Vintage Hand Crafted Wood Slit/Tongue Drum

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Offered is a vintage 6 note Tongue Drum, a hand carved maple and cherry hardwood box drum, While the drum … Read more Offered is a vintage 6 note Tongue Drum, a hand carved maple and cherry hardwood box drum, While the drum is perfectly functioning, tuned to play 6 musical notes, these are often purchased as decorative objects by collectors. Not included are mallets, but this piece would probably work best with rubber headed drum sticks or lollipop mallets.

Measures 19.25" long, 8.5" wide, 7.5" tall

Wooden Tongue Drums, also known as Slit Drums or Log Drums, are melodic percussion instruments that produce sounds by striking tabs cut into the body of the instrument.

While metal versions, often called Handpans or Steel Tongue Drums, are more common, wooden versions offer a uniquely warm, resonant tone. See less