The bodhran
The Irish Frame drum played with a single stick. Prepared goatskin is attached to one side of the bodhran and a hand is placed against the inside skin to affect the bodhran's tone. Click to find out more about the bodhran.
| New O'Kane Tuning System |
Seamus O'KaneNEW CONSTRICTOR TYPE TENSIONING SYSTEM
(c) Seamus O'Kane 2008
The big advantage of the system is that the drum cannot be knocked out of tune by uneven tension that can be caused by loosening / tightening one screw more than another, in the first tone ring system. The single screw on the outside is easy to operate with a T-Bar Allen Key. The Patent Application Number is 0803435.7. --------------------------------------------------
As I had taken out a patent on the idea, other makers felt this was to
prevent them from using the idea. This stopped the normal design development
that happens when other designers refine and improve a new idea. It was not my
intention that people should not try the idea. Hopefully many other young
designers will copy and improve it. This happened to the pushed tone ring type,
when different makers brought their ideas to the raw design.way.
Read the full article on Seamus' site
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This is my new drum model and is now available. I call it the Band Tensioner
System because the old bicycle makers used a similar system for brakes on their
tricycles in the 1880’s. They called them band brakes.
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