Stroman
Diamond Member
I've having increasing difficulty tuning my George Way walnut snare. I thought it might be a head problem, so I've tried several, with no improvement. Certain lugs are higher pitched than the surrounding lugs, even with the tension rods completely backed out at the high pitched lugs.
Today I took the head off and measured carefully, and the shell is out of round. At the widest point it is 14", at most lugs it measures 13 7/8", but the lowest diameter is 13 3/4". What makes it worse is that the lowest diameter is exactly adjacent to the highest diameter!
It is now almost impossible to tune, except at the higher tunings. Any suggestions on how to correct this?
For those unfamiliar, this is a very thin 4 ply (IIRC) shell with thin rerings.
EDIT: Just an update. As suggested by several members, I contacted Ronn Dunnett and he has already responded. He's working with me on this to help make it right.
Today I took the head off and measured carefully, and the shell is out of round. At the widest point it is 14", at most lugs it measures 13 7/8", but the lowest diameter is 13 3/4". What makes it worse is that the lowest diameter is exactly adjacent to the highest diameter!
It is now almost impossible to tune, except at the higher tunings. Any suggestions on how to correct this?
For those unfamiliar, this is a very thin 4 ply (IIRC) shell with thin rerings.
EDIT: Just an update. As suggested by several members, I contacted Ronn Dunnett and he has already responded. He's working with me on this to help make it right.
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