Engineering documentation for a stave-built djembe — a technique I built drums with at Morgan Drums (St. Paul, MN) starting in 2008. Combines original college research on djembe acoustics, CAD geometry of the goblet body, and jig design for cutting the varying compound miters. Predecessor to ashiko-drum-workshop.
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