MATERIALS
Riqs can be made from various materials, the shell or body can be made from wood or metal. The heads can be animal skin or plastic and the Zills from various metals.

TUNING
Riqs can be pre-tuned with synthetic heads ( meaning there is no way to alter the tension and pitch ) or with animal skins ( tuneable by exposure to heat ). Or they can be tuneable; either by an external system, usually involving a metal hoop with bolts and nuts, or internally, usually involving two pieces of shell and internal bolts.

REPLACEABLE ZILL SYSTEM
Riqs can include the option to change the Zills if required, this option will be shown as available or not in each item's description. The following explains how the internal system on wooden Riqs works.

As I usually only have one example of each drum at any one time, I prefer to create a personalised invoice for each order which will reflect the P+P charges for each order. So there is no option to "Buy It Now"

Payment can be done through PayPal, Bank Transfer or Cheque.

Choose a preferred payment option and then please contact me via the Contact Page to let me know you want the item reserving and how you wish to pay. I will then send you either a personalised Paypal Invoice, the bank details for a transfer of funds or details on where to send a cheque. N.B. orders can only be dispatched once payment has cleared.

Postage is extra to the price of the drum and will vary accordingly, there is no set charge per drum as some are heavy than others and I am not trying to make extra money on the P+P - I will calculate a fair and accurate postage quote for you.

N.B. for orders outside of the U.K. - postage of heavy items like Darabukas can be very expensive adding around £50 - £150 to the total cost, please think seriously if you can afford that before asking me to work out postage costs.

For UK orders; a darabuka is approximately £15.00 per darabuka.

You may arrange to visit me to try out any drum ( I live in North Yorkshire ) - use the Contact Form to discuss this with me.

I have a large collection of drums for performance and recording. From time to time I pass on these drums for sale as I add new ones to my collection. This will be indicated in the description of the drums.

Dimensions refer to the actual playing surface of the drum head / skin and then the depth of the Riq shell. The weight is given to indicate how heavy it is to hold..