Percussion Equipment: Care & Maintenance Articles

Jim Casella: Tuning Marching Bass Drums

Chris Deviney: Properly Tuning a Concert Bass Drum (PDF)*

Tom Freer: Changing and Clearing Timpani Heads (PDF)*

Tom Freer: Concert Snare Drum, Toms, and Bass Drum - Tuning and Adjustment (PDF)*

Steve Hearn: Fine Tuning Your Pearl Philharmonic Snare Drum (PDF)*

Steve Hearn: Fine Tuning Your Pearl Symphonic Snare Drum (PDF)*

Steve Hearn: Fine Tuning Your Pearl Philharmonic Field Drum (PDF)*

Raymond Massey: Drumsticks, Brushes and Mallets

Gene Okamoto: Drumheads

Gene Okamoto: Tuning

Gene Okamoto: How to Replace and Adjust Snares

Gene Okamoto: How to Adjust Bass Drum Pedals and Other Interesting Pedal Stuff

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