After an evening of listening to storytelling and songs from Ray Hughes in a church in Milford Haven I got to play a tabwrrd, a traditional Welsh drum. That day I had been doing some research about this instrument and found out that there was only one drum maker in the whole of Wales who still made this traditional drum. So you can imagine my joy in turning up to a church who had a drum made by this same company. Two days later I met the makers and I am now excited to tell you that they are now in the process of making me a drum.
When I met Dave at Marcus Music we had a great conversation about drum making and he was fascinated by our travels and how we loved encouraging the use of traditional music and instruments. So he promised me he would send pictures of the process as he made the drum. So here they are –
Hi
I love the look of that drum! It looks amazing. Who makes them?
I own a cymbal company based in Melbourne Australia and would love to connect with a Welsh drum maker.
Hey Dylan – thanks for connecting. Your cymbals look great 🙂
When I get back down to Australia I will have to come and check you guys out.
The link to the Welsh tabwrdd drum maker is – http://www.marcusconcertinas.co.uk/drums.html
Hope that helps.
I am looking forward to traveling again. My family is originally from Wales and my plan is to come to Wales and run some drum sheds as soon as we can travel – Post COVID
Sounds great Dylan – let’s keep in touch and let me know your plans. Might be able to help 🙂
Hi there,
I am a primary school teacher and I am beginning a topic of work called Explore, Innovate and Create. My class have recently enjoyed a set of music lessons using different percussion, they did however show a particular interest in drumming! So I wondered if we could make contact with you and keep in touch with our process. I would like to keep our drums that we eventually design and make as true to as possible a welsh traditional design and maybe a few hints and tips wouldn’t go a miss! We will be using household objects, materials, junk etc to recreate our drums but do have a budget so would be able to purchase some elements to make our drums look more authentic!
I/we look foward to hearing from you!
Kind regards,
Mrs Jane Johnson