As we have seen before, several variables influence the sound of a battery.

The fundamental element of a battery being the wood drum, it is important to properly to point out to obtain the desired sound.

The second variable I present today is the thickness of the wood barrel.

The thicker the wood barrel, the higher the fundamental note.

Sound with a thick drum 3/4 ' or 1 ' for example: less versatile since the fundamental note is higher and resonates less long. So the drum will have difficulty sounding in lower tunings.

The thinner the wood barrel, the lower the fundamental note.

Sound with a 5/16 "or 3/8" thin wood drum: easier to adjust its snare drum or Toms in low tuning. They will have more resonance and projection. At the same time, more versatile since it can be adjusted as much in high and low tunings.

 I often recommend to my customers thinner 5/16 ' ' or 3/8 ' ' drums with a relatively low fundamental note in order to have more versatility. As they say: it's always better to have more than enough. Unless you have a specific request on an instrument. If we find that there is too much resonance for example, there are several ways to control the resonance (thicker skins, moongel, bearing edge round etc.)

William