{"id":9668,"date":"2023-07-09T20:04:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T19:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9668"},"modified":"2023-07-09T20:39:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T19:39:20","slug":"for-sale-hand-made-13-hand-drum-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9668","title":{"rendered":"FOR SALE: Hand-Made 13\u201d Hand Drum, \u00a3120"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9677-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9677-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9677-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9677-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9677-864x1536.jpg 864w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9677-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9677-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My second handmade hand-drum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some while ago Teresa asked me to make a bodhran style drum for one of her service users (a chap called Angus). So, eventually, I did. It was fun. And Angus apparently loves it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I decided to make another, for my own use. Both were made from the same old 13\u201d drum-kit tom, stripped of hardware (holes filled!), and the cheap and horrible drum wrap it had previously sported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teresa has persuaded me to try selling it. And possibly start doing this as a bit of a low key hobby that might even bring in a bit of money. So I\u2019m going to give it a shot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking of \u2018shot\u2019,  here are a few very short video clips of me that Teresa shot on my iPhone, in the garden today, attempting to play this drum. I\u2019m a kit drummer, primarily. And I think these videos might reflect that. I ought to play hand drums more. It\u2019s fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9681.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Played in a trad hand drum position.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The above video is kind of holding the drum in a traditional hand drum manner. Some hand drums, like the bodhran, can have wooden beams inside the, across the diameter of the drum. Some times just one (like the I made for Angus), sometime two, 90\u00b0 to each other. This drum has no such internal beams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next three videos I\u2019m playing the drum on my lap. I probably should\u2019ve put it between my knees. To stop it bouncing around and moving. I might do some more practice (and maybe some videos?) in that line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9678.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lap drum #1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9673.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lap drum #2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9682-1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lap drum #3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve advertised the drum on Facebook Marketplace. And I\u2019ll also be putting it up on Etsy, Reverb, eBay, Gumtree, and anywhere else I can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annoyingly FB Marketplace limits me to just one video. So I added the following six photos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9053-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9670\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9053-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9053-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9053-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9053-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9053-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9054-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9672\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9054-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9054-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9054-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9054-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9054-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Note filled hardware holes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This drum, like the bodhran before it, was made from the shell of a drum, from an old drum kit. I have four complete drum kits, and lots of other sundry drums and bits \u2019n\u2019 pieces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve always wanted to make my own drums &#8211; drum set drums, that is &#8211; in a variety of ways: stave construction, ply, or even solid shells. But I\u2019m not at that point yet. For now working with existing shells is challenge enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9055-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9673\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9055-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9055-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9055-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9055-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9055-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I spray painted Angus\u2019 bodhran, in matt black. And then added numerous coats of silk lacquer. So it\u2019s a little shiny, but not high gloss. This drum is just the wood, which I think is a maple outer ply, over birch inner plys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9056-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9674\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9056-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9056-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9056-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9056-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9056-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The skin is a goat skin, ordered off Amazon UK. When I made Angus\u2019 drum, the skin arrived in a card tube. This one came only wrapped in a thin bin liner! Our kitten, Chester, smelt the gamey animal smell, and attacked. He shredded the packaging, and even chewed the skin itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily he only nibbled one edge, and I was able to soak, stretch and glue it onto the frame, and cut away the damaged part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9057-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9675\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9057-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9057-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9057-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9057-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9057-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The wooden shell and binding fabric.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both of the drums I\u2019ve made so far have used this gorgeous black and white herringbone patterned \u2018fabric tape\u2019. I love it. But for future projects I may try skin variations, such as a patterned fabric. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes hand drums also have metal tacks, for a belt \u2019n\u2019 braces approach to securing the skin. I\u2019ve got some, but chose not to use them on this drum. Mostly \u2018cause I just love the fabric. Herringbone textiles are my bag, baby!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9058-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9676\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9058-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9058-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9058-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9058-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_9058-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A close up of the goat-skin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m keen to make some larger hand-drums, perhaps with a thicker heavier skin? I want to w able to get deeper bass notes than either of my 13\u201d drums produce. But this still sounds great. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike pretty much all kit drums, and nowadays a lot of hand drums, because the skin is glued on, tuning is kind of fixed. I say kind of because the tuning will change with heat and humidity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some while ago Teresa asked me to make a bodhran style drum for one of her service users (a chap called Angus). So, eventually, I did. It was fun. And Angus apparently loves it. So I decided to make another, for my own use. 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