Evans Torque Key - Drum Key Tuner - Magnetic Drum Tuner - Drum Tuning Key with Tension Setting - Ergonomic Drum Torque Key

I've been playing for over 30 years and I'm embarrassed to admit that I've always struggled tuning drums - to the extent that I've avoided doing it unless absolutely necessary and didn't enjoy doing it. I've previously relied on finger tightening, then matching turns on a drum key on opposite lugs and testing the tone around the edge of the drum. However, I just never seemed to get it quite right and would end up tweaking to try and get rid of overtones. This little gadget is so simple to use. Finger tightening first as before, but then turning the key until the plastic section clips away from the main section. You start off with it on a loose setting on the adjustable dial underneath and then tighten further as you tune until you get to the required tension. You do need to ensure your lug screws are able to rotate freely. I fully tuned one of my kits with double heads in less than an hour and tap tested round the edge as I went. They tuned so easily and with none of the overtones I'd occasionally struggled with. It has made me less apprehensive about tuning my drums. Very pleased and it's staying in my drum bag.

If you've got a well kept drum kit with clean and greased lugs, this tool it excellent and will help tune your toms really quickly (providing you follow the instructions). Might need a tiny tweak after use, just to even out any slight wobbles as you tap round the edge of your tom / lugs. If you, like me, are using this on a second hand drum kit, with crusty rusting lugs, this tool is very little help. Any sign of rust increases the lug friction / tension and leaves this tool useless. This is NOT a slight on the product though, just a word of warning for any prospective purchasers who own a crusty lugged kit!

Good quality drum key, very pricey though

Purchased by Mt grandson for his dad who loved it. Said it is good quality and works perfectly

Very satisfied with the product thus far. It does exactly what it says it does easily and very accurately as far as I can tell, so all good. Tuned my Gretsch kit up very easily, however, my Ludwig Breakbeat Kit's tension rods are not standard by any means. Sharpen up Ludwig!!! Already replaced some for that very reason. Looks like I will have to replace them all. Not Evans fault I hasten to add. So 5 stars overall. As far as sturdy is concerned, 3 stars at present. I will have to see after a few months how the piece is holding up under fire, like I'm gonna be retuning every week.

I find it a fantastic way of being confident all rods are tensioned the same (or thereabouts) and more importantly to the same level. When I used to tune just by sound, I found overall pitch would just creep up as I tried to tune all points the same. But now I can head straight for a low, mid or high tuning really quickly. Saw a Drumeo review on tuning that was very complimentary about the Evans torque key, but they did say it was perhaps less suitable for older drums where hoop warping or dodgy rod threads might mean all rods might not tension the same.

Takes a lot of the guesswork out of fitting new heads or tuning your drums.

Not particularly happy!! A great product dont get me wrong, its good quality and i probably just got a bad one. The little pastic stopper broke, so i returned it, expecting it to be replaced, but instead i got a refund, and when I returned to order another with my refunded £15, they had put the price up to £17.00! Kick in the teeth, i reccomend the torque key but watch out for the sneaky cheeky seller should it all go wrong!!

Je suis très content de cette clé avec laquelle je réalise de sérieux gains de temps lors des phases de réglage. Recommandé.

Excelente para afinação de bateria. Aplica mesmo torque em todos os parafusos.

As a person who loves doing minimal work to get things done. This is much better than the DrumDial. It may not be the BEST way to tune drums, but it is much faster and easier to do that the Drum Dial. I heard on a forum that you only use this to torque down your lugs, not to loosen them too. Keep that in mind. Cheers

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It's a nice tool to use for my drum kids.