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  Quality, handcrafted performance Shime Daiko
 
  World Sphere Shime Daiko produce a warm clear tone that can be
tuned to a very high pitch for accompaniment with any Taiko ensemble.
 
 
 
     
 

Features: Premium grade rawhide heads,
hand stitched in traditional Japanese fashion.     

Super strong, block construction American white ash wood bodies. Precision lathe turned inside and out.

Solid carbon steel head rings.

Polyester, high strength, non-stretch rope and
Japanese bolt tension systems.

 

 
   
 
 Available in bolt or rope tension and come in different head thicknesses.
 
Chogake Size Body Height Tension Method Price Replacement
Heads (pair)
         #2

6.25 inch
 16 centimeter

 Rope $550 $375
         #3 7.5 inch
19 centimeter		 Rope $650 $425
         #3 Bolt $810
         #4 8.5 inch
21.5 centimeter		 Bolt $925 $500

Note: The higher # chogake size have thicker skins and head ring.
We recommend bolt tension only for # 4 chogake due to the
difficulty in tensioning the heavier skin.
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