I suspect it just refers to a way of tuning the drums - although the description "Peumatic Bodhrán" makes you think of some bizarre Heath-Robinson device designed to wreck a session without the bodhrán player even being present. Presumably so that he/she can wreck another session somewhere else at the same time.......
All in good fun Bliss - as you know, the guitar & the bodhrán are at the bottom of the pecking order inthe traditional music world. Many guitar players get knocked by the melody players (usually for good reason), so, then it's our to turn to knock someone else. Who do we pick on? Well, obviously the next down the pecking order! You see, it's all related to the way the Darwinian natural world works.
Apart from being thick-skinned (the players), the pneumatic bodhran can also be used to safely deflect thrown objects (apart from knives).
The session police will issue on-the-spot fines to the player of any bod with less than 1mm of tread.
Pneumatic Bodhrán. I'm not joking.
Pneumatic Bodhrán. I'm not joking.
A pal of mine at tradmusic.com put me on to this.
Pneumatic drums made by David Faulwasser of Germany.
If you are interested, go to http://tradmusic.com click on luthiers and again on bodhrans.
No comments necessary, but I'm sure some of you wont be able to stop yourselves.
# Posted on September 5th 2005 by curlew
Re: Pneumatic Bodhrán. I'm not joking.
Hmmm....does it actually say pneumatic bodhrans, though?
Deffo worth playing one with a penknife then.
# Posted on September 5th 2005 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: Pneumatic Bodhrán. I'm not joking.
Pump up the jam!
# Posted on September 5th 2005 by dafydd
Re: Pneumatic Bodhrán. I'm not joking.
Aye, On yer bike!
# Posted on September 5th 2005 by curlew
Re: Pneumatic Bodhrán. I'm not joking.
I suspect it just refers to a way of tuning the drums - although the description "Peumatic Bodhrán" makes you think of some bizarre Heath-Robinson device designed to wreck a session without the bodhrán player even being present. Presumably so that he/she can wreck another session somewhere else at the same time.......
# Posted on September 5th 2005 by Ron P
Re: Pneumatic Bodhrán. I'm not joking.
As a fiddle owning guitarist, you must be an expert on "session wrecking".
# Posted on September 6th 2005 by bodhran bliss
Re: Pneumatic Bodhrán. I'm not joking.
Our session this evening was bodhran-free, for the first time...
# Posted on September 6th 2005 by Greg the Piano Tuner
Re: Pneumatic Bodhrán. I'm not joking.
...and I missed that steady beat...
# Posted on September 6th 2005 by Greg the Piano Tuner
Re: Pneumatic Bodhrán. I'm not joking.
All in good fun Bliss - as you know, the guitar & the bodhrán are at the bottom of the pecking order inthe traditional music world. Many guitar players get knocked by the melody players (usually for good reason), so, then it's our to turn to knock someone else. Who do we pick on? Well, obviously the next down the pecking order! You see, it's all related to the way the Darwinian natural world works.
# Posted on September 6th 2005 by Ron P
Re: Pneumatic Bodhrán. I'm not joking.
Apart from being thick-skinned (the players), the pneumatic bodhran can also be used to safely deflect thrown objects (apart from knives).
The session police will issue on-the-spot fines to the player of any bod with less than 1mm of tread.
# Posted on September 6th 2005 by geoffwright
Re: Pneumatic Bodhrán. I'm not joking.
Pneumatic bodhrans?!
Whatever next? Air guitars?
# Posted on September 8th 2005 by JonB