Delivery: USPS, UPS or FedEx; 22" and smaller skins typically arrive in 2 - 6 business days; larger skins typically arrive in 5 - 14 business days; tracking info will be emailed to you; delivery time to Alaska & Hawaii may take an additional 5 - 8 shipping days, approximately. If you are in Alaska or Hawaii and you need a faster delivery time, please contact us. Tracking info will be sent to you.

Reviews: This is my second purchase from Greg at Artdrum.com (a Brazilian timbau drum first time and now a flat conga skin) and I am absolutely impressed and grateful for his guidance and conscientious care of his customers. Professional, quick to return an answer or feedback, and very well informed about the products that he sells. I am glad I've found Artdrum.com and I will be returning to buy more drums as well as lots more skins since the new cow head I just got has made my old fiberglass Patato requinto sound better than it ever has. I highly recommend this to my musician friends! -Jesse, Port Townsend, WA 9/15

I have bought nine (9) skins from Artdrum over the years. I keep coming back because of the quality of the skins and their help, whether discussing what kind of skin to get (cow, steer, bleached, horse) or measuring the rims for a flesh hoop; he is there from beginning to end. ~J.C., IL, USA, 1/15

Color: Animal skins are a natural product; each one is unique, so the color & look of a given skin may vary to some degree from the skins in the above photos.

Medium-light thickness: approximately 1.35 - 1.75 mm (medium skins have a higher lower tonal range than thick skins)

Medium thickness: approximately 1.75 - 2.2 mm (medium skins have a lower tonal range than our medium-light cow skins; but they have a higher ranger than our thick white steer and natural steer skins.)

Soaking Time for Medium-light Skins: about 4 - 6 hours

Soaking Time for Medium Skins: about 6 - 8 hours

Medium-light cow skins are ideal for Jr Congas, Caribe Conga, some requintos, small heads on batas & the like. Our Medium cow skins are great for requintos, quintos, congas, tumbas, super tumbas, taiko drums, tamboras & large bata heads on medium, large batas & more.

Description: Each cow skin is pre-cut and ready to be soaked & mounted on a conga or other drum. Our cow skins are popular on congas & Taiko drums. And they also sound great on batas & tamboras & other hand drums for which you want a woody & mellow timbre.

Sound Quality (Timbre): Our medium cow skins produce a woodier, mellower & drier timbre than our natural steer. Our medium cow is fuller and richer sounding than Medium-light. Our medium-light cow skins are airier sounding than medium skins. Medium-light produce sharp slaps & have a higher pitch than medium skins. Medium cow skins are excellent for quintos, congas, tumbas, super tumbas, large bata heads, tamboras (if you want a lower & warmer pitch) & the like. Medium-light are excellent for drums with smaller heads, such as Requintos, Jr congas, Caribe congas, batas, tamboras (if you want a higher pitch).

Skin/Head Size Chart

Head Size (diameter of top of shell, outside to outside)	Recommended Cow Skin Size
8 - 8.75" Head	16" Skin
9 - 9.5" Head	17" Skin
9.75 - 10" Head	18" Skin
10.25 - 11" Head	19" Skin
11.25 - 12" Head	20" Skin
12.25 - 13.5" Head	22" Skin
13.5 - 14.5"	23" Skin
14.5 - 15.5" Head	24" Skin
15.5 - 17" Head	26" Skin
17 - 18.75" Head	28" Skin
18.75 - 20.50"	30" Skin
20.5 - 23.50"	32" Skin

Size & Thickness Selection (price includes shipping in the continental U.S.)

Tucking & Stretching Conga, Bongo & other Hand-Drum Skins