Has anyone ripped a skin?
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:52 am
Would like to hear any anecdotes about skins ripping - in what circumstances it happened etc.
Is it possible to rip a head when tuning up to a high note - say C4 or D4 on a quinto - or would this require excessive force? Or would the shell/hardware fail first?
Or do heads generally only rip if they are left tuned up tight and the weather changes?
The only time I have had a head rip was on a set of bongos I re-skinned and this was because I over-tightened the wet drying skin and over night it ripped as it dried...
I also wondered how long one should expect a conga skin to last? - Assuming it was tuned up and played for a couple of hours a day - might also vary depending on how tight it was tuned - i.e. I would expect skins on a tumba to last longer than the skin on a quinto.
Finally can synthetic skins rip? And what is the life expectancy of these compared to rawhide etc?
drbongo42
Is it possible to rip a head when tuning up to a high note - say C4 or D4 on a quinto - or would this require excessive force? Or would the shell/hardware fail first?
Or do heads generally only rip if they are left tuned up tight and the weather changes?
The only time I have had a head rip was on a set of bongos I re-skinned and this was because I over-tightened the wet drying skin and over night it ripped as it dried...
I also wondered how long one should expect a conga skin to last? - Assuming it was tuned up and played for a couple of hours a day - might also vary depending on how tight it was tuned - i.e. I would expect skins on a tumba to last longer than the skin on a quinto.
Finally can synthetic skins rip? And what is the life expectancy of these compared to rawhide etc?
drbongo42