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Posted by Dane Donato on March 23, 2015 at 1:57pm
The bridge is maple, unfinished. Tail piece is hardwood, tied on with hemp cordage. The demon of these instruments is no ability to tighten the drum head. I make taller and shorter bridges to compensate for this. Not a perfect solution, but it works.
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  • Jim Morris March 23, 2015 at 9:44pm

    Internal Tensioning Ah, here it is.

    Internal tension detail A closer look. I stole this idea from some bodhrans I've seen.

  • Jim Morris March 23, 2015 at 9:39pm

    Nice work Dane. I'll try to find my photo to show how I made a tension adjuster for my tack heads.

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