Turkish two-headed tunable hand drum (dholak) - $75 (Bend)

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condition: like new

size / dimensions: 12 inches x 5 1/2 inches

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This two-headed tunable hand drum (dholak) was purchased by a neighbor who visited Turkey more than twenty years ago. I assume that it was made at that time to sell to tourists, but it obviously was made by a master drum maker with much experience. It appears to have been made using both machines and hand tools. I don’t know what the wood is or what the drumming surfaces are made from, but the edges of the drumming surfaces and the tunable side straps are leather and rawhide. As the metal rings on the rawhide side straps are moved, they tighten or loosen the leather edges of the drumming surfaces, changing the tone. The tones ring nicely when the drum surfaces are tapped. It is 12 inches tall and 5.5 inches in diameter at its middle; one pad is 4.5 inches in diameter and the other is 4 inches in diameter. It weighs 2 pounds, four ounces.

post id: 7926371882

posted: 2026-04-08 06:46

updated: 2026-05-03 11:03

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