THE HERBERT PIG DRUM IS BORN!

Here is the finished drum the skin has stayed in place after tensioning on the vertical roping ...the cross weave is for fine tunning... The skin is still quite oily so it has a transparency to it.

The sound is beautiful deep round and woody even .....I could be describing a wine! I have to say its one of the best sounding drums I've made...

Just need to take some of the rough flecks of skin off the drum head

DRUM ALMOST COMPLETE

The skin is now in place....only just as it was quite small... it may have to be put on again if during the tensioning it slips from out of the rings. The sound as it is has a softness like a conga ....