Vintage Wood Tongue Drum and Clave Percussion Sticks, 5 Piece Set

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Offered is a vintage 10 Note Tongue Drum percussion set, including the hand carved tropical hardwood box drum, a pair … Read more Offered is a vintage 10 Note Tongue Drum percussion set, including the hand carved tropical hardwood box drum, a pair of mallets, and a set of Claves percussion sticks, both instruments by renowned instrument house Latin Percussion. While the drum is perfectly functioning, tuned to play 10 musical notes, these are often purchased as decorative objects by collectors. We've included wood mallets, but this piece would probably work best with rubber headed drum sticks or lollipop mallets. We've tested this piece with a professional percussionist and have been assured that the notes are perfectly tuned.

Drum measures 17.5" long, 5.5". wide, 4.5" deep
Clave percussion sticks measure 9.5" long, 1.25" diameter
Mallets measure 12" long, 1" diameter

History of Latin Percussion company:
In 1956, Martin Cohen, a young mechanical engineer and avid photographer from the Bronx happened upon New York’s famous Birdland jazz club. He walked in and was immediately captivated by the sound and energy of Latin jazz.

1956
Martin Cohen was so taken with the infectious music that he immersed himself in the 1960’s Latin music scene and soon wanted his own set of bongos. Unfortunately, due to trade embargoes, high quality, Cuban-made bongos were unavailable in the United States. So Cohen put his engineering skills to use and created his own set of bongos. After months of study, Martin Cohen had successfully built what would eventually be heralded as, “the finest bongos the world had ever seen.”

1960
In 1964, Martin Cohen founded Latin Percussion (LP) and was soon delivering bongos, cowbells and other instruments in brown paper bags to musicians. Cohen utilized New York’s Latin nightclubs as his research and development labs – utilizing artist’s real world experience playing live music to craft and hone the best possible percussion instruments for live and recorded performance. Cohen’s self-described “love affair” with Latin music established a tradition still practiced at LP; the needs of performing musicians are placed ahead of everything else. See less