Blackwell Original Drums

A master cabinet maker based in Bavaria, Christian had been a bodhrán player in a couple bands for some years and still couldn’t find exactly what he wanted in a bodhrán. He set out to make it himself, and ultimately left behind mainstream cabinet making to become a professional bodhrán maker.

But being a master craftsman in wood isn’t all it takes to make a superb bodhrán.  Christian works closely with a producer of premium natural skins, and developed his own tuning system for his drums. All of his products are tested, not just in use by himself and a wide range of bodhrán players, but in sound labs, where frequency analyses have been conducted on all his drums.  In his own words:

The bodhrán has become the focus and mainstay of my life. So it makes me all the happier that my hard work is paying off, and that so many professional musicians all over the world are playing my instruments and recommending them to others.