Tucking A Calfskin Snare Drum Head

[@boyatwood]

Excellent Thank you

[@loganhone]

thanks for making this!

[@prestonlange_drums]

Where did you buy that tucking tool?

[@NenadStefanovicbach]

Hello from Serbia!! Great video!! Can you please tell me what kind of hoops are you using? I make my own goat skins so I need hoops. Where to find them? Can they be made some way?

[@rickdacus1818]

I have a couple of old calfskin heads that is stretched so much they an not tunable. Can the heads be re-soaked an turned in to be refitted on the drum? Thanks

[@SAHBfan]

Very late answer.... Yes, you can soak and re-lap heads. Not always successful, though, I have had very old heads rip at the creases when relapping.

[@lairdsky4604]

where do you locate the actual flesh hoops?

[@bdmcusmc06]

Great video! If I had some old, broken calf heads on hoops, can they be untucked in order to save the hoop? Or can a head on a bigger hoop be untucked to be put on a smaller hoop? I can't find much info on doing this process in reverse, so if you have any tips, I would greatly appreciate it!

[@nbPercussion]

Hi Berry, glad you liked the video! To remove an old head from the flesh hoop, first try soaking it off. Place the head in lukewarm/tepid water until it becomes pliable; then it should come off the hoop easier. You can also just cut away the old head with a utility knife, but this obviously reduces the amount of recyclable calfskin you'll garner from the process. And yes, a head from a bigger hoop can make a great snare drum head (as in this video) or tambourine head. You'll just need to cut it down to the proper size. Good luck!

[@34672rr]

there is no demo on how it sounds

[@vipermad358]

@@34672rrit's a tucking demonstration, not a playing demonstration.

[@KeshaUlyetov]

Nice

[@76boromir]

Sweet. To bad there is no demo on how it sounds.

[@vipermad358]

This is a video about tucking, not playing.

[@brianflescher8766]

so how much space did you end up having from the counterhoop to the edge of the calf head? You said X 5 so you ended up somewhere 1.25' to 1.5' inches of the head before tucking?

[@nbPercussion]

Hey Brian, that's right. It's always best to err on the side of cutting the head too large, so I always try to be a little generous with my measurements. You can always take off more skin but you can't put any back on!