Specifications
- Type: ritual drum, round
- Size: 45 cm diameter, 7 cm tall
- Hide: free-range deer
- Frame: bent beech wood
- Weight: approx. 1.0 kg
- Included: 1 leather mallet
- Finish: hard-wax oil
- Origin: Germany
Sound and character
The 45 cm deer-hide drum is the deepest and most massive round piece in the series. The fundamental clearly reaches into the bass range, sustains long, and gives serious body to the room. Even at this size the thin, fine-grained deer hide keeps its open, characterful voice — the sound is never muffled, always with a touch of float.
How to use
At 45 cm this drum can already be the central instrument of a larger group or a guided ceremony. It is ideal as the lead drum for sound baths, sound therapy, group meditation, trance journeys or shamanic ceremonies. Hold it firmly or in a stand and play steady, slow strokes with the included leather mallet.
Why this product
Choose this drum when you want a seriously deep, presence-rich instrument whose voice carries the whole room even with many people present. Recommended for more experienced practitioners and therapists for whom it matters that the instrument shapes not just sound but the atmosphere of an entire session.
Care tips
- Keep it at stable humidity — at this size the hide is especially sensitive.
- Do not insert objects inside the drum or between the cords.
- If you play for long stretches, let the hide rest occasionally to preserve its flexibility.
- The matching padded embroidered bag is sold separately — particularly recommended for the 45 cm drum.
About Feeltone
Feeltone is a craft instrument workshop in Lassan, northern Germany, founded by Ingo Böhme. For more than two decades the team has 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 hard-wax oil.