Topic started by Armando López Hernández (@ customer-xal-180-17.megared.net.mx) on Sat Jan 13 00:15:18 .
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I have an old mridangam but i need build the headdrum, here in my country is difficult find any information about them: may somebody help me in the hard solution of my need?.
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- From: nick (@ host.sumitomomarine.co.uk)
on: Mon Jan 15 11:54:54 EST 2001
Sorry to be pessimistic, but I think you have no chance to do this! It really is a skilled job, I am sure that apprentices fail many times before they succeed: you have to choose the skins (inner is cow, middle is goat, outer is cow) correctly, build it properly and then apply the black paste (the recipe of which is hard to obtain).
There is a description of making *tabla* on the web: do a search (might be www.tablasite, something like that). Have a look. The principes are very similar.
Only one book I have have seen actually descibe how to build mridangam: "theory and Practice of Mridangam" published in India. Sorry, I've forgotten author. He covers it in a couple of pages but says "it sounds simple but requires a lot of practice".
Also you need buffalo skin for left-hand side. Can it be found in europe?
Good luck!
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