Click Drums
The finished Drum
28' tall, based on
the Afro-Cuban "Arara" style
My Dad carving a Drum 1972
Same Dad, same Drum
3 "Bata" drums my father made
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21 years old playing in Central Park. My.. what luvly hair and "bellbottoms" LoL!
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A Shekere my dad made for my B'day.. this was the last one
he made
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Three Congas made by N.Y.C. master drum
maker Nataly "Junior" Torado. These 3
were up for auction on Ebay 2 years ago. Sadly, as of June 2004, Junior Torado had been in a coma after a heart attack.. he passed away July 10th 2006.
R.I.P. "Junior"
Three 'Quintos' the two on the left are made out of Oak. The small one in front is a 'Re-Quinto' made or me by Jay Bereck at his Skin on Skin drum
workshop in Brooklyn. The dark one on the right was made for me by Junior Torado and is made of Mahogany.
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Above is the cover photo of percussionist Bobby Sanabrias
first CD. He's holding a Shekere he had made by my dad.
On the the right is the back cover of percussionist Raphael Cruz' CD holding a Shekere he also had made for him by my dad.
Master drum maker Jay Bereck in his SKIN ON SKIN workshop in Brooklyn, N.Y. 1993. Jay now lives in upstate N.Y. and still makes the best CUBAN style Congas in the U.S.
Below are 3 pairs of Bongoes. The first pair were made by Candido Requeno in Cuba in 1955 and are my favorites. The other two made for me by the best drum makers in N.Y.C. Nataly "Junior" Torado & Cali Rivera of JCR.