Do temperature extremes or sitting idle affect drum tuning?
Sitting idle or moving from warm to cold should not affect the quality of lug clearing which is a purely relative balance between the lugs. True pitch or note tuning will change slightly with temperature. If you are tuning to precise target notes it is best to mimic performance conditions when tuning. Sitting should not adversely affect drum tuning but there is a phenomenon only measurable thanks to the precision of the Resotune system where over time the drum head will plastically deform to the drum bridge knife edge and stick. When checking the tune or clear quality of drums that have been sitting even for just a few hours it’s a good idea to strike the drum head a few times to move and free up this interface. You generally wouldn’t notice this while playing but the Resotune tuning system excites the drum head with lower than performance energy levels you might notice this while tuning.
