Anybody seen these?
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Remo Coffee House?
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John Mettam
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I don't know if Remo is making these anymore or not. Anybody know?<br>
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They are made of a synthetic shell (I believe like their Djembes) some sort of fiberboard/epoxy composite.<br>
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There is a reverse kick underneath and a conga/djembe head on top. There is no snare mechanism at all. I played one once at a music shop and have to say that I was not so impressed. I suppose the bass could be tweaked to get more umph but the height was odd for playing the top head with hands and I didn't think the sound was so interesting without the snare.<br>
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Just my 2 cents. If you can get one cheap it might be fun and you coud possibly rig up a snare to it! <br>
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John
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They are made of a synthetic shell (I believe like their Djembes) some sort of fiberboard/epoxy composite.<br>
<br>
There is a reverse kick underneath and a conga/djembe head on top. There is no snare mechanism at all. I played one once at a music shop and have to say that I was not so impressed. I suppose the bass could be tweaked to get more umph but the height was odd for playing the top head with hands and I didn't think the sound was so interesting without the snare.<br>
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Just my 2 cents. If you can get one cheap it might be fun and you coud possibly rig up a snare to it! <br>
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John
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ajs
Remo Coffee House drum
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TNO - What did you like/dislike about it? I've considered one as well for my acoustic group. Currently I use a djembe/congas. Where/how mcuh did you get one "cheap", if you don't mind me asking..
Thanks.
ajspence@sensible-net.com
Interested in a trade for djembe?
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TNO - What did you like/dislike about it? I've considered one as well for my acoustic group. Currently I use a djembe/congas. Where/how mcuh did you get one "cheap", if you don't mind me asking..
Thanks.
ajspence@sensible-net.com
Interested in a trade for djembe?
Coffee Hse drum!
Got the change to try out one of the Remo Coffee House drum at one of the music store during my traveling gigs!!! love this drum very much & got alof ot fun playing it!!! but ,too bad the price is very very high!!!!!
so last 2 days I decided to covert my 10" Cocktail-drum to this Coffee house drum!!! 
Just so everyone is clear what we are talking about:
Sometime I believe around 2000 Remo introduced the Coffee House Drum which was basically a cocktail style drum with an upward striking pedal but the top head was a Remo synthetic Conga head. There is no snare mechanism on these drums. The shells are made of a paper fiber/resin shell similar to their other ethnic percussion instruments.
<img src="http://www.cocktaildrum.com/gallery2/ma ... f56068300e">
They later came out with the Trilok Gurtu Kick Conga which has a larger kick head and is a short height sit down drum:
<img src="http://www.cocktaildrum.com/gallery2/ma ... f56068300e">
I believe that both of these are out of production. There are still some Coffee House drums floating around but it is rare to see the Kick Conga. I have played both of these in music shops and was not overly impressed with either of them.
Hope that's helpful!
- John
Sometime I believe around 2000 Remo introduced the Coffee House Drum which was basically a cocktail style drum with an upward striking pedal but the top head was a Remo synthetic Conga head. There is no snare mechanism on these drums. The shells are made of a paper fiber/resin shell similar to their other ethnic percussion instruments.
<img src="http://www.cocktaildrum.com/gallery2/ma ... f56068300e">
They later came out with the Trilok Gurtu Kick Conga which has a larger kick head and is a short height sit down drum:
<img src="http://www.cocktaildrum.com/gallery2/ma ... f56068300e">
I believe that both of these are out of production. There are still some Coffee House drums floating around but it is rare to see the Kick Conga. I have played both of these in music shops and was not overly impressed with either of them.
Hope that's helpful!
- John