Realta writes – “Do you want to play the conga drum and are held back because of the stiff introductory purchase price attached to a commercially made “professional” conga? If you can build a bird house then you can make a conga drum–satisfaction guaranteed.” [via] Link.

Related:

• Home-Made Cajon – Link.
• History of the Cajon – Link.
• Cigar Box Guitar by Ed Vogel. Build and play this sweet-sounding 3-string instrument in an afternoon. MAKE 04 – Page 76.
• LEGO Instruments by Tom Whitwell. People have been building playable musical instruments from LEGO for some time. MAKE 04 – Page 83.
• More music making – Link.