pow wow drum build.

My first finished pow wow drum.
The tricky part was designing a stand that would allow the drum to swing so that the sound would not be muffled.
I still have yet to learn how to make the drumsticks, but the hard part of this project should now be over.

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[DIMEPIECEo8]

pretty crisp drum

[WatchingFromDistance]

@DIMEPIECEo8 ...thanks...I got a new drum about 1/2 way finished...This time Im using 100+ year old wood for the shell

[n8ivemafia1]

do you sing?

[WatchingFromDistance]

@n8ivemafia1 no...Im not a singer at all.....thats a gift I leave to people that know what they are doing and can do it.

[WatchingFromDistance]

I had a question as to how i was going to hang the drum from the stand?

I decided to use railroad spikes along the top of the stand and hang the drum from them

[n8ivemafia1]

@WatchingFromDistance okay,check out my vids

[WatchingFromDistance]

@KWEKOSHKUKI12 ...I was worried that without a stand that the sound of the drum was muffled.

I tested the sound with the drum on the floor and all I got was a "slapping" type sound, no boom.

[KWEKOSHKUKI12]

@AlanMolstad also those tall drums sound good when u set them on a blanket no stands or nothing.

[AlanMolstad]

@seawolfe52 'could you teach me how to make the sticks?

[AlanMolstad]

@KWEKOSHKUKI12

My drum itself is 14 inches tall.

The stand lifts the drum up to around 20 inches.



[seawolfe52]

Hey Nice Drum. I just built my first drum about about six months ago. My biggest problem was the 43 inch frame. All in all though it came out pretty nice. I will be making another one at the begining of the year. I already have the frame put together

just need to get and cut the skins. Enjoy your drum they can be very spirtual.

[KWEKOSHKUKI12]

i like my drum to sit snug in the stand....

i also love really tall bass drums like a 28x26 nice and bassy