This wooden kettledrum is made of 12mm thick alder-wood.

The wood pieces are bond vertically and cut in miter.

 

 

 

Spectrum of a kettledrum with a wooden boil:



Measurement data:
From a heigt of 35cm a tennis ball dumps down on the coat.
This experiment was made 12 times per coat an 3 rounds along the clamp-screwsa and between the clamp-screws.

 

Construction wooden kettledrum
Wood species alder
Thickness 12mm
Orientation vertical
Diameter 64cm
Frequency 110Hz

Soundexample of an wooden kettledrum build from 12mm alder-wood, and a diameter of 64cm,
110Hz:

Wooden kettledrum 12mm
vertical
  

 

This wooden-kettledrum is similar with an cooper kettledrum. Compare the following parameters:

wood: dB 12,2 sec. 3,24

copper: dB 11,8 sec. 3,33

 

 

Ausschwingverhalten (RMS)