gina mars on wed 19 jan 11
Hi All, I've been asked to create toumbek drums for a class project in
my school district.
I was thinking of a tar paper cone shape for the bottom and a bowl
made in a mold for the
top since the kids can make them easier. Then I need to purchase goat
skins for the top.
I thought someone may have made something like this before and could
offer some
pointers? Thank so much
Gina Mars
www.marspottery.net
Huntington Station, NY
Snail Scott on wed 19 jan 11
On Jan 19, 2011, at 8:07 AM, gina mars wrote:
> Hi All, I've been asked to create toumbek drums for a class project in
> my school district.
> I was thinking of a tar paper cone shape for the bottom and a bowl
> made in a mold for the
> top since the kids can make them easier...
That will probably do fine. Try searching some other
conventional spellings - doumbek or dumbek -
for some design variations. The open end is often
more cylindrical than conical, so wrapping a slab
around a paper-covered pipe might be easiest. You
can always flare it a bit after assembly. You can
also get synthetic drumhead material if needed.
Drums, like bells, resonate best when their thickness
is even, so it's worthwhile to clean up any slab-seam
overlaps.
-Snail
Eva Gallagher on wed 19 jan 11
Hi Gina - there is a teriffic book - from Mud to Music - describes how to
make this drum as well as all sorts of others. I keep meaning to make one -
inspired especially since I went to a drumming workshop last Sunday!
Eva Gallagher
http://newfoundoutpotter.blogspot.com/
http://www.valleyartisans.com/gallagher/Gallagher.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "gina mars"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 9:07 AM
Subject: Advice on creating a toumbek drum
> Hi All, I've been asked to create toumbek drums for a class project in
> my school district.
> I was thinking of a tar paper cone shape for the bottom and a bowl
> made in a mold for the
> top since the kids can make them easier. Then I need to purchase goat
> skins for the top.
> I thought someone may have made something like this before and could
> offer some
> pointers? Thank so much
> Gina Mars
> www.marspottery.net
> Huntington Station, NY
>
>
Carl Finch on wed 19 jan 11
At 06:07 AM 1/19/2011, gina mars wrote:
>Hi All, I've been asked to create toumbek drums for a class project in
>my school district.
>I was thinking of a tar paper cone shape for the bottom and a bowl
>made in a mold for the top since the kids can make them easier.
>Then I need to purchase goat skins for the top.
>I thought someone may have made something like this before
> and could offer some pointers?
Here you go Gina:
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:41:16 -0400
Sender: Clayart
From: Barry Hall
Subject: Ceramic Musical Instruments
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Hello folks,
This is Barry Hall, author of the book "From Mud to Music: Making and
Enjoying Ceramic Musical
Instruments" recently released by the American Ceramic Society
(http://frommudtomusic.com)
I'd like to invite you to join a growing online community of artists
who build musical instruments
from clay. We currently have 400 members, discussing a wide range of
topics related to building
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Also, I would love to hear from anyone who is working with clay to
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Cheers!
Barry
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