I'm just wondering how big a knock/ drop etc the exerts would think these drums can take. I'd hate to think I've done any serious damage.

Did you re check the tuning may have just loosened a t rod, I'm sure the drum is totally fine they are built like tanks.

Oh yes, am glad of your reassurance that there built like tanks. Erm, pardon my ignorance but how could a rod detune, I mean they feel solid to the turn, but yes obviously it had affected the tuning. I've since altered tuning but ended up with it a little bit to high and almost choked. With the constant recording everything is now under close scrutiny! ( got a bit OCD here) ile see to it again tomorrow. It was just one of those horrible moments. I suppose ( he says positively) it wasn't banged to hard. Honestly, I had it sounding just perfect.

As someone who has had to pound lug and strainer indentations out of every metal snare drum he's ever owned, I can say that snare drums can take a freaking beating.

You would have had to been walking through that door at full speed and caught the edge of it on the bearing edge of the drum to even have cause for concern.

Bumping it out of tune just happens.

I'd be more concerned about the non-reproducibility of your snare tuning process. I'm pretty obsessive about it, myself. I don't want to be afraid to change a head or worry that I'm going to bump a tension rod and lose my killer tuning.

I use a device to check lug pitches because my ears are not as able as some people's at distinguishing fundamentals from overtones. Most of the time this is not a bad thing, as it makes for a great music listening experience, but when it comes to tuning instruments, I have a more difficult time of it.

Some people can zero right in on the fundamental, and I suspect that they are the ones that you'll see on drum forums claiming that all anyone ever needs to tune a drum are a key and their ears.

I am not one of these people. I use an iOS app called iDrumTune to measure my lug pitches, and I even keep a written record of tunings, so that I can dial them back in after changing heads, etc. Even if you don't use an iPhone, you can buy a deactivated one or an older iPod Touch for 50 quid and you're good to go.

I can, if necessary, tune a drum by ear to sound okay, but for reproducibility, I need a device. My guess is that one of those tension watch things would work, too. but I have not tried one.

What side of the drum did the door hit reso or batter? And did it fall over? What strainer and snare wires are on it? Wood floor or carpet or tile? If you can pin point the damaged area it would help.

Violin my partner has seen my distress and is going to sub me for a new drum head.CryBaby so I can start again from scratch. - then I'le know if it's just to do with that. It's a beautiful drum, an early 60s slingerland. Probably a special order drum ( had some friendly helpfull advise from The forum) i bought it off eBay last year ( my first venture into vintage drums- there's just something about these slinger lands for me) it has 10 lugs, sticksaver hoops ( all COB) 3 point strainer without bridges and seller stated a solid shell but I'd like to check this out on the forum when I work out how to send pics. One thing for sure I'm going to do my upmost to try to not drop it down the next flight of stairsDOH

When you're changing your head out take a close look at the re-rings. It may be possible that a hard enough whack could make a re-ring separate from the shell, especially if it was already starting to separate. I do some repairs for a local drum store and this week I've worked on two vintage solid shell snares. One was a lavender pearl Ludwig from the 30's and the other was a 50's silver sparkle super Gene Krupa snare and both had re-rings that were coming away from the shell in places. It could be possible that something like that could make a funny sound.

Steve

Glenn, the door hit on the batter side on the rim about 5" or so from the strainer just a glancing sideways sort of impact I think it just rocked the drum a bit that's all, it's just a thinish wood door but will be a bit heavier due to clothes being hung on it. Iam wondering whether I'm just overestimating what happened- maybe. When i played it it got this after/overtone like URmHH low and short sound.

It's just a carpeted floor. I think the re rings look just about the same they already have maybe very slight separation hairline cracks have had top head off...? Maybe Ian making to much of it it's not a realy loud sort of 'distortion/ overtone . I'm wondering maybe the skin? Also. It's an Evans strata. I cant realy remember how hard it glanced it whether I shoved the door or if it just closed by itself as it sometimes does. I'm gonna TRY to get some sleep now.