help! my bodhran is ill!

[Meaghen Mac Laren (B. Aboussafy)]

On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Brett Williams wrote:

> Uhunh.  I am now  curious as to who made the bodhran and what quailty 
> skin had been stretched on its head. Could it be that the lady simply 
> has an inferior quality skin on the bodhran? Perhaps it needs to be 
> restretched? I am familiar with the climactic zones in Oregon, to some 
> extent, and I'm curious as to the lady's travel habits with the 
> bodhran, too. All of these factors combined with little to no 
> replenishment of the skin's oils would contribute to the formation of 
> her 'dead spot', wouldn't they?
> 
> ciorstan
 
Hi. As to the climate I live in, it is semi-desert and thereby quite arid 
with extremes of temperature. My drum originally came from Walton's in 
Dublin Ireland and went to a small town north of me - also in that 
semi-desert area (I live in the central interior of BC - Kamloops). I 
bought the drum in Vancouver BC and during the time I've owned it it 
hasn't been very many places. Other than when I bought it, it's been to 
Vancouver once and to somewhere near Bellingham Washington once, it has 
been several times to a small, hot town called Clinton 1.5 hours west of 
me as well. When travelling, I usually wrap it in a wool and solarfleece 
cloak to protect it (and hold it on my lap for the whole trip since the 
people in my house are not as paranoid about the drum getting squished 
by armorbags as I am) and I *never* leave it in a hot car. During these 
trips, Murphy's Law kicked into effect and gave me extremes of wet and 
dry weather, so half the time I had a skin too loose to play on and the 
other half too tight. I was told that Walton's is a good brand name but 
perhaps was I led astray? I'll be getting some saddle soap this weekend
to see if it makes any difference.
 
 
				Meaghen Mac Laren
				(mka Bridget Aboussafy)