Customer Reviews

Rhythm Tech RT 7350 ProTorq Drum Key

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I purchased this key on a whim. When it arrived the instructions were not clear, but I sat the dial to #2, loosened all of the lugs on my floor tom and went around my lugs using opposing lug patterns, and tested the first cut of tuning. Too loose and deep, so I increased the setting to #3 and repeated. Almost the sound I wanted, so I used a regular key and went an eighth turn using the same pattern. Perfect. I then started on the next largest tom, working back to the smallest. Using the #3 setting plus an eighth turn I got my toms 1/2 octave apart.

Next I worked on my snare drum, starting with the snare side, then the batter side. I used #4 on the batter side and #5 on the snare side, and managed to get the crisp, yet warm, sound I wanted. The bass drum came next - I set the batter side tension 1 notch below the resonant side and achieve a great tuning. From there I went back and set the resonant sides of each of my four toms one notch higher than the batter side and marveled at the perfect tuning I attained.

This is an easy device to use - with the lever facing you move it to the left, loosen all of your lugs, then tighten each starting with one or two. When the lever clicks and moves to the right position you have reached the torque setting. Test, increase a notch if necessary, and repeat until you get the sound you want. Set the resonant heads either one notch higher or lower to make sure the batter and resonant heads do not cancel each other (and to your desired sound), and you will have a perfectly tuned set.

I'll never go back to tuning by ear! You'll be amazed by the results if you tune with this key, and don't forget to write down your optimum settings.

I've been playing for over 15 years now and I could never tune my drums right. They always sounded a little off. I fricking love this thing. I set most of my drums to around a 5 or 6 and it sounds so damn good. Seriously, buy it. Or if you know a drummer, tell them about this thing!

This tool is kinda tricky when reading the directions but once you figure it out it is really quick and easy to tune your whole set in 5 minutes. Because of this tool i am getting the sound that i want out of my drums.

tune one lug and set the tension. this thing rocks. moved around my whole kit and tuned so fast my guitarists head was spinning. does super low tension and super high all very nicely.

could not have asked for a better key unless it started spinning and tuning on its own. or maybe walked my dog as well.

This drum key works for tuning. Before i bought it i had a horrible time trying to tune my drums by ear. Now that I the Rhythm Tech Pro Torq drum key it's no problem! Every drummer should buy this product!!

This item is good for tuning a snare drum maybe, but it doesn't go low enough for toms or bass drums. Instructions are minimal. Torque values are not in any recognized unit of measure, just arbitrary numbers.

great little gadget easy to use, efficient and small, tuning drums has never been easier, a child would be able to learn how to work it

Mine never came to my hands, but seller give my money back. A friend of mine have one and it's not the best, it works whit a lot of torque, but if you set it to MIN, i think it needs some lubricant or a better regulation to lower torque needs, at minimum not works at all, at maximum... NOT WORKS. Instead of this... it's a nice drum key