Hides: Elk, Bison, Moose.
Available in Black, Cream, Cedarwood or Gold color.
The biggest issue for any natural hide hand drum is humidity. In
dry weather the hide gets very dry, tightens up and the tone gets higher, and
in humid or wet environments, hide absorbs moisture, gets larger and the tone
goes down. The extremes are frustrating for drum carriers…."My drum is
too high in tone in winter when we are heating our houses, or goes flat
in high humidity." Leather is an amazing barrier that blocks the
movement of most humidity. A drum that lives inside a bag will have
less extremes of tone, more even. On a wet rainy night, you can pull
your drum out of a leather bag and boom, it sounds perfect!! The same
goes with dry weather….a leather bag will protect a drum from getting
tiny or worse yet cracking.
