minstrel: Drum head skins

[Alexandria Long]

If you use deer and it isn't thin enough, you're going to have a very dead
head, no pun intended. (really.)
Goat can be aquired through Tandy Leather; I got a fairly large piece
(about 10 sq. ft.) for about $30. It sounds wonderful (and loud) on a very
small (8 inch) ceramic drum I made about a year ago. I tried what was
available as well, and found that a little investment went a long way.
Much like filking ideas for "Greensleeves", not that I would encourage
that.
---Cera


On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Ted Falkowsky wrote:

> Greetings, 
> 	I am currently looking into building some drums from scratch.  I
> haven't been able to find much information about curing raw skins for
> use as drum heads though.  I was planning on using deer hide for most
> of  the heads ( I can get a good bit of raw deer skin at the moment!)  I
> know that goat skin is preferred, but, since it is available, I figured
> i'd try the deer hide.  Has anyone else used deer hide for drum heads?  
> Thanks in Advance...
> 
> Ted F.
> 
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