Gourd Thumb Piano Blankets this playful duck adds a

this playful duck adds a joyful

Each drum is made individually by Ghanaian drummers with years of specialist knowledge — no two are exactly alike

The technique involves cutting and setting individual pieces of glass or tile by hand

but there is more of a knack to playing them

Sacrifices were made to him in temples and in homes his image watched over the household hearth to ensure that the fire for cooking food survived

Gourd Thumb Piano Blankets this playful duck adds aThis thumb piano has seven metal keys or tines set onto a beautifully hand carved piano board. This is then attached to a coconut half shell which acts as a resonating chamber. As the player strikes a tine with their thumb the vibration produced in turn causes the tine's neighbours to vibrate resulting in a wonderfully complex set of tones. The tines can also be tuned by loosening the screws and changing the length of the metal. Traditionally, African