I have I needed to give up my career as a hand drummer. It's quite hard on the fingers and a couple of years ago I blew two synovial capsules in the last joint of two fingers, which stopped my drumming. More recently I have found that I am getting arthritic in my fingers. I have sold my drum and the associated bits and bobs. It was something that I loved, but my beautiful traditional hand carved drum has gone to a passionate lady who had been drumming for years. She told me that my teacher has also stopped drumming due to arthritis.