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Stave Snare (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by Pilferjinx to c/[email protected]

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Maple/mahogany stave drum I made for my drummer.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wow! How the hell do you make a snare drum at home???

[–] Pilferjinx 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The tricky part is making the jig. It seems like every other guy out there has their own way. I had to figure out what would work using some of the ideas I've seen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'd love to learn how. Do you have any resources you could share? Beautiful work!

[–] Pilferjinx 2 points 6 months ago

Start here. It's what angles/size/#staves you'll need for the shell. https://uniontownlabs.org/tools/stave/ I considered commercially making these but quality hardware is too expensive to make it viable. Not too many people willing to drop a grand on a drum.

[–] comiconomenclaturist 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What a beautiful looking drum. How does it sound?

[–] Pilferjinx 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks. I don't know how to describe the sound too well. Crisp, slightly warm, overall fairly balanced. My drummer gets a lot of inquiries about it after our sets so it seems to do pretty good. Our last snare was just a basic steel that was in rough shape and kept beaking heads.