Drums & tuning

[PDtek@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 3/1/00 9:12:10 PM Central Standard Time, Billbrpt@AOL.COM 
writes:

<< This is interesting.  I'm sure that we piano techs would like to know how 
a 
 skilled drum tech tightens those lugs to get the proper pitch and resonance. 
 
 In both tasks, drum or piano tuning, getting that very precise balance of 
 tension is what we want.  A description (or even better, a demonstration at 
a 
 PTG event) of how this is done would be of interest to piano technicians.
 
 Bill Bremmer RPT >>

What I would like to see is a drum from a standard trap set like a small tom, 
for instance, being hit over and over while piano techs, one at a time with a 
piano near by to use for reference, write down what pitch the drum is 
producing. My prediction is that there would be far from unanimous agreement 
on the note.

Dave Bunch