Maker
Schlagwerk
German maker that industrialised the cajon
Schlagwerk turned the Peruvian cajon into a mass-market instrument in Europe, adding snare wires, adjustable corners, and playing surfaces in a range of timbers. The company also makes udus, frame drums, and a long list of small hand percussion.
Models
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Schlagwerk Fineline
Hand percussion
Fineline cajons use selected playing-surface timbers and adjustable corner tension, and are aimed at players for whom the cajon is the main instrument rather than a travel substitute.
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Schlagwerk La Peru
Hand percussion
La Peru is Schlagwerk's traditional cajon: no snare wires, just the box, in the Peruvian form the instrument had before European players added the buzz.
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Schlagwerk 2inOne
Hand percussion
The 2inOne cajon puts the snare wires where they respond to the top corners but not the centre, so a player gets a snare crack and a clean bass note from the same box without adjusting anything.
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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Schlagwerk 2inOne
Hand percussion
The 2inOne cajon puts the snare wires where they respond to the top corners but not the centre, so a player gets a snare crack and a clean bass note from the same box without adjusting anything.