Chtimulato wrote:you can check if they have not got out of round. Which can also be fixed.
How would you compare these to some of the mid priced ones on the market like LP Aspire or Meinl Headliner.
Would these sizes be a conga and a quinto at 11 and 12?
Chtimulato wrote:you can check if they have not got out of round. Which can also be fixed.
How that? by disassembling, re-shaping and re-glueing the staves? I have two drums that are - what I would say: hopelessly - oval, one of them being unplayable.
I know that you are occasionally repairing drums; but the method above would be equal to "cannot be fixed" to me.
jorge wrote:Thomas why is your oval drum unplayable? ... It is an aesthetic issue for anyone looking down at the head of the drum, but does not necessarily ruin the sound or affect the appearance from offstage.
jorge wrote:
That price of $10,500 almost gave me a heart attack until I remembered that $ is the American symbol for currency all around the Americas including Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Canada, Dominican Republic, etc..., not just $USD.
Chtimulato wrote:How would you compare these to some of the mid priced ones on the market like LP Aspire or Meinl Headliner.
I would trust these more than Aspire or Meinl Headliner. They have at least the "adult" size . And they could even be cheaper (got to check the prices though). A good quality/price ratio is MAtador, for instance. Some professional players play on Matadors and make them sound.Would these sizes be a conga and a quinto at 11 and 12?
In "modern" terms yes. In traditional Cuban standards, they would be conga (tres dos) and tumbadora. I've be told LP increased the measurements to adapt them to Ray Barretto's big hands.Chtimulato wrote:you can check if they have not got out of round. Which can also be fixed.
How that? by disassembling, re-shaping and re-glueing the staves? I have two drums that are - what I would say: hopelessly - oval, one of them being unplayable.
I know that you are occasionally repairing drums; but the method above would be equal to "cannot be fixed" to me.
Yes, it can depend on the "out-of-roudness". But since the ad states they are new, they shouldn't be in such a bas shape.
mpags wrote:Gracias Chtimulato! As always, you are a wealth of knowledge and I appreciate you sharing it.
Thomas wrote:It is oval to the extent that it can't be tuned properly anymore without damaging the skin. - Because against the top of the body, the crown is still perfectly round, of course. I have taken it totally apart and cracked up the body, because my idea was to install at least one internal steel ring, re-glue it and thus force the body back in round with rings in- and outside.
Thomas Altmann wrote:Thanks, Chtimulato! I was thinking about applying water, too, but I would guess that, if you soak only one portion of the wooden body and make it swell with the rest remaining dry, it would make it crack.
I also tried the dowel trick with a solid batá body, but each time I took the dowel away again, the drum happily sprung back into its favorite shape: EGG.
I realize we're going OT - sorry, mpags.
Thomas
Thomas Altmann wrote:Thanks, Chtimulato! I was thinking about applying water, too, but I would guess that, if you soak only one portion of the wooden body and make it swell with the rest remaining dry, it would make it crack.
Thomas Altmann wrote:I also tried the dowel trick with a solid batá body, but each time I took the dowel away again, the drum happily sprung back into its favorite shape: EGG.
Thomas Altmann wrote:I realize we're going OT - sorry, mpags.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 6 guests