These early drums are worn at the waist. Quality skins and full instructions are provided. An easy kit taking under 10 hours to assemble. The Timpani kit provides 2 handspun copper bowls and makes fine instruments. The heads are goat skin, rope tensioned in the traditional manner with sliding leather buffs.
Construction is simply a matter of fitting the carrying hooks and lacing up the skins.
The kit also includes the necessary materials for 2 felt-headed beaters and a pair of wooden floor stands. Timbrel Kit Medieval Tambourine. Special brass cymbals are supplied, ready to be drilled and fitted to the pre-bent slotted beech shell. A calf vellum skin with full fitting instructions enable anyone to complete this remarkable and effective percussion instrument. Easy to build taking 10-20 hours.