- Wed May 23, 2018 2:02 pm
#38981
If the skin is exposed to water precautions would need to be taken like rubbing with a towel occasionally. Tuning down would also take some pressure off limiting the breakage. But in the case of exposure to moisture from hands the skin would be protected if there was some oil there which would make the skin more water proof.
I never used any oil on a djembe and am now thinking of trying some on a baragnouma drum i bought off someone. Feel I got stuck with a lemon really. I never seen the advantage of an over sized djembe. The proportions of this suck, hole too small for the large bowl. I put the thickest goat skin i ever saw on it for the guy and when he tuned it it warped the shell.
I was like is that my fault in skin selection or are the drum walls too thin compared to the large circumference of the drum.
Don't know if I should 'try' to put the skin on another more worthy drum or, oil it, and tune it hard but not in the spine to try and counter act the warp. There is also the option to soak in water and let the warp bounce back as someone mentioned here before. I was also thinking of putting a cow skin on it either but only have one at the moment and want it for one of my other drums. Should I send it back to the ngouma and ask why it warped so bad. I wish.
I never used any oil on a djembe and am now thinking of trying some on a baragnouma drum i bought off someone. Feel I got stuck with a lemon really. I never seen the advantage of an over sized djembe. The proportions of this suck, hole too small for the large bowl. I put the thickest goat skin i ever saw on it for the guy and when he tuned it it warped the shell.
I was like is that my fault in skin selection or are the drum walls too thin compared to the large circumference of the drum.
Don't know if I should 'try' to put the skin on another more worthy drum or, oil it, and tune it hard but not in the spine to try and counter act the warp. There is also the option to soak in water and let the warp bounce back as someone mentioned here before. I was also thinking of putting a cow skin on it either but only have one at the moment and want it for one of my other drums. Should I send it back to the ngouma and ask why it warped so bad. I wish.
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