Drums for Schools hand carved djembe - 5.5 inch

Introducing the Drums for Schools hand carved djembe - 5.5 inch

This Drums for Schools hand carved djembe is the fourth smallest of their budget djembe range and is supplied with a free wooden drumstick and an Early Years “Good Practice Guide”. The drum is quite small – just 5.5″ in diameter – but it’s a working drum and not a toy, and makes a surprisingly good sound!

It’s really good for young children because it can be handled easily and carried around by the string handle, but it can also be played by older children and even grown-ups, either with the free wooden drumstick, or with the fingertips. Being small it makes a higher pitched sound than bigger drums, and so can be a useful addition to a bigger djembe collection.

Each drum is made by hand using traditional materials and techniques. The wood is mahogany , the playing head is goatskin and the skin is stretched tight using cotton string. The designs on these instruments vary from drum to drum and are engraved into the wood by hand by Wayan, who supervises the production of all DfS djembes. The designs were all created by Balinese primary school children!