DIY Dampener for Orchestral Tambourine - done in 10 minutes!

If you have to mount your nice tambourine for l'Histoire du Soldat (or something else) and you want it to look nice, work well, not cost much money, and not take much time, this is the solution I invented. Needed supplies and time indexes below. Needed for dampener: Gaffe tape Black felt (about 4” by about 10”) Cheap cutting board Sharp knife Some sort of straight edge Measuring tape A sturdy table Gloves (optional) Needed for cymbal stand mount: Base washer Sleeve (optional) Normal felt washer Metal washer Cymabl stand nut 2 hi-hat stand felt washers (wide) – if that’s what you want to use Time indexes: 0:00 The piece for which I needed to do this 0:43 The tambourine I used for this, and more about the piece 1:01 The purpose 1:08 The look of the finished product 1:22 What you need (well, what I used) 3:34 Measuring and cutting the felt 7:24 Forming to the tambourine 8:30 Fastening to the tambourine 10:15 Playing with your hand 10:32 Mounting the tambourine 11:17 Playing with various mallets