Tabla Set, Aluminum Bayan - Banjira

Goodwill Enterprises gave me the run around for the good part of a month. "The order was held up in customs". Um, says ships in 3-5 days. Why are you selling items you don't have in stock??? I filed a claim with Amazon and the drums were miraculously on the way. When it finally did arrive, the bayan had a huge dent that looked like someone kicked the side in. It was past the time to file for a refund so I am stuck with them.Both drums are very difficult to tune and keep in tune.My five year old daughter who doesn't know any better has fun with them.If it sounds too good to be true...

For the money, it is a great bargain. The sound quality is pretty good. Especially the little wooden drum (dayan) sounds great! However, the aluminum bayan isn't as warm/pleasant, which to me sounds too high in pitch. I'm not completely sure how to tune it though, so until then, I'm considering saving for a new bayan.

I am quite happy with these drums! I got them for my husband for Christmas. They took no time to tune and sound amazing. I highly recommend these for beginners and more advanced players.

Great instrument sound good ...!!! Good seller

My husband asked for these for Christmas. They required a little tuning, but a tuning hammer is included and it wasn't hard. My husband is a conga player, and he loves these! I also got him the Mel Bay Learning the Tabla book and CD set that teaches all the rhythms. He liked that a lot. I'd come home from work and find him practicing. He's very good now. They're a very nice set.

I received this tabla in a very poorly packaged manner. All the wooden pieces (which are used to tune) were scattered in the box. I had to spend lot of time trying to fit them and tune them. However, the tabla is not too well-tuned inspite of lot of effort. I would suggest you not to buy this. It was shipped by BHARGAVA traders who did not even bother to send me the bill and CD manual as described in the product description.DO NOT EVER BUY THIS PRODUCT.