When playing the instrument, it is recommended that you wrap a bungee cord around the tank to help eliminate some ring and provide a better tone. Also, do not play the drum on a hard surface as it loses a large amount of it's sound. The drum will play better held in your lap on standing on carpet or grass.



I built mallets for my drum and I believe they provide a better tone. The mallets are simply two Spiderman superballs stuck on the ends of dowels. If you play with your hands, lightly tap the tongue about 2/3's of the way up to get the best tone.



My instrument was constructed for the state of Georgia's Science Olympiad where it won first place. It was used as the bass instrument and was therefore tuned much lower than what is optimal. I recommend you use the pentatonic scale Dennis Havlena uses for his.



All credit for this project goes to Dennis Hevlena, the inventor and original documenter. His site and instructions can be found at: http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/for-webpage-lp-hang.htm

