Maker
Gope
Brazilian percussion maker
Gope builds samba and capoeira percussion in Brazil — surdos, pandeiros, atabaques, and berimbaus — and is one of the names most often seen outside the country.
Models
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Gope Atabaque
Hand percussion · Brazil
The atabaque is a tall, rope- or key-tuned hand drum used in Afro-Brazilian religious music and in capoeira rodas, built by Gope in the three traditional sizes.
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Gope Pandeiro
Hand percussion · Brazil
Gope's pandeiros are the ones most often seen outside Brazil, in both nylon and natural-skin heads, and in the aluminium frames that survive travel.
Sources
Categories
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Hand Percussion
Congas, bongos, djembes, cajons, timbales, frame drums, and the small instruments that live on a percussion table: tambourines, cowbells, shakers, and claves.
Representative model
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Gope Pandeiro
Hand percussion · Brazil
Gope's pandeiros are the ones most often seen outside Brazil, in both nylon and natural-skin heads, and in the aluminium frames that survive travel.