To Margo wanting to buy a bodhran in Seattle. If you're going to be here, stop and check out Dusty Strings in the Fremont District. Many wonderful things and sometimes for less.

As for the rest, if you can't play the bloody thing, who gives a damn what you put on it. If you can play it, then you'll know the secret of bodhran playing; knowing when not to play. I still play mine in sessions. It's easier after the fourth Guiness.

None the less, I may try some of these suggestions.