My Bodhran is too tight

Subject: RE: My Bodhran is too tight
From: GUEST,Chicken Charlie
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 10:15 AM

Look on the bright side! You can easily get a song out of this, as "My bodhran is too tight" seems to fit right in with "Me Boomerang Won't Come Back" and "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport." Since it's been awhile since either of those aired, a new entry in the same category would no doubt be welcomed by the masses who feel an aching emptiness in that particular musicological niche. (Is it nitch or neesh; I'm not cultured?)

Chicken Charlie

Subject: RE: My Bodhran is too tight
From: Jack Campin
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 11:09 AM

Any idea what to do if your drum isn't tight enough?

This isn't a bodhran, it's a def - a Kurdish drum like a large bodhran with no crossbars and a "snare" made or linked metal rings that hang inside and jingle against the skin along the top edge. You play it with your fingers. I bought it direct from the maker's stall in the butchery section of the market in Urfa. But it was the middle of summer and the temperature was 45C with humidity near zero. In Scottish weather it's far too dull.

If I heat it up to dry it out and then apply an oil like neatsfoot or Nikwax, will it stay tight?

Subject: RE: My Bodhran is too tight
From: The Mole Catcher's Apprentice (inactive)
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 03:09 PM

My bodhran is too tight,
My bodharn is too tight
While I wave it round all over the place
and bash it till I'm blue in the face,
I'm a big disgrace to the Celtic race
My bodhran is too tight!

Charlotte (wondering where that came from)

Subject: RE: My Bodhran is too tight
From: GUEST,Puck
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 09:20 PM

[Try again !!]

Try reducing the percntage by volume - Welsh Bitter is piss poor stuff - maybe that would help!

Subject: RE: My Bodhran is too tight
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 04 Mar 08 - 03:20 AM

"My Bodhran is too tight"
Why, won't it pay for a round.
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: My Bodhran is too tight
From: GUEST,Chicken Charlie
Date: 04 Mar 08 - 10:17 AM

You got it, Mole Catcher's App.! Which proves once again that nothing can be proven!?!

Chicken Charlie

Subject: RE: My Bodhran is too tight
From: The Mole Catcher's Apprentice (inactive)
Date: 04 Mar 08 - 02:57 PM

well someone mentioned Rolf Harris...and well, as they say...the rest just followed *LOL*

Charlotte (is one quarter Welsh, but good for the odd pint or six)

Subject: RE: My Bodhran is too tight
From: GUEST,Wood Pro
Date: 28 Jul 13 - 03:52 AM

hello dear,

try this...
www.ewoodpro.com

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Subject: RE: My Bodhran is too tight
From: GUEST,michael
Date: 24 May 21 - 05:45 AM

a simple treatment for your bodhran skin will help to cure any problems. Regular application of O'Connors Irish Bodhran Cream should help to keep your drum skin supple and prolong life. You can find O'Connors irish Bodhran Treatment conditioning cream at tontojacks.co.uk

Subject: RE: My Bodhran is too tight
From: leeneia
Date: 24 May 21 - 12:20 PM

You can find info by Googling "care of rawhide drums".

This site seems good:

http://www.completedcircledrums.com/careAndFeeding.html