These congas are offered individually, and you can make up a trio of the three singles: Nino, Quinto and Conga. These three sizes create a full tonal range. They offer outstanding quality and great value in the budget price range. Headliner Designer Series Congas are available in four exciting finishes. This new finish is called Vintage Wine Barrel.

http://meinlpercussion.com/percussion/meinl-percussion/congas/action/show/Product/1437/#item1437

the lightweight castanets come in three sizes (small - medium - large), and with self-adhesive tape. stick them anywhere to add new colors to your cajon or any other instrument!

http://meinlpercussion.com/goto/wc1-m

our foot tambourine is a perfect compliment for virtually any instrument. it's light and versatile, yet not overpowering, delivering a sensitive accompaniment. easily mounted on your foot, it will go with any beat! FJS2S-BK

This pedal features 10 different sound options that you can add to your beat. Cycle through the effects with a touch of the toe button. It’s a whole percussion kit in a box! Plug in and groove… http://meinlpercussion.com/goto/fx10/ The ten effects are numbered 0 - 9, and are as follows:
0 - Kick Bass
1 - Cyber Kick
2 - Tribal Bass
3 - Straight Tambourine
4 - Double Tambourine
5 - Clave
6 - Hand Clap
7 - Dry Cowbell
8 - Straight Cabasa
9 - Double Cabasa

Seven music retail experts shopped NAMM for three days on a mission to find the show's top gear in four categories. The panelists choices where presented in front of more than 700 attendees at the Anaheim Hilton Hotel at NAMM Sunday morning.

MEINL has been proudly honored with the Best In Show award in the Companies to Watch category for its product innovation and dealer relationships.

here's an update about meinl percussion artist stephan maass. stephan can be heard on the following recordings:

• sharyhan osmann (release 11/2010)
• team legat„sick conversation“ L-REC Vienna 2010
• manuel ortega (release 1/2011)
• chris black (release 11/2010)
• gert steinbäcker (STS) „bilder an der wand“ (universal 2010)
• NDR bigband/colin towns „ hats“(release 2/2011)
• Colin towns band „blue touch paper“(release 4/2011)
• Pascal lupongo (release 10/2010)
• Megablast & Makossa feat. Cleydys Villalon "Soy Como Soy" Gigolo records  2010
• JEAN NOLAN "Born Ready" Frei rec. 2010
• Makossa & Megablast ft Hubert Tubbs
• „coming home" G-Stone compilation "16 f***ing years“
• Peter Kruder „private collection“ G-stone master series 2010
• Marcus Davy 4tune rec. 2010
• Michael vatter (swoon factory records 2010)

....and some more to come stephan wrote and produced the music for the dance company C.O.V. „die luft zerbricht“ a dance suite, which has premiere in vienna on the 10th of dec. he also produced commercials for wetter.com/O2 tv-spot + song (feat. Volkan bajdar/orange blue) for pro7, sat1 etc. - - - stephan will be the percussionist for http://www.wirbeatenmehr.de/
feat.. JAN DELAY SÖHNE MANNHEIMS
CASSANDRA STEEN MAX HERRE
JOY DENALANE AZAD SIDO J-LUV
XAVIER NAIDOO KOOL SAVAS at 07th jan 2010 o2 world hamburg and 08th jan. o2 world berlin - - - he will be performing with vusa mkhaya at the 8th sauti za busara music festival, 9 - 13 february 2011 in zanzibar. - - - A great promo video for colin towns new band „blue touch paper“ (with meinl artists benny greb + stephan maass) can be seen on www.bluetouchpaper.com

I know, I know...we just posted some news on Meinl Percussion artist Taku Hirano, but this guys never quits! He's always working. One of the artists that Taku is currently working with is international singer/superstar Josh Groban. Recently, Josh filmed an in the studio performance for Wal Mart in support of his latest album. The footage will be played in Wal Marts throughout the USA and can also be seen online. Go to http://soundcheck.walmart.com/josh-groban to check it out.