shallow drums

Shallow drum (Flachtrommel in German) is a modern designation (of Sachs) for a frame drum with higher than ordinary frame, the diameter of which always remains greater than its height, although the proportions vary in different parts of the world, with those of the American Indians being characteristically taller. They are believed to be of Turkish or Arabian origin and occur typically in the Near East, but the American shallow drum, known to predate Columbus, probably had an independent genesis...