Models
6 models
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Cooperman Frame Drum
Tunable frame drums from Vermont
Hand percussion
Cooperman's frame drums are built with a tuning system that lets a natural head be brought back into pitch as the weather changes, which is the practical objection to skin frame drums answered.
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Gawharet El Fan Riq
The tambourine of Arabic classical music
Hand percussion · Egypt
The riq is a small frame drum with heavy paired jingles, and in Arabic classical music it is a lead instrument rather than an accompaniment — a riq player carries the rhythm and its ornament at once.
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Bina Dholak
The two-headed folk drum of North India
Hand percussion · India
A barrel drum played on both heads with the hands, rope- or bolt-tuned, and carried through folk music, film songs, and devotional singing across North India and Pakistan.
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Emin Bendir
Frame drum with a snare string
Hand percussion · Turkey
The bendir is a large frame drum with a gut snare stretched under the head, giving a buzz behind every stroke. It carries Sufi and Anatolian music, played upright with the fingers of both hands.
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Meinl Professional Djembe
Carved mahogany shells with rope tuning
Hand percussion
Meinl's professional djembes are carved from solid mahogany with goatskin heads and traditional rope tuning, alongside a mechanically tuned line for players who do not want to pull rope.
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Cooperman Bodhrán
Irish frame drum, tunable
Hand percussion
Cooperman's bodhráns are made for players rather than for the tourist trade: goatskin heads, an internal tuning system, and depths chosen for tipper technique.