Rumba Instruments

     Just finished this shekere. I like how the gourds color matches the wood beads. Very natural looking. This gourd ended up having a nic...

    Well I seem to be turning out these instruments at a pretty good rate. This one is close to finished as you can see. This shekere uses ...

     Well here it is. Believe it or not I got this instrument done on time for the rumba. It performed very well, and sounded great. I got a...

   I've been busy working on this shekere. I went by General Bead here in San Francisco and picked up a whole bunch of nice beads to ge...

          Hopefully this works out. I've attached a couple of image files that hopefully my readers can drag to their desktop and print ...

    (from caxixi.com - Cabello Organic Percussion )    A little while ago I wrote a post on erikundi  , which are little shakers made kind ...

   Well this little guy is done now. Two more to go. This shekere ended up having a nice tight responsive action with a crisp sound, but not...

      This little shekere is turning out very well and progressing quickly. It is going to be the cachimbo, or okonkolo to an 3 shekere agbe...

   The little drum in rumba is the quinto. It is the highest pitched drum for rhythms like Guaguanco , Rumba Columbia, Guarapachangeo and Ya...

    This is the rumba I go to regularly. If you happen to be in town come check it out.  Yesterday I provided the drums for the first time....