Can the leather break (tabla's) as shown in these photos by itself? room temp was below 30 Dig.?

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Joshy Jose

Hi all, I had purchased a varanasi tabla one week back. Saturday night I kept it closed in the tabla bag with the top covered after the rehersal. We played it in tune to C note. And the threads where not so tight. Even the wood pieces just under one thread, where it can go even upto 3. The room was only having natural temperature(below 30 Dig cel) Can the leather break as shown in these photos by itself? I doubt some one opened and damaged it with any sharp item. I was keeping it in same tight for past 4 days. The leather piece is also looks very sturdy and in nice quality. It was delivering very good tone. Unfortunately others were having access to the room where we kept tabla.
UR feedback is highly appreciatedâ¦.
Link to see photos - http://picasaweb.google.com/joshycj/Tabla

Thanks you all â joshy from Bangalore..
Hi askios007, (donno u r name sorry),

Thank you so much for the caring response. I ll do what u suggested. I still believe the unhealthy competition present in teams who performs in our place. Else, I too don't see enough reason to break it by itself. I have another tabla, more than 4 years old (top) piece is older than 10 years with me. I purchased this from rithum in recidency road.
Once again thanks...

Answer
That's quite a clean cut .. it looks as if it was done with a knife. But I don't know if it could also happen with a new tabla .. maybe the leather was not processed enough. Or maybe it was not the temperature but the CHANGE in temperature that stressed the leather? Could it be from lack of humidity? Bangalore is extra dry these days. Is the split part on the place where the base of your palm sits? Maybe there was more pressure on that spot? Or were you wearing a watch or kada?

Probably the best person to ask is another tabla player, someone older who's been through a lot of tablas, or else people who make tablas, and ask them if this kind of splitting is common..

If it seems to be a fault with the leather try to get your money back or a replacement from whoever you bought the tabla from. If it looks like someone purposely did it, try to get compensation from the people in charge of the place you were staying.

sorry to hear about that. It's awful when a musical instrument is damaged. I hope it turns out to be a fault of the leather, because to think someone would purposely do that is horrible. What kind of stupid juvenile psycho would attack a beautiful instrument like that??

I don't know where all the music shops are in Bangalore but would recommend you show the tabla to them and get some feedback from them. Probably in City somewhere? Hindustani music schools? The only other place I can think of is Reynolds at the bottom of Brigades opposite All Saints and Vellara Junction. There are also some places in Fraser Town or Cooke / Cox Town where they repair musical instruments .. all I can remember is one name 'Wilson' but maybe you could show it to someone like that.

good luck!

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