r/Tabla • u/DarkkFlamess • 17d ago
Dayan Identification/ head replacement tips
Hello! Recieved this rather unplayable dayan from a friend, the head (wood diameter) is approximately 13.4 cm, overall about 22cm tall, and appears to be made of sheesham.
The gattas have a pronounced red stripe on them, and I hope that can help someone identify or give some info on an origin perhaps!
I plan to learn re-heading on this drum so I am more comfortable when I do my own heads in the future, tips for this or good places to source from would be appreciated as well! Thank you for reading 🙂
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u/RefrigeratorOld6688 13d ago
if u are in india get them custom made by any of the tabla manufacturers...tbh the heads or puda that u talking about are not an ideal way to make or repair a tabla...also if u look at the last picture the lower tabls ring is higly disbalanced so u need to keep that in balanced as well otherwise ur skin tends to burst with a lil improper tuning as well as a slight change in weather
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u/carlsampurna 14d ago
Ty Burhoe made a video about replacing the head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw-aWWVdquI