Right out of the box, one head needed a slight tuning, but then they were good to go. The timbales are super versatile and work well for fills or latin beats. Cowbell sounds good too; not too ringy. The only thing I would change is the mounting, the whole mechanism can rotate up and down from vertical to horizontal easily (the drums can’t be separated), but I would have liked them to have some lateral rotation too to make it easier to squeeze them in next to my high tom. Either way, I found a configuration that works and I’m happy with them.

I purchase these to add some Latin color to my jazz kit. The build quality and finish work is top tier. The sound is clean and pure and tuning is easy thanks to the use of traditional drum kit tuning lugs and the well fabricated bearing edges on the drums.

Beautiful mini timbales and cowbell! I am really enjoying playing these with my set. I got a Sound Percussion cymbal stand, and a Wuhan 8" splash cymbal.

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