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Drum Maintenance |
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People often ask me how to care for their bodhran on a long-term basis. I'll be filling in my opinions, but ask different players and you might get different answers! |
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What is a Bodhran? |
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Treating the Drum |
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Holding a Bodhran and Tipper |
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Your drum head is (I hope) made of a skin. Even though the skin isn't gracing an animal, it still needs proper love and care.
Treating the drum head will make your drum last for many years to come, and will improve the sound and overall quality of tone. |
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Players usually treat the drum with products the drum likes and reacts to best, but there are a few do's and don't's to treating, as well as best-known products. |
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Striking the Bodhran |
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Details and Extras |
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Playing with the Skin |
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Quick Skin Fixes |
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Influences |
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Drum Maintenance |
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- Products |
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- How to Treat Your Drum |
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Lanolin, also called, Adeps Lanae, wool wax, wool fat, or wool grease, a greasy yellow substance from wool-bearing animals, acts as a skin ointment, water-proofing wax, ans raw material (such as in shoe polish).
Lanolin is "wool fat" or grease, chemically akin to wax. It is produced by wool-bearing animals, such as sheep, and is secreted by their sebaceous glands. These glands are associated with hair follicles. Lanolin acts as a waterproofing wax, and recent studies indicate that antibiotics are also present in lanolin. It aids sheep in shedding water from their coats. Certain breeds of sheep produce large amounts of lanolin, and the extraction can be performed by squeezing the wool between rollers. Most or all the lanolin is removed from wool when it's processed into textiles e.g. yarn or felt. |
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- A Good Case |
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- Cooperman's Standards |
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Choosing Your Drum |
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Snipped from Wikipedia. Click link to read more. |
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Mink Oil is made from the thick fatty layer minks have just under their skins. This fat is removed from the pelt when the mink is skinned and is then rendered into mink oil. Mink oil is a source of palmitoleic acid which possesses physical properties similar to human sebum, therefore mink oil is used in several medical and cosmetic products. Mink oil is also favored for treating and preserving leather. |
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Snipped from Wikipedia. Click link to read more. |
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How to Treat the Drum... |
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(c) Stephanie Roy 2006 |
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