Video: Djembe Drum Care: Maintenance

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If a djembe drum is played often, oils from the hands will keep it in good shape. Maintain djembe drums and keep them from breaking with tips from an instrument maker in this free video on djembe drums.

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So to maintain your drum there's not so much you need to do. If, if you play your drum regularly you shouldn't have to worry about your drum drying out because the oils in your hands will get on the skin and keep it in good shape. If you're going to be away for a long period of time, a friend of ours goes away for the winter and he comes back every spring, and his, the head of his drum is broken. You can prevent that by loosening it, just you can take out a couple of knots. He also leaves it usually in front of a window, not the best place. So at least put something over the head of your drum, you can use a sheet or a sarong or something just to cover the head. The, the, the head does like dry weather, if it's really humid your head's going to, it's going to sound a little different. The wood doesn't necessarily like to be in the direct sun so playing your drum is the best thing you can do for it. Also if you fly in an airplane you want to loosen the skin quite a bit because the altitude changes and it's just very dry so we recommend really loosening your drum. You might want to go almost as loose as that really flappy headed drum was just to be on the safe side.

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Djembe Drum Care: Maintenance

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