearest to the camera) -
The dubble bell is called : Gankogui .
Re: Ujama congas
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Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:43 pmby skinslapper