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Turkish two-headed tunable hand drum (dholak) - $75 (Bend)
condition:
excellent
size / dimensions:
12 inches x 5 1/2 inches
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It must have taken much time, knowledge, and effort to make this high-quality, durable, tunable hand drum! The knowledge of how to make anything so well may have been learned from the maker’s father or grandfather, or perhaps the maker apprenticed with a master drum maker. Something this well-made with so much attention to quality and durability could never be mass produced in a tourism factory. Evidence of the experience of its maker is shown by the way the drumming surfaces and rawhide tuning straps are attached. This instrument was made to last by someone who knew what he was doing and took pride in his workmanship!
My neighbor must not have played this clean drum much because there is no damage and all of the rawhide pieces are firmly attached as designed. Even the thin, age-dried rawhide strip (for shoulder or waist if the drummer is standing) shows no threat of breaking or coming untied from the leather edges of the drumming surfaces. I call it in excellent condition, probably changed little since it left Turkey.