Description
Cajon Irish Knot of Solomon: Features
Snare Cajon with structure in solid Fir, back face in Birch plywood and tapa (Front), in Beech plywood. The solid wood structure, Fir in particular, and the construction characteristics give the percussion a clear, clean, precise sound and an excellent volume emission. The Beech plywood is a material that allows incredibly thin thickness without compromising a good resistance: more sensitive at high frequencies, its low thickness allows the tapa to respond with great precision to the strokes of the musician allowing the management not only of a large extension of differentiated sounds but also of expressive dynamics.
The Cajon Snare model is equipped with metal snare wires that give the instrument a more modern sound, rich in tonal shades, and allow to work with an extraordinary extension of differentiated sounds.
The instrument is supplied pre-calibrated but it is possibile to rebalance or modify the internal regulation of the pressure of the snare wires to optimize the reaction and the influence on percussion to suit every needs or personal tastes.
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 the tapa reproduces the knot of Solomon as it is depicted on the book of Durrow, a seventh century Irish manuscript. The knot of Solomon, formed in its original form by two rings attached to each other (it is represented double in the manuscript), is an millenary sacred symbol represented in every corner of the globe, from Europe to Africa, India, connected with primordial cults and adopted by the most recent religions as a symbol of eternity, immortality, supernatural forces and more.
On two opposite corners, two twisted dogs, guardians of the afterlife, inspired and realized on the basis of style and characteristics of the animals depicted on Irish medieval miniatures.
