Object Details
- Description (Brief)
This guiro was made by Latin Percussion Inc. in Garfield, New Jersey, in 1999. It is large metal cylinder with a metal handle, and includes a plastic handled torpedo scraper.
As indicated in an LP brochure from the period, the “LP Merengue Guiro is one of the driving rhythmic forces in a merengue band. This large stainless-steel guiro features a hollow, open-ended design with a tightly textured surface that gives a raspy sound with bright overtones. The LP Merengue Guiro has a coarser, rougher sound than our large LP Torpedo and is significantly louder. The attached metal handle makes it easy to hold in any position.”
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Latin Percussion
- Date made
- 1999
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 32 cm x 13 cm x 11 cm; 12 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 4 5/16 in
- guiro: 4 5/16 in x 12 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 10.95375 cm x 31.75 cm x 13.97 cm
- scraper: 5/16 in x 2 1/4 in x 8 1/8 in; .79375 cm x 5.715 cm x 20.6375 cm
- Object Name
- guiro
