photographically nothing special

[Rense Haveman]

But I just wanted to show. Delivered today...
Can't play it. Yet....


SIM March 13th - Not all Friday the 13ths bring bad luck... by Rense Haveman, on Flickr

 

[Rob MacKillop]

They look well made, but how do you tune them?

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Looks as if legs have screws to tighten the skin?
Fine instruments Rense, maybe a youtube video soon

 

[Rense Haveman]

They are well made indeed, there about the top-end of the LP bongos. As a mediocre conga player I wanted to try something different, with a higher pitch...

How in the meaning of with what technique, or how as related to each other? They are tuned with the bolts on which they're standing, but I guess you knew that. And they are typically tuned in a quarter or a fifth.... I tuned mine in a quarter....

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, I meant the interval. They seem close in diameter, so that got me wondering about pitch. A quarter, or fourth, is a good idea.

Yeah, let's hear em!

 

[Rense Haveman]

A fourth! That's the term! Thank you...

 

[John Plant]

You never see them sold by the Bongo- them only come in pairs-Bongos.
Or have I got the scale wrong an there wooden kettle drums!

 

[Pete Askew]

Interesting. Tuning bongos, I had never eve considered such a thing but it makes sense now I think about it.

 

[Rense Haveman]

No John, these are bongos, yes, and they come in pairs indeed. The hembra (the large one, female) and the macho (the smaller one, male).