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All of our drum frames for two sided drums are made from cottonwood.
These are chished out and aged the appropriate time (usually 3 to 4 months).
Cottonwood works the best for drums because is has a very twisted grain that will not crack.
These two sided drums are our main drums and are the very strongest.
They come in sizes from 7 inch to 60 inch.

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A1 36 inch	A2 36 inch	A3 40 inch

A4 34 inch	A5 40 inch	A6 40 inch

A7 40 inch	A8 55 inch	A9 40 inch

A10 52 inch	A11 55 inch	A12

We also make one sided drums made from maple hoops.
These are nice light drums.
They come in certain sizes of 8 inch, 10 inch, 13 inch, 15 inch, 18 inch and 20 inch.
They usually don’t have quite as nice of a sound as our two sided drums, but they are lighter and easier to carry.
Our drums start to have a really good tone at about the 13 to 14 inch size
and usually the bigger the drum is the better the sound.
Each drum will come with one stick made from chocke cherry ( a traditionally used wood here).
Drumsticks are made from deerskin and stuffed with buffalo hair,
larger drums 30 inch and larger come with 2 sticks, 40 inch and up with 4 sticks.
You also have the option of a painted or unpainted drum.
Sonja paints with traditional earth paints.
These paints are made from different colors of rock ground to a fine powder and mixed with water.
After she paints a drum we put a sealer over the painting that makes it permanent
and you can even get it wet and it will not hurt the painting.

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Dave Hansen & Sonja Holy Eagle
P.O. Box 75
Rapid City, SD 57709

phone ( 605 ) 348-2421
tollfree
1-888-718-0893mail us

info@dakotadrum.com

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