{"id":4209,"date":"2021-10-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4209"},"modified":"2024-02-08T09:06:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:06:26","slug":"workshop-music-bodhran-frame-drum-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4209","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC\/DiY: Workshop – Bodhran\/Frame Drum, #2 (Part the 1st)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Having cut the body from a 13\u201d tom, sanding the cut edge. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The workshop is fairly clean and tidy now, at last. I decided to make a start on frame drum #2. I\u2019m not really a fan of Irish folk music, hence it not being a \u2018bodhran\u2019, as far as I\u2019m concerned! The last frame drum I made was for a person Teresa works with, who is<\/em> a fan of Oirish folk. So, that was<\/em> a bodhran!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I routed a new bearing edge on the cut side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It has a more symmetrical and softer profile than the donor tom has. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like this first, I\u2019m making it from an old 13\u201d rack tom. First I cut around the diameter, judging the depth by eye\/feel, as opposed to measuring to a set depth. Then I fill a loa of the holes where formerly tuning lugs were mounted, using dowel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The last one I made was sprayed black. This is lacquered for a natural wood look.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve knocked off for the night, having done that much. I also sanded the cut side. The dowels need to dry overnight, and then it\u2019ll be time to sand then flat, and fill any gaps. if I can I\u2019ll also rout bearing edges around the cut side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Sunday,31st Nov – Hallowe\u2019en! – I taped off the drum shell, and sanded the exposed area, ready to take the goatskin head, which had been soaking overnight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I taped off the area of wood that will be visible once the skin is attached.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I forgot about the details of this process, and has to re-learn them on the fly: stretch still wet skin; fix using wood glue, clamps, and finally elastic, wound round several times; clamp elastic; re-stretch skin, re-clamp, and leave to dry\/tighten. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This didn\u2019t go as smoothly as last time. And Chester, our beloved moggy, savaged the goatskin, which was very poorly packaged, whilst I was out at work. When I got home, I found he\u2019d left tooth and claw holes in it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Goat skin glued on, clamped and \u2018elastic\u2019d\u2019! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This meant I couldn\u2019t place the skin equidistant from all edges. Instead it was quite a way off centre. This meant that when securing it to the drum, some areas had excessive amounts of skin to grip on\/stretch, whilst others had barely enough to grip, or gain any purchase when stretching the head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m just hoping that when it dries out it\u2019ll be tight enough to sound ok. My first attempt, perfectly undamaged, and therefore well centred, came out very nicely. Perhaps too tight. So I did want a lower tone in this second one. But not too loose\/low\/baggy\u2026 we shall see, or rather hear, once it\u2019s dried. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The workshop is fairly clean and tidy now, at last. I decided to make a start on frame drum #2. I\u2019m not really a fan of Irish folk music, hence it not being a \u2018bodhran\u2019, as far as I\u2019m concerned! The last frame drum I made was for a person Teresa works with, who is … <\/p>\n

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