The Stanton Moore Pandeiro is very solid and resembles a large wooden tambourine fitted with a coated Emperor drum head and rod mounting clamp. It comes with it’s own zip bag and tuning key (a standard drum key will not fit).

I purchased the Stanton Moore Pandeiro with the intention of using it as a portable foot bass drum. You can watch videos on Youtube demonstrating this. When it arrived I tuned it low, hooked it up to my LP Gajete pedal and put an old wash cloth rolled up like a cigar in it to get that old school bass drum sound. The jingles do not distract from the bass drum sound but add a kind of gypsy flavor to it. (If you don’t like the jingles I imagine you could tape them to mute them.) I can’t say it duplicates the sound of a loud bass drum by itself – but with a mic and some EQ you can pump it up.

I also tuned the Pandeiro up high, put it on a snare drum stand and it sounded just like a snare drum when swished with brushes. It created a decent train beat too.

So I have to say that this thing is ultra portable and has a variety of uses. Try to get it for under 0 including shipping and you’ll feel like you got a great deal. Enjoy !

Tuned low and clamped to the hi-hat, this little drum makes a convenient, light weight target for my left hand to upbeat bass drum notes.