Re: Wave Drums

[Matthias Grob <matthias@grob.org>]

>If you can't find a wave drum, you might find
>a tabla interesting.   The Ali Akbar School of Music
>in San Rafel, CA carries high-quality ones (as well
>as other indian instruments) for about $450.  They
>are wonderful instruments in themselves, and if you
>added a piezo mic plugged into an FX unit, you could
>have great fun with that as well.

oh, yes, a highly developped instrument. I just had a session with a good
player.
The only problem for me was the very defined pitch of the high drum. Most
drums are pitched in some way, but you can still play any tonality - not so
with tabla, right?

Thanks for the hint
Matthias