We have competed for years against the plywood hoop drum. If customers find us, we explain that the thin plywood hoop absorbs moisture in its layers of laminated wood. The thin walls of the manufactured hoop dull the sound of a native american drum. Traditional native american drums were crafted from logs, and later barrels. The thick hull results in a more resonate sound. Our drums are so tough, we can stand on them. Try THAT with a plywood hoop drum!!
Here is our low-cost alternative to the hoop drum. We found the power company cutting down pine trees and mulching the trees to dump in a land fill. WE ARE RECYCLERS! WE WERE SHOCKED! Keith convinced the men to leave the cut pine trees in ten foot logs. He got help to load the logs into a trailer and off to the saw mill he drove.
Travis, our ever friendly saw mill guy, gladly sawed the logs into pine boards. Keith planed the boards and made his 16 sided "circular" hand drum hulls. They only become circles after lots of sanding with 40 grit sand paper, then 80 grit paper and then 120 grit to achieve a soft fine finish. They are not "sliced" off a giant piece of round plywood like pieces of cheese. Normally, Keith sands to a smooth finish and then applies coats of polyurethane to seal our cedar and cottonwood native hand drum hulls.
Here is why we can offer the pine drum for less: (1) the wood cost us nothing except hard work and (2) Keith is leaving the frames unfinished. He is stretching the rawhide all the way around the pine frame to make a Lakota style drum or Plains Indian style hand drum. Since we are skipping the fine sanding and finishing process, Keith can produce these drums faster. Imagine how many drums he could make if he were willing to compromise and buy the plywood cheesewheel hulls! But he was named Little Badger for a reason. So we want to pass our savings directly on to you.
You don't have to settle for an imitation drum anymore. You can own a real Native American hand drum, with a solid Native-built drum hull, for less than what you would pay a non-Native American drum maker for his plywood hoop drum.
The pine trees were limited, so we will be offering these drums in special runs like our cottonwood drums.
Call today. 256-538-0246.
Plains Style Native American Hand Drum
Rawhide is wrapped all the way around the frame of the hand drum. The same rawhide used for the head is used as lacing so the whole drum expands and contracts equally. Hook a thumb through the ring in the back and allow the drum to rest on four outstretched fingers (no "claw hand" grip).
Cottonwood, Pine, Cedar
Cedar Drum Back
Full Wrap Pine Drum Back
Cottonwood Drum Back
We offer two sizes of this New Plains Style Full Rawhide Wrap Native American Hand Drum:
14" - $100.00 (our competitors' prices for this size range from $135 to $195) Our 14" cedar drums are $130 16" - $130.00 (competition prices range from $170 to $225) Our 16" cedar drums are $160
