The tabwrdd is smaller than a bodhran, but bigger than an English tabor.
What does this statement mean, Mick? That someone has recently built an instrument of a certain size, and called it a tabwrdd? Or is theeir some historical evidence of the comparative sizes of drums of this kind in use in Wales, Ireland, and England at various sttages in history? For example, the "English tabor" as recreated and used in Morris sides, etc, is smaller than the Irish bodhrans recreated and used in Irish trad bands. But if we wind back a century or two, were the flat drums used in England actually smaller than the flat drums used in Ireland(both normally called tambourines atthat time). And what about the flat drums in Wales, say 1800? What evidence? Can someone provide some pointers to this, we have had many discussions here about the bodhran, and its etymological and musical history, so some Welsh background would be invaluable. At the very simplest level, are we talking about a drum like a bodhran/tambourine, or like a tabor? They are very different instruments. Please point us to some text or pictures, this is most interesting.