major_panic
Senior Member
Shouldn't they detune as normal, seeing as how loosening the tension rod should just bring them up as well, seeing as how they tighten and loosen in the same direction?
They would loosen if you used a drum key. The forces of vibrational detuning are way less than a key.
The rim gets pushed down from the force of the stick impact, for a 1000th of a second the rod is free to move, the vibration of the drum provides the energy for the rod to move/loosen.
A simple nut provides enough force against the lug nut to prevent vibrational forces from loosing the tension rod.
Thank you - this is precisely the explanation I was after. Makes sense now!