minstrel: Bodrhans in Price range

[Kate Akers]

Michael,

I bought one in September from Axen Drums for $65.  it has a very nice
tone and it's solidly built (hardwood rim and crosspieces, brass tacks
every 1 inch plus glue, nicely rounded corners). It doesn't have any
fancy celtic designs on it (those were $20 more).

If you go to the bodhran Web page:
http://www.panix.com/~mittle/bodhran.html you can find lots of tips for
buying a bodhran. (I'd be glad to e-mail you the text if you can't access
it.) They also have a list of mail-order retailers on that site.  

Axen drums has a Web page: http://www.artsnet.com/artists/axen/index.html
but they don't really advertise they're bedhrans on it.  Their address is:
AXEN
7924 Arlington Dr.
Omaha, NE 68134
(402)572-8939
email: axen at artsnet.com or MAxen at aol.com 
          
As an aside, I was told by someone whose bodhran playing I admire, that
having an adjustable-head bodhran doesn't make a significant difference
(relative to the significantly higher cost) unless you are doing a lot of
studio work where you want to tune the drum to a specific pitch. Also, if
you anticipate playing in very humid or very dry atmospheres, where it
would be hard to keep a good sound, a plastic head is an alternative to
skin.

Now... if I could just keep a decent beat. :)

-Kate

On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, J. Michael Shew wrote:

> 
> 	Okay, I need help:  My lady wishes to buy me a drum for my
> birthday, (Nov. 19) but is unable to afford the $150 Remo bodrhans here in
> KC, MO.  She wishes to get me an 18" model, and was sure that a local shop
> carried a "student drum" for the price of $45.  She was misinformed.
> 	Now she is desperate, and came to me nearly in tears asking me to
> help her find one.  (she knows I have said I wanted to buy one of my own
> for about three years, and she is deeply depressed that she has failed.
> 	We could swing almost $80, but any more would flatten the account
> too much.  I have "netsurfed" to almost every page that Webcrawler and
> AltaVista had, with no luck.
> 	Is there some way I can find one and save my lady's feelings?  How
> about it, fellow bards;  any answers?
> 
> 	Mikal Hrafspa
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> 	Mikal the Ram, an annoying bard with no redeeming qualities
> 	     (J. Michael Shew   jshewkc at cyclops.pei.edu)   
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