Gourd Drum Engineering

Gourd Drum Engineering (GDE) offers 14 percussion instruments to make using gourds, goatskin, wood, metal, plastic and other materials. After introducing background information and a bit of history on both gourds and drums, GDE covers the basic shop tools and techniques needed to create high–quality percussion instruments that sound good and look good too. Featuring 256 pages of detailed step-by-step instructions and more than 200 color photos and line drawings, Gourd Drum Engineering offers something for both beginning and advanced makers alike. Optimized for tablet viewing in landscape mode.