Summer News
We've been busy with lots of events. We are now home for the summer! A shipment from Ghana arrived today, June 30th, 2010. Its full of drums and cases. We just got in some Guinea cowhides,krins, Guinea goat with hair and without hiar and Guinea shells that are selling fast, limited quanity.
Container Day
| Some of our stock. Starting from the left: djembe, bougarabou shell, djembe shell, djembe shell with carving, African conga, djembe with carving. Across the front bougarabou head, medium djembe shell, kinkini. Message updated on 6/30/2010. More pictures posted on facebook.
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Drums & Skins in Stock
Drums: Djembes in 3 sizes, Djembe shells and Djun Djuns from the Ivory Coast. Djembes, Talking Drums and Djuns Djuns from Ghana. All Djun Djun sets come with sticks and bells.
Skins: Ivory Coast Goatskins with hair and without hair. Skins with and without hair and cowhides are on the way from Guinea. We are out of Ivory Coast Cowhide and hope to get some in August.
Call 800-549-3966 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 800-549-3966 end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 800-549-3966 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or email Shorty
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Unloading the Ivory Coast shipment September 2009.
Always in Stock
Our regular stocks includes: djembes, djembe shells, djun djun sets, cases, talking drums, goatskins, cowhides, rope, rings and almost anything you need for rope tuned drums. We've added the tank drums and some cool percussion instruments. For any further details scroll down, check out the shopping cart or feel free to call 800-549-3966.
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Check out the new Guinea Shells,as of today July 14th, 5 are already sold with another one being looked at. Click on link to see different pictures, drums not marked as sold are available. Limited quantity.
Pictures
Check us out at Dollywood. We were there in April 2010
Festivals of Nations
New video of my vertical puller posted 01/14/2010
Tank Drums are a special order item. They can be tuned to order.
Click on the YouTube link to see and hear one.
Check out our new percussion page. We have bells, claves, beaters, boomwhackers, frogs, ksink ksinks, and many other small percussion items.
Paralounge
The next Paralounge Drum Gathering will be October 1-3, 2010 at Camp Kiwanis in Ocala. It's just east of Silver Springs. Tam Tam Congo and Jana Broderwww.paralounge.net for more information.
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Pictures of the contents of a large container.
New Item
We now carry steel drums made by Panyard. Jumbie Jams are very well made and sound great. They are not on the shopping cart; we do have blue, purple, steel, and pink in stock. Cost: $189.00 plus shipping, please call if you are interested.
Merchandise
Skins and Hides
Please remember that skin sizes and colors vary. We try to meet your requests when it comes to size, thickness and color whenever possible. All full priced skins are free of scars and holes. If you find any defects we will ship you a replacement for free. The goats and cows are ranch raised and used for food. The skins are a by product. They are bug free and have passed USDA and Customs.
| Ivory Coast Goatskins with hair - These are full African goatskins. They have hair on and are at least 22" wide and however long the goat was |
$17.00 each - 10 for $140 - plus shipping and box fee |
| Ivory Coast Goatskins without hair - Same size as those with hair, at least 22" wide. The hair was scraped off and was not processed in anyway |
$18.00 each - 10 for $150 - plus shipping and box fee |
| Goatskin Seconds - Goatskins with and without hair. They are usable but not perfect. Some are small approximately 15 - 20". Some have holes. Perfect for small jobs |
$8.00 each plus shipping and box fee |
| Hairless Goatskins from South America - These are similar to goatskins from Pakistan and of higher quality. Large approximately 28" X 32" |
$25.00 each plus shipping and box fee |
| Hairless Goatskins from South America - These are similar to goatskins from Pakistan and of higher quality. Extra Large approximately 30" X 36" |
$30.00 each plus shipping and box fee |
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| Ivory Coast Cowhide with hair - These are thick African cow hides that are approximately 3" X 5". Limited quantity. |
Sold Out |
| Guinea Cowhide with hair - These are larger, approximately 5 or 6' by 6 or 7' and some holes and scars. |
Sold Out New Shipment due 1st week of July |
| Hairless Cowhide - Good for Congas and Taiko drums. |
$200.00 each plus shipping and box fee |
| Cowhide Rounds with Hair and without- up to 20" |
$1.00 per diameter inch plus shipping and box fee |
| Cowhide Rounds with or without Hair - over 20" |
$1.50 per diameter inch plus shipping and handling |
| Kip cowhide rounds without hair. 20" rounds for djembes. |
$25.00 each plus shipping and box fee |
| Sale-Pre-cut Cowhide Rounds with Hair - Assorted sizes from 12" - 20" |
$15.00 each plus shipping and box fee |
| Scraps - These are odds and ends of both cow hide and goatskins. |
Free plus shipping and box fee
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Click here to go to shopping cart to view and purchase all items
How to RE-Head A Djembe - Instructional DVD
Its fun and easy to re-head your own drum. If you want to bring out a drum's most vibrant sound, it only requires a good skin, time to focus, and a hearty dolllop of love. How To Re-Head A Djembe walks you through the process of putting a skin head onto a rope tuned drum.
The follwing letter tells it all: "Shorty, that DVD you did is AWESOME! You are very good at explaining how to do things. You do this very plain and simple, perfect for me."
Domestic Shipping for DVD
 Instructional DVD 19.95
International Shipping for DVD
Instructional DVD 19.95
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Your complete stop for goat skins, drum straps, rope pullers, rope, new Djembe drums and other accessories.
Click here to go to shopping cart to view and purchase all items
You can use the shopping cart which uses paypal as your credit card source or
you may call in your order and use your credit card direct via phone. You may also
send your order via mail along with your credit card information. All items may be
bought using the shopping cart except rings and rawhide. These two items are special
order items and you need to contact me personally (or Sandy) for ordering. All other items are
ready for purchase.Toll free number, 800-549-3966
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The mission of Djembe Drums & Skins, Inc. is to provide high quality drums and skins at reasonable prices to all people interested in African hand drumming. The heart and soul of drumming is in me, and I want other people to have these drums at a reasonable price.
We have a source of hand carved Djembe drums and African goatskins from Ivory Coast and otehr countries of West Africa. I have been into making drums as a hobby for over 20 years and have had several drum projects that were fun to build. The drums from Africa have a sound that I cannot re-create. If you are interested in owning one of these quality drums call us 800-549-3966.
All drums and skins are fully guaranteed and backed by my word.
Thanks
Shorty
New Drum & Free Carrying Case
Pictured Below
The drum pictured below is was carved in the Ivory Coast, is made of iroko wood and is in our possession. This
drum and more like (now in 3 sizes) it are available to buy. The cost of these drums vary accoridng to size (small $80.00, medium $220, full sized $290, plus
shipping). A carrying case (colors vary) is included with full sized drums as long as supplies last ($50.00 value) absolutely free. So far everybody that has bought one is quite pleased. Please let us know if you would like to own one.
Here is a picture of all 3 of the Ivory Coast Drums we carry. Small, Medium and Large. Go to the purchase items page for further details.
Drum Kit - Build Your Own
| Go to my shopping cart to purchase a drum kit for $165. This kit includes the shell from the Ivory Coast, all 3 rings, the skin and enough rope to head the drum. All you need to do is add the cloth for the top ring, your love and your energy. The Deluxe Kit for $180 includes the DVD, How to ReHead A Djembe. |
Set of Djun-Djuns
Djuns are IN
Djuns from Ivory Coast pictured below
We have Djuns from Ivory Coast and Ghana. All Djun sets some with bells and sticks.
No more hurt hands, use this easy rope puller for getting verticals and diamonds
tight with no hassles.Comes in one handed and two handed styles.
DD&S has many more drums, drum accessories, and percussion instruments. Contact us for information 800-549-3966 or shorty@goatskins.com and check out the shopping cart.
Drum straps are made of 2" cotton webbing and have metal clips. They come in 2 sizes; sitting and standing. The straps come with the directions and are handmade by us. Email today to order.
We do our best to send out orders on the same day (if ordered early on most days). Large orders of rings take longer.
Shipping costs are exact cost. We do charge a small box fee.
For more information please contact:
Shorty or Sandy Palmer
djembe@goatskins.com
We have a spam filters on our email so we do not respond to you fairly quickly, please try again or call and let us know your drumming needs.
Shorty & Sandy Palmer
786 Graves Delozier Rd
Seymour, TN 37865 USA
800-549-3966 toll free number
865-908-4227 office
865-908-2566 Fax
You may call this number anytime, if we do not answer please leave
a message, we will get back to you.
You can down load a PDF file that lists what we sell and talks a little about who we are and Shorty's drum story.
About US
Below is a link to download a PDF file that is a brochure on Care and Maintenance.
Brochure
Feel Free to sign up for our Newsletter, it offers specials, drum building tips, current events, shows we plan to attend, useful information and of course jokes. Remember to visit our blog and leave your comments and ideas.
Below are the links to our previous newsletter if you missed them
March 2008
February 2008
June 2008
Fall 2008
Winter 2009
March Flyer 2009
Spring Newsletter 2009
Summer Flyer 2009
March Flyer 2009
Fall/Winter Newsletter 2009
Spring Newsletter 2010
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Links
Drum Repairs: We do repair drums. In order to save our customers shipping we try to find people who repair drums in areas near you. Here's one link for the West Coast of Florida. Contact us for others.
Bobaloo
You can see a small clip of a djembe being carved
Carving in Action
Drum Magic
Below is a link to Jana Broder's website, she is drum circle facilitator extraordinaire.
Drum Magic
Information about Djembe-L list server
The Djembe-L at One list is a community of drummers, drum facilitators, drum makers and people interested in all aspects of drumming from all other the world. It is a great place to ask any questions pertaining to drumming and a great place to learn about upcoming events hopefully in your neck of the woods. Just go to the Djembe-L FAQ from the link below and join this drumming community.
Here is the link to Djembe-L FAQ, this link will provide to the Djembe-L at one list, a look at past postings to the list and a wealth of information concerning drumming, mechanics of the drum itself and links to many more sites.
Djembe-L FAQ I highly recommend a visit to this site, there is even a page that tells you how to buy a drum.
Drum Circle Facilitator's Guild
This is an organization made up of drum circles facilitators and their supporters. They have a website, newsletter and an annual conference.
DCFG
How to head a drum
By clicking on the link below you will be taken to my "How to head a djembe letter"
done in pictures. I have had the help of a wonderful person, Susan, who took the time
to take the pictures and using my own letter on "how to letter", she has produced this
extremely helpful guide to heading a djembe. There will be some changes in the near
future, but for now, go have a peek. She is using her drum, though it is not african
all the techniques are the same.
Rehead
References gladly provided
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