Djembe Made in Ghana

[drtom]

Wow Michi!

Not only do you enlighten us on the art and science of hand-drumming, but you also educate us on the intricacies of computer security.

What next?

drtom

[michi]

Not only do you enlighten us on the art and science of hand-drumming, but you also educate us on the intricacies of computer security.

What next?

Dunno. Who knows what will strike my fancy next. Essays in moral philosophy?

Michi.

[shortypalmer]

The wood in Ghana, tweniboah, i have been told is not to rare and when you cut a tree down it grows back. Fast growing to from what i was told, I have gotten some of the red tweniboah, they are heavier and look good. I am impressed wit the cut on the cuff in the picture, very good job

[michi]

I just received the shell from Benjamin. It took just under four weeks to arrive by mail, which is not particularly fast, but quite reasonable.

Shell arrived in perfect order, no damage.

I'll post pictures and impressions as I build the drum.

Cheers,

Michi.

[rachelnguyen]

Thanks, Michi.

This is awesome.

[Beerfola]

Michi,
I was wondering if there had been any progress on the Ghana Drum Experiment project. Has the shell shrunk at all since you received it or has it remained stable? I've been very interested in this thread since it originally started.
Thanks

[michi]

The shell is sitting in my garage ready to be headed. I've prepared the shell and welded rings for it. There's been a small amount of shrinkage, as you would expect, but nothing serious. I'm hoping to finish it off by next week. Will post a detailed account when I'm done!

Cheers,

Michi.

[Shane 夏恩]

G`day Michi, I`m a newbie, found this interesting post.

Hows the assembly going on the Ghanaian Djembe?

May be slightly off topic, but.........Have you or anyone else got any preference to using Doundouns made from Tweniboah or any other timber that is light weight?

Most of the light weighted Djembes I`ve seen are Ghanaian, Hard to get a cracking Slap! BUT
a lot of them seem to have a beautiful Bass sound.

I get tired of Carrying Big heavy Douns everywhere and I`m considering Carving some from Very light and strong Australian timbers.

Any experience on the matter would be greatly appreciated.

Shane

[michi]

G`day Michi, I`m a newbie, found this interesting post.

Hows the assembly going on the Ghanaian Djembe?

I'm currently overseas, so I haven't had the time to do any more about this. Will be back next week, but I have quite a backlog of repair work to do

May be slightly off topic, but.........Have you or anyone else got any preference to using Doundouns made from Tweniboah or any other timber that is light weight?

I have a set of tweneboa dundun from Ghana. They sound nice. In my experience, choice of wood for dunduns is far less critical than for djembes. Even dunduns made out of PVC pipe can sound good.

Cheers,

Michi.

[Shane 夏恩]

Cheers for that,

Yes I have seen and played your Tweneboah Doundouns, they do have a great sound.
I once had a set of PVC Douns, but they sounded like a basket ball pumped up too much.

Any chance that there`s anyone who knows Djembe timber, Botanical names? or a link?

Thanks for that Michi, Happy travels.

Shane

[michi]

Yes I have seen and played your Tweneboah Doundouns, they do have a great sound.

Ah, in that case, we probably know each other I just can't put a face to the forum identity

Any chance that there`s anyone who knows Djembe timber, Botanical names? or a link?

See this article on djembe woods.

Cheers,

Michi.

[Shane 夏恩]

Holy shhhhmoke! that`s informative, it was actually timber density I was wanting to research.
This forum has been very informative.

your book available on iPhone? does it go into shell construction/making?

Yes I have been to a couple of your workshops and a few of the touring african guys that visit SEQ.

I didn`t want to stray too far from Aiduenu`s initial post, I really enjoy seeing photo`s from the work shed and a carver having pride in their work, it must be too easy to just turn out lot`s of shells day in, day out for the bread and butter and loose the time to have some pride of quality and craftsmanship.

Shane

[michi]

your book available on iPhone? does it go into shell construction/making?

An iPhone version is in the works. It's just that I'm very busy with work and haven't found the time to do the conversion yet.

Yes I have been to a couple of your workshops and a few of the touring african guys that visit SEQ.

Next time you are around, please let me know, so I can put a face to the posts

Cheers,

Michi.

[Shane 夏恩]

Cheers,

Thanks for your information and help.

Shane

[Shane 夏恩]

Will do, I`ll say G`day next time I see you.

I was inspired from your Doundun legs, and made a set of my own. Not as good looking as the timber ones, but very practical.

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Leg goes up!

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Leg goes down!