Description
Cajon Urnes: Features
Percussion with structure in solid Fir, back face in Birch plywood and tapa (Front), in Beech plywood. The variety of materials and wood used combined with the sound qualities of a structure entirely made of fir wood carefully selected, creates an instrument with a very wide range of reproducible sounds. As traditional model, there is no internal or external devices that would affect or alter the natural emissions of the instrument, allowing the distinction of every nuance of timbre. The Beech plywood used for tapa can reach incredibly thin thickness, for a controllable membrane and particularly sensitive to high-frequencies.
The Cajon model Traditional does not have any internal or external device that alternate or change the natural sound of the percussion. The instrument's sound in its most essential and ancient version are warm, defined and primitive, widely different depending on the part of tapa or body to beat, from the low and deep frequencies of the central bass drum sound to the various and acute responses of the highest parts of the structure.
The instinctivity of the approach to the instrument and its virtuosic potential, make the Cajon suitable both for the beginner or percussion amateur and for the professional; as well as being a good alternative to a drum set or more bulky percussions (not only for buskers but also more formal contexts), the Cajon is an instrument with a great personality, able, in right hands, to create complex and engaging rhythmic expressions.
Decoration
The decorative engraving in the center of tapa reproduces a Viking brooch of Urnes style found in Tröllaskógur, Iceland, which represents an animal, a protective dragon or a fantastic beast with elongated and stylized form entwined with two snakes. The style named Urnes is a late Scandinavian artistic style dated from 1050 - 1125 A.D. but the theme of intertwined beasts is a Nordic theme with very ancient origins, deeply rooted in the cultures of the peoples of the north.
