This section is about the instrument itself.

It sets out to help the player understand more about what goes into building the instruments as well as how to get more out of it.

Most natural drum skins, usually goat, undergo a fairly standard process. The flesh is removed from the inside of the raw hide and the hair is removed.

For bodhrans there follows a whole series of treatments, often unique to the maker that turn rawhide into a bodhran skin.