Last month I encountered a problem that is well known to everyone that ever tried to mount a skin: I couldn't lower the rings enough. The reason was that the skin I mounted was very thick and I didn't lower the rings enough when the skin was still wet. In fact, I needed a not-too-tight djembe for the accompaniment, but it was difficult to play with this one.
Then, after a week, I got this brilliant hint from Sega. Here is the procedure to lower the djembe skin after it has dried, assuming that the circles are not too tight:
- Untie the knots, if there are some, so that the skin looses some tension. Only the verticals should remain.
- Turn the djembe around for 180 degrees so that it stays steady with its head on the floor.
- Put in a glass or two of tepid water.
- Wait from three up to five minutes (five when you have a very thick goat skin).
- Turn the djembe around so that the water goes out and wipe the remaining water, if possible.
- Wait for fifteen minutes. The humidity will go through the skin and reach its upper layer.
- You can start pulling the verticals again. Take note that the skin has already been stretched and it could lower more than you expect, so go easy at the beginning.
2 comments:
THXs for sharing those "litle secrets"
Hi, Great blog you have here, really useful information. Thanks for sharing!
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