LP Guiro with Scraper: Museum Object and Cultural History
LP Guiro with Scraper: Date made: 1999. maker: Latin Percussion. Object Name: guiro.
The object in the museum catalogue
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.”
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1999
- maker: Latin Percussion
- Object Name: guiro
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: 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
- Measurements: 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
- Measurements: scraper: 5/16 in x 2 1/4 in x 8 1/8 in; .79375 cm x 5.715 cm x 20.6375 cm
- place made: United States: New Jersey, Garfield
- ID Number: 2000.3039.01
- catalog number: 2000.3039.01
- nonaccession number: 2000.3039
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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