Remo HD-8508-00 Fiberskyn Frame Drum, 8″
The Remo Fiberskyn 3 Frame Drum has a wide body shell and is provided with a thumb notch and four holes located around the circumference of the Acoustic on shell. The four holes are placed in a manner allowing the use of many materials such as rope, string, leather or vinyl strips creating a handle to suspend the drum which increase the projection when struck with a mallet or hand. All frame drums are equipped with a Remo drumhead and are manufactured with Remo’s patented Acoustic on shell that produce the same tonal characteristic found on traditional wood shell drums with excellent projection and enhanced low pitched fundamentals. The Remo frame drum is lightweight, durable, weather resistant, and easy to play which means you’ll have countless hours jamming on your new instrument.
Product Features
- Wide body shell
- Thumb notch and four holes located around the circumference of the Acoustic on shell
- Increased the projection
- Equipped with a Remo drumhead
- Lightweight, durable, weather resistant, and easy to play
Could have had five stars but… Let me just get the con out of the way so that I can begin to describe this wonderful instrument.Con: In the description it says that this drum comes with a thumb notch, and four holes around the circumference of the drum allowing for rope or string to be used to suspend the drum, this is not the case. Though the thumb notch is present, there are no holes to suspend the drum.Now onto the happy stuff. This drum is a very enjoyable instrument. If you’re at beginning…
14″ is a Good Size for a Practice Bodhran, 10″ is Too Small Fiberskyn means that the skin is made of clear plastic and some kind of process is used to make it look like animal skin. Actually, it looks very realistic and I think it’s much better than leaving the drumhead clear. The frame itself is made of wood and painted black. The outside of the frame is covered with a thin plastic veneer to make it look like it’s made of rosewood. The Remo Frame Drum is made in Taiwan and is very, very well made.I purchased a 10″ Remo Fiberskyn Frame Drum,…
Ordered 2, Used for Past 1.5 months, Holding Up Well I ordered two of these and have been using them for about a month and a half now. I purchased them to do neurologic music therapy (NMT) and imitation exercises with our son. Our son receives NMT services at this time to support regulation, motor skills, and hopefully the long term development of his expressive language skills. Although we do spend a great deal of time working on encouraging the latter, for me, as his mom, I know he can still function effectively as an adult given his ability…