A tuning system enabled to be installed inside a drum percussion musical instrument is provided comprising a cylindrical drum shell having a batter head at a top, a bottom, and one or more internal tuning assemblies (ITAs) installed within an inner volume of the drum shell. Sound elements created by striking the batter head of the drum includes any one or more of pitch, resonance and amplitude and are altered, thereby providing tuning of the drum via manipulation of the one or more of the ITAs.

A tuning system enabled to be installed inside a drum percussion musical instrument is provided comprising a cylindrical drum shell having a batter head at a top, a bottom, and one or more internal tuning assemblies (ITAs) installed within an inner volume of the drum shell. Sound elements created by striking the batter head of the drum includes any one or more of pitch, resonance and amplitude and are altered, thereby providing tuning of the drum via manipulation of the one or more of the ITAs.

A drum tuning key includes a body having a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end, the first end including a keyed interface configured to releaseably engage an element of a tuning assembly of a drum for cooperative rotation therewith and the second end including a radially-extending portion configured to be manipulated by a user to apply a torque in relation to the longitudinal axis to operate the tuning assembly, and a magnet carried by the body and having a first end, a second end, and an axis of magnetization extending between the first end and the second end, wherein at least one of the first end or the second end of the magnet is located at or adjacent an outer surface of the body.

A strainer system includes an adjustable slide assembly that can be used as a strainer side assembly or a butt side slide assembly for tensioning a snare that will not detune due to sympathetic vibrations. The strainer system may also be configured to easily control the amount of snare contact with the bearing edge on both the strainer side and the butt side of the shell body.

A frame body fixed to a membrane 10 is divided into multiple long-side frame bodies 11 and a short-side frame body aligned in a peripheral direction of a frame 3. Tension is applied to the frame body 10 by pulling each frame body 11, 12. Accordingly, it is not necessary to make the shape of each frame body 11, 12 consistent with the frame 3 (support part 30) in a complicated polygonal shape, and the shape of each frame body 11, 12 can be formed as a linear shape. Therefore, the shape of each frame body 11, 12 hardly varies. In addition, even if the shape of each frame body 11, 12 varies, tension can be uniformly applied to the membrane 10, as it is configured that each frame body 11, 12 is pulled to apply tension to the membrane 10.

The present invention is a system and methods for automating the tuning process for drums. The invention automatically applies tension across the batter heads of a drum. The invention consists of a plurality of electrical stepper motors each of which is connected to a gear reduction assembly and a rotating tension rod. The invention acts to exert a tensioning force on each attachment point around the circumference of the hoop(s) securing the batter head to the drum shell. An algorithm drives a microprocessor that monitors the current being used by each stepper motor assembly which is translated to torque. When the torque for each stepper motor assembly reaches a predetermined level, the tension holding the batter head and to the shell of the drum will be in tune.

The present invention is a system and methods for automating the tuning process for drums. The invention automatically applies tension across the batter heads of a drum. The invention consists of a plurality of electrical stepper motors each of which is connected to a gear reduction assembly and a rotating tension rod. The invention acts to exert a tensioning force on each attachment point around the circumference of the hoop(s) securing the batter head to the drum shell. An algorithm drives a microprocessor that monitors the current being used by each stepper motor assembly which is translated to torque. When the torque for each stepper motor assembly reaches a predetermined level, the tension holding the batter head and to the shell of the drum will be in tune.

A drumhead tuning rim system and method for securing and tuning a drumhead on a drum shell of a drum, comprising a drumhead tuning rim apparatus comprising a cable tension dial assembly configured for operably engaging a rim of the drum so as to increase or decrease tension on the rim, the rim being configured for seating over the drumhead on the drum shell, and an apparatus controller configured for operably interfacing with the drumhead tuning rim apparatus so as to selectively control the cable tension dial assembly and thereby adjust the overall pitch of the drumhead as by adjusting the tension on the rim.

The disclosure includes a drum tuning stabilization system. Some embodiments include a lug housing and a tension rod that extends outwardly from the lug housing. The system can include a locking tube slideably coupled to the tension rod. The system can also include a lever arm rotatably coupled to the locking tube. The lever arm can be arranged and configured to move between a first position and a second position. When the lever arm is in the first position, the locking tube is in a raised position, and when the lever arm is in the second position, the locking tube is in a lowered position. As such, the tension rod can provide downward pressure to a top surface of a swivel hoop, and the locking tube can provide upward pressure to a bottom surface of the swivel hoop to thereby keep a drum in tune.

A drumhead tuning rim system and method for securing and tuning a drumhead on a drum shell of a drum, comprising a drumhead tuning rim apparatus comprising a cable tension dial assembly configured for operably engaging a rim of the drum so as to increase or decrease tension on the rim, the rim being configured for seating over the drumhead on the drum shell, and an apparatus controller configured for operably interfacing with the drumhead tuning rim apparatus so as to selectively control the cable tension dial assembly and thereby adjust the overall pitch of the drumhead as by adjusting the tension on the rim.