Drum question

[sylke]

For any of you bodhran players out there... Is it normal to have to moisten my drum head between each song? My drum isn't tunable, and in the cool, air conditioned house I live in, it stays very, very tight. I'm getting a little tempted to actually put a drop of oil on it. I know you're not supposed to oil drum heads, and late at night at Pennsic the air was so humid (and I imagine there was dew, too) that it was *too* moist and the drum was too floppy to play, so it's not like it's too tight all the time, but I don't want to dry it out by constantly leaching out any natural oil by sprinkling it with water every 10 minutes. Any ideas or thoughts?

Comments

[inkyblue2.livejournal.com]

i've been told that [some] hand lotion can do the trick. i use it. it seems to do nothing one way or the other. i'm interested to hear what fiammaharpar has to say.

[inkyblue2.livejournal.com]

uh, wow, that's pretty funny and stupid.

[trappedinabay.livejournal.com]

hand lotion can do the trick

Heehee.