Tongue Drum Musical Instrument

[Nutball]

Anyone here interested in one of these? I have one to sell in Like New condition

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[Treeaddict]

That’s an amazing drum! Very unique sound. Not going to buy your drum because I hardly ever play the ones I own but really appreciate your post. Have you learned to play it well?

 

[Nutball]

I have not. I don't have natural rhythm skills like the guy in the video, and that is important with these unless you play slowly for relaxation, which I do on occasion, but I have other instruments that fit that bill. My original intention was to buy a second with it for extra notes, but the way things played out, I didn't get the second, and these days I have more important things to spend money on.

 

[gf beranek]

It has a nice sound.

 

[Nutball]

Who knows, I might keep it if I can learn to play what he played in the video, and if I can find a few more good tunes others have already figured out.

The problem is that's basically jumping from beginner to expert.

 

[lxskllr]

Seems like it would be fun to just screw around with, even if it wasn't with any virtuosity.

 

[treesmith]

How much?

 

[Eric H-L]

I was curious about the name also. I turned to Wiki my response to everything. Steel tongue drum - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_tongue_drum
I was surprised to learn that it a very recent instrument derived from ancient (pre-historic?) wooden slit drums.

 

[Nutball]

Tongue drums have tongue shaped patterns cut in them, the length, width, and thickness of which determines the note. This kind of tongue drum has a complex shape (basically smaller and smaller tongues cut on the main one) to add harmonics to change the timbre. It is sort of like a steel drum with long sustain. I spent over $1000 for it with the set of mallets if that gives anyone a ballpark idea for a fair offer.