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Originally Posted by kineticturtle  I had the lovely opportunity to meet el mosca yesterday when he came over to pick up the pandeiro which I've been holding for him; we finally met up at my in-laws place and he gave us a demonstration of what the damn thing is actually for, which pleased us and scared the heck out of the dog! Hah! |
Hello Kinetic!!!!!
It was great meeting you, your lovely wife and the in-laws on Saturday. Too bad it was a short one, but such were the logistics of the evening. And of course, I'm very sorry that I scared the dog.
Also, of course, thank you so much for your generosity and your persistence (this giveaway took some weeks, because of both of our busy schedules).
The pandeiro is working great. The other item you gave me (the wooden slat "accordion") was -as you know- wound a bit tight. When I was trying to loosen up the ties, the string broke off, so I got a lot of hours of fun ahead of me trying to figure out and recreate the weave.
A recap on my pandeiro story: I owned, as I mentioned before, two pandeiros that are definitely "low-end." I've been on a quest for a deeper sound than I could get from synthetic heads for months. A friend promised to bring me one from Brazil, and another friend was going to start building the things to sell. I had two natural-skin pandeiros in the stars, when I saw kineticturtle's offer of a third one. September and October came and went, and it was impossible for me to drive down to the Valley to pick up any of these drums.
Two weekends ago, there finally was a chance for me to drive down to San Jose to hang out with old friends, so I made two pickups then: The free one from Bahia and the one my friend the builder finally finished. The free pandeiro is definitely another low-end item, but playable nonetheless (you can even see the "Nestle" logo on one of the jingles, which I think adds to the low-end mistique). I also picked up a pandeiro (serial number 17) from my friend, the builder. Kineticturtle's offering completes the trifecta of natural-head pandeiros.
You may wonder why does a man need so many frame drums? Different textures is one of the answers, but the real reason I'm excited is because having five pandeiros will allow us to offer free Brazilian Percussion classes to the kids in the community!!!! Now, I can have up to four students following the teacher at the same time. This is the real good news and the reason I'm so grateful for these gifts.
Best,
++aldo
Pictured below: The trifecta. L-to-R: Free pandeiro from Bahia, Free Pandeiro from kineticturtle, pandeiro by Bola (my friend).