by Michael S » Sat Jan 25, 2003 11:30 pm
Thanks JC. I have been using lanolin on my heads for years as it is a natural animal product, though not from bison, buffalo, or steer. I recently read in the forum about setting the head in the sun to heat the head and oil. This I had not tried. I did this the other day (let me tell you, we've GOT some sun in Arizona, even in January) and I coated the head on both sides liberally with lanolin. It seems to be better although it's hard to tell; on any different day I never know what kind of tone I'm going to get from any of my drums. I knew that the thinner skins (such as on entry level drums like the Aspires) don't always sound good but I did not know that each drum should have a different thickness. Mine are pretty thick and, incidentally, the tumba does have the best tone. Toca has unique heads, white with small black flecks throughout. They refer to them as bison skins. I don't know if, by this, they mean the North American bison commonly referred to as buffalo. Aren't most head labeled as buffalo from the water buffalo, as you would find in Subcontinent Asia?
Edited By Michael S on Jan. 26 2003 at 08:21