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How cold can you store your drums???

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Just bought a New Ludwig Accent CS Elite Custom drum kit for my son. We are new to all of this, as this is his first set of drums. We live in HBG. PA and it is cold to very cold at this time of year. Wanted to know how cold of a temp. can we have the drums set up in without hurting them in anyway? Just paid a good bit of money for this drum kit and do not want to ruin them. We are planning on setting them up in a insulated garage, but it does get a bit cold out there depending on the out side temp.

THANX! for your help in advance! Kenny

Posted on 14 years ago
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Congratulations on your purchase, fist off as a gigging drummer i have seen some fairly crazy things as drums go, I've seen drums in cars vans, trucks, in the dead of summer with the outside temp at 100 degrees and drum sets in vehicles with the windows rolled up tight baking in the sun and the same goes for winter with snow on the ground the temp well below freezing, and these kits were high dollar pro kits, with that said as long as you can stand it, it's OK for your drums, not below freezing not above 100 your OK, glad to have you with us,

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 14 years ago
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Thanx! for your fast reply, I figured it would be ok as long as it is not freezing, if I run the propane heater for an hour right before I go to bed, I can keep it at coldest about 38-40 degree through the night. Through the day I can run it off and on to keep it around 60-70 degree. I guess I will start to help him put them together in the garage today. Got it all cleared out the other day with a piece of carpet laid down for the drum area. He is a little fired up to start playing, he has been patiently waiting since Christmas Day. THANX! again for your help.x-mas3

Posted on 14 years ago
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you will notice that the tuning will go a slight pitch up in the cold and down in very hot weather, it is the wood reaction to the temp not so much the heads, and almost always it will only be one t rod that needs adjusting don't go crazy with it,

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 14 years ago
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I had 3 sets of slingerland drums stored in a attic of my old condo..basically they sat in cases and covers with 1 inch of plywood and shingles over them..

I live in Chicago......they say there for 17 years....It can get 100 degrees in the summer with humid conditons and then drop to 65 below wind chill....

I took the drums out to clean etc....My BD split at the lap....Some glue , clamp and paint fixed it right up...

Hope this helpsCool1

Posted on 14 years ago
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From lonecomic

I had 3 sets of slingerland drums stored in a attic of my old condo..basically they sat in cases and covers with 1 inch of plywood and shingles over them..I live in Chicago......they say there for 17 years....It can get 100 degrees in the summer with humid conditons and then drop to 65 below wind chill....I took the drums out to clean etc....My BD split at the lap....Some glue , clamp and paint fixed it right up...Hope this helpsCool1

Those suckers held up pretty d*mn well. Says a lot for Slingerland at that time.

But, I'm one of those "don't put/keep any musical instrument in a place you wouldn't want to be yourself" kind of guys too!

“In fact your pedal extremities are a bit obnoxious”. – Fats Waller
Posted on 14 years ago
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I'd make sure the chrome had car wax on it.

The cycling from cold to hot makes water condense out of the air onto the metal, then evaporate and that's where the corrosion starts. It probably wouldn't hurt to wrap them in an old blanket.

Now if somebody says to read them a story I'm gonna have to say that that's going too far.

Posted on 14 years ago
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