This set is made of locally and sustainably sourced spalted poplar wood from Athens, GA. Each drum begins as a solid log and is painstakingly hollowed and turned on our custom built conga lathe. Spalting is the process of naturally coloring the wood using certain fungi and is accomplished here in our shop. The inlays are made of natural turquoise, lapis lazuli and magnesite stone. The bottoms are protected by a clear polymer foot which will not mark or scratch floors.

This set is built to be tonally matched to sing together and the internal geometry of each drum is individually designed to bring out the best possible tones from the drums. The skins have been meticulously chosen to match the harmonics of the shells and to create a symbiosis of sound across the entire set.

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Tumba

Skin: 2.3mm amber Middle Eastern steer

Playing Surface: 13-3/8″ diameter

Height: 30″

Weight: 29 pounds

Hardware: 304 stainless steel 6-lug half round Moderna crown, heavy duty 3/8″ tuning lugs

Conga

Skin: 2.1mm amber Middle Eastern steer

Playing Surface: 12″ diameter

Height: 30″

Weight: 26 pounds

Hardware: 304 stainless steel 6-lug half round Moderna crown, heavy duty 3/8″ tuning lugs

Quinto

Skin: 1.9mm amber Middle Eastern steer

Playing Surface: 10-7/8″ diameter

Height: 30″

Weight: 24 pounds

Hardware: 304 stainless steel 5-lug half round Moderna crown, heavy duty 3/8″ tuning lugs

Requinto

Skin: 1.8mm amber Middle Eastern steer

Playing Surface: 9-3/4″ diameter

Height: 30″

Weight: 21 pounds

Hardware: 304 stainless steel 5-lug half round Moderna crown, heavy duty 3/8″ tuning lugs

This PreMounted™ Middle Eastern Steer Matched Set is artfully crafted with close attention to detail. This ensures the tone, color, finish and feel are as closely matched as possible. Available now.

Skin Type: Steer (Middle East)

Skin Color: Blonde

Crown Type: Traditional

11” Quinto Skin Thickness: 1.8mm

11.75″ Conga Skin Thickness: 2mm

12.5″ Tumba Skin Thickness: 2.2mm

Sound: crisp slaps, round open tones, rich bass, controlled overtones, warm and classic, ideal for live and studio, our shop favorite

Feel: medium action, very smooth and somewhat supple playing surface

We are offering a 20% discount on ELH Bells, beautifully handmade by Sr. Evelio Llamas Hernandez in San Francisco, California! These campanas have such an absolutely pure tone and are very well made. We have three pitch options: a high pitched bell tuned to C#, a middle pitch tuned to A and low pitch tuned to G, as well as mountable Chacha and Mambo. Enter Promo Code ELH20 at checkout until 6.22.22.

Determining flesh hoop size can be easily calculated. Subtracting the skin thickness from the outside diameter of the head accurately yields the size of the flesh hoop inside the skin. It’s important to note that the skin thickness is multiplied by two [outside diameter of head – (skin thickness x 2) = flesh hoop size]. Let’s say we have a head with an outside diameter of 12-1/4″ and a 1/16″ skin. A 1.6mm skin is roughly 1/16″ thick. So we have 1/8″ of skin. 12-1/4″ – (1/16″ x 2) = 12-1/8″

A spalted requinto, quinto, conga and tumba are nearly ready. The steer skins are drying, and Ryan has finished the feet. These are going to be one fine set! A video demo will follow.

Our drumming community continues to expand with new talented and positive friends. Aristides is one of these! Honestly, he’s one of the most pleasant guys you’ll ever meet. He first contacted us back in early April interested in visiting the shop for PreMounted heads and a tour. Since then, we have had the honor of three visits and crafting as many PreMounted heads for him. Thanks for your friendship, kindness and support, Aristides! We sincerely wish you all the best. Anyone interested in visiting the shop is encouraged to contact us via info@manitopercussion.com or 706-614-4563 for an appointment.

At Manito Percussion, we focus on creating the purest tones possible. Whether it’s our skins, PreMounted heads, or in designing and crafting our own solid shell drums, we spare no expense or effort to bring the finest tonal experience to your drumming life.
The insides of our congas and bombas are shaped with features to perfect the tones as well as to add a great deal of strength to the shell. From the bearing edge with its built in alma, to the textures and ridges which remove any bad overtones, to the Venturi shaped volume and bass boosting sound hole, every aspect of the resonating chamber is painstakingly sculpted for the sweetest tones possible!

I use mechanical advantage to make mounting skins on congas very easy. Most original stock lugs for congas are 6″. Our mounting lugs are made of high strength 3/8″ stainless steel. At 7″ long, they will reach up to the crown when mounting thick skins so you can get it pulled down onto the drum quickly and without a fight! Once the head is mounted and pulled down, you can easily switch the lugs out for the original tuning lugs that fit the drum. Includes high strength Zinc/Yellow Chromate coated 9/16″ nut, washer and rubber screw cover. High polished finish or matte finish available.

I use carbon osmosis to achieve our amber color. The process is absolutely non-toxic and sustainable. It highlights the careful processing and unique grain of each piece of rawhide. This is Middle Eastern Steer, and very handsome.

This set of solid shell congas is on the way to our friend Phil Kullmann in Germany. All the wood was sustainably harvested in Athens, GA. Ryan stated, “I have spent a little time with them and they really sing together incredibly well. While all of my drums are unique individual instruments, I believe the chestnut wood tumba is and will remain the only one of its kind in the world. American Chestnut trees are all but gone in their natural habitat due to a fungal blight that destroyed nearly all of them in the first half of the twentieth century. The tree was threatening a school and it was decided that it had to be cut. The tone of this wood is off the charts beautiful and will continue to develop over time.”

13-7/8″ spalted maple super tumba
12-5/16″ chestnut tumba
11-5/16″ black ash conga
10-3/4′ spalted elm quinto
9-7/8″ spalted sycamore requinto

Height: 30″
Skins: Middle Eastern Steer
Hardware: 304 stainless steel half round Moderna crown, heavy duty 3/8″ tuning lugs