Basic Hand Drum
The principal gourd drum design. These simple drums, when built with care and good materials, are attractive, durable, excellent–sounding instruments.
Gourd Snare
A gourd snare drum constructed by integrating a sound generator into a double–layer head.
Gourd Bongos
A compact pair of drums that produce two different pitches, joined with a frame.
Double Membrane Drum
Modelled after a double-headed Native American drum. Constructed from a kettle gourd.
Traditional Talking Drum
A traditional talking drum constructed using the more–or–less traditional approach. The player can change the head tension by squeezing the lacing on the drum when played.
Verbose Talking Drum
A very nontraditional approach to a talking drum. Similar in construction to a timpani, but utilizing materials available in most machine shops.
Mighty Hourglass
Inspired by the design of a djembe, a powerful hourglass shaped drum constructed from a pair of gourds.
Güirophone
The güiro is a Latin American percussion instrument played by dragging a stick across a notched piece of wood. The suffix “–phone” implies some sort of sound projection or amplification. By combining a notched piece of wood with a gourd to reflect sound, the Güirophone was born.
El Huevote
Super-sized shaker egg made from a gourd.
Downpour Stick
The rainstick is a typical entry level instrument often tackled by the novice instrument builder. This is not your typical rainstick!.
Gourd Maracas
A fine pair of maracas made from gourds. They look and sound exactly like maracas!
La Maracatota
There is no Guinness Book of World Records entry for the world’s largest gourd maraca (we checked), but if there were, we’d enter this one.
Gourd Tambourine
A tambourine constructed using a gourd as the frame.
Electric Güirophone
An upsized, amplified version of the Güirophone. Plug a gourd into an amp!