The Hybrid tapans
(Bulgarian/Macedonian)
20" dia x 14" deep with one heavy skin & one light skin (all goat)

All tapan come with sticks and strap. The shell are all maple ply.
The skin rims and the rope rims are steam bent oak.
The line is 4mm Marlow pre-streched dacron.
 
This drum made for Nora Holmquist, Eugene, Oregon, 1997
 
This drum made for Dan Downes Eugene, Oregon, 1997
 
Dan Auvil's Custom Tapan, Hybrid, 22"dia x 14"deep, San Francisco, CA, 1996
 
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