where can I buy a guira

These are a little on the expensive side.
The ones you buy @ Mercado Modelo in Santo Domingo are just as professional and about $RD300!

http://www.lpmusic.com/Product_Showcase/Guiros/index.html

For a magnificent guira sound, and if you're a doityourselfer, get an empty 5 liter can of cooking oil, spread it out flat over a wooden board, and then poke rows and columns of adyacent holes hammering a nail, up and down the entire surface. Then use a round branch or tube to shape it into a cylinder. The scraper is just as easy...

An old fashioned metal cheese grater from Bed, Bath, and Beyond works just as well with a metal spoon!


http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=11899315