liptus and birch cajon

a little bit of history first.. The cajón is the most widely used Afro-Peruvian musical instrument in the 20th century.

Slaves of West and Central African origin in the Americas, specifically Peru, are considered to be the source of the cajón drum.

The cajón was most likely developed in coastal Peru during the early 1800s.

Knowing that the cajón comes from slave musicians in the Spanish colonial Americas, there are two complementary origin theories for the instrument. It is possible that the drum is a direct descendant of a number of boxlike musical instruments from west and central Africa, especially Angola, and the Antilles. These instruments were adapted by Peruvian slaves from the Spanish shipping crates at their disposal. In port cities like Matanzas, Cuba they used cod-fish shipping crates. Elsewhere, small dresser drawers became instruments.

Another theory posits that slaves simply used boxes as musical instruments to combat contemporary Spanish colonial bans on music in predominantly African areas. In this way, cajóns could easily be disguised as seats or stools, thus avoiding identification as musical instruments. In all likelihood it is a combination of these factors – African origins and Spanish suppression of slave music – that led to the cajón’s creation.

the miters have biscuits cut into them. i ended up having to round over the miters, becouse they did not glue up as nice as i would of like them to

the finish is just 3 coats of pure tung oil, then 3 coats of jel’d poly, then 5 buffed coats of Johnston paste wax, then 2 buffed coats of Johnston paste wax with a little bit of added trans-tint dye.
i really like the look of the Liptus it almost reminds me of Paduke. and for those of you that are wondering, the reason why the inside is white is becouse i did not finish it.

-- the talented one