Raul-Bauer Brazilian Timbau Early-90s

Brazilian wooden timbau drum used for samba reggae music. This is the "full"version, so length is 34". There are some cracks at the bottom and the hardware has some rust - nothing that affects the sound or playablity. The sound is similar to a djembe and is one of the most iconic sounds from the music of Bahia, Brazil. Raul-Bauer is a special company. See below.

Raul Instrumentos de Percussão was founded by two friends, toolmaker Paulo Bauer and percussionist and craftsman Raul Serpeloni. This company began its production in the Brin-Plas factory, in 1984. It was the first factory in Brazil to develop instruments and hardware for drums with the type of quality and design unseen before in the country. In January 1995, Raul left the company and moved out of Sao Paolo, where the company continued building fine instruments with the founder Paulo Bauer and his children, Ricardo and Adriana Bauer.