African Drum Repair

African Drum Repair Reheading, Refinishing and Rebuilding Broken Hand Drums. Experience with Djembe, Conga, Bongo, Ashik

Found this bamboo vase at the thrift store and decided to repurpose it into a shekere. Sounds good and plays good.
02/12/2026

Found this bamboo vase at the thrift store and decided to repurpose it into a shekere. Sounds good and plays good.

Latest Shekere creation. Iridescent black, translucent purple and solid green beads. For sale. Dm if interested.
01/26/2026

Latest Shekere creation. Iridescent black, translucent purple and solid green beads. For sale. Dm if interested.

Just finished beading this medium sized shekere in blue and red transparent pony bears. Sound sample in the comments. Fo...
01/05/2026

Just finished beading this medium sized shekere in blue and red transparent pony bears. Sound sample in the comments. For Sale! DM me if interested.

11/17/2025

Thankful for the chance to help out Haitian-Jazz percussionist Markus Schwartz and get his tanbou back up and running. Two are better than one!

Eklezyas 4:9 HAT98
[9] Lè ou gen yon lòt moun avèk ou, li pi bon pase lè ou pou kont ou, paske ansanm nou bay pi bon rannman nan travay nou.

Check out the comments for the finished product!

www.lakoubrooklyn.com

Latest Repair: An Ngendi drum from Central Africa (Congo-Brazzaville). Bearing edge leveled and rounded, minor crack rep...
08/08/2025

Latest Repair: An Ngendi drum from Central Africa (Congo-Brazzaville). Bearing edge leveled and rounded, minor crack repair, & new skin tacked on. She has a voice once again! See comments for sound sample...

Latest repair. WULA djembe for the Hobart and William Smith College dance department. New goatskin gives new voice!!!htt...
07/14/2025

Latest repair. WULA djembe for the Hobart and William Smith College dance department. New goatskin gives new voice!!!
https://www2.hws.edu/

Sometimes I have to repair my own personal drums. Here's a Jamaican kete drum I reskinned with a new goatskin head. Soun...
06/23/2025

Sometimes I have to repair my own personal drums. Here's a Jamaican kete drum I reskinned with a new goatskin head. Sounds 10x better than it did before!

Matt Goodwin of the "The Movement" brought his Ghanaian Djembe to be repaired by African Drum Repair. Bearing edge work,...
05/21/2025

Matt Goodwin of the "The Movement" brought his Ghanaian Djembe to be repaired by African Drum Repair. Bearing edge work, new rope and a new goat skin made the drum better than new. Check them out at Lincoln Hills in Canandaigua, NY on June 7th! Tickets can be purchased here:
https://www.simpletix.com/e/the-movement-with-special-guest-mike-love-tickets-206534?clid=eyJpIjoia3EtVzBBZUZUcnNFdFhfLXhCUnhsIiwiaCI6IiIsInAiOiIvNjA3MjAyNSIsInQiOjE3NDc3OTYzOTd9.aKNfMXA6jthhkKqmxAmOWNMy9cOz093GWK9ZokiFADk

A sweet memory with Womba Africa and the late Sampson Ofori at Hamlin Beach State park.
05/20/2025

A sweet memory with Womba Africa and the late Sampson Ofori at Hamlin Beach State park.

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mothers!
05/11/2025

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mothers!

Repaired this sogo drum for the Ghanaian group "Womba Africa". Leveled and rounded the bearing edge, oiled the shell, re...
04/25/2025

Repaired this sogo drum for the Ghanaian group "Womba Africa". Leveled and rounded the bearing edge, oiled the shell, repaired some small cracks, and sewed on a new cowskin head. It's ready for their next performance!

Check them out here!
https://wombadrumming.com/

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