Design Resource
Dholak Making - Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Folk Drum Player
by
Prof. Bibhudutta Baral and Sandhya B.
Tools and Materials
The tools that are used for the Dholak making are:
• Barrel Shaped Wood (made of sheesham, mango or jackfruit tree): The wood is shaped to a barrel to use it as the body part of the Dhol.
• Dholak Socket: It is used to insert Dholak hook and tighten the Dholak head.
• Dholak Hook: It is used to hold the Dholak head attached to the body of Dholak with help of sockets.
• Dholak Head: It is used to strike and produce rhythms.
• Drill Machine: It is used to drill even holes on both sides of the wood to fix the Dholak heads.
• Bamboo Stick: It is curled to make a ring that helps to tuck the leather.
• Leather: It is used to wrap the bamboo ring.
• Ropes: Ropes are used to tie the Dholak heads to the wood block.
• Pointed Chisel: Pointed Chisel used to pierce hole in the leather sheet.
• Metal Rings: Metal Rings are tied to the dholak, which helps to tighten the rope when needed.
• Hand Filers: These help to smoothen the edges and tune for sound.
• Scissors: These are used to cut the leather in the required size of the bamboo rings.
• Dholak Masala: It is applied mostly on the right head to lower the resonance frequency.
