Specifications
- Material: raw horsehide (wild boar or deer hide on request)
- Size: sized for a 50 cm diameter drum frame
- Weight: approx. 500 g
- Origin: Germany, small craft workshops
- Finish: pre-cut with natural overhang
Sound and character
The 50 cm horsehide delivers a particularly deep, long-resonating fundamental. The larger surface moves more air, creating a full vibration you can feel in the chest — making it a favourite for therapeutic and ceremonial drums. The hide's living structure gives each instrument its own colour.
How to use
Use this material to build a larger shamanic drum, frame drum or ceremonial drum yourself. The 50 cm refers to the wooden frame — the hide is larger, leaving generous overhang for the traditional lacing. A great choice for anyone seeking a deep, carrying sound.
Why this product
Carefully cut material from small workshops, partly from organic sources. Feeltone has worked with trusted suppliers for decades, so every hide meets the high demands of hand-built drum making.
Care tips
- Soak in lukewarm water before lacing, until pliable and easy to shape.
- Stretch gradually so the hide settles evenly around the frame.
- Keep the finished drum in a place with stable humidity to preserve a stable voice.
About Feeltone
Feeltone is a craft instrument workshop in Lassan, northern Germany, founded by Ingo Böhme. For more than two decades they have built monochords, sound beds, sound chairs and ceremonial drums for therapists, sound artists and meditation practitioners. Every instrument is hand-built from certified sustainable woods and finished with natural treatments (hard wax oil).