There are so many things about the anatomy of drums that we donβt even know about. This aspect makes it harder to evaluate a problem and sometimes stops us from taking our drums apart and getting to know it more. I hope that through this, we can demystify the parts of the drum that are the most misunderstood. The next installment of this series is the part of a snare drum called the strainer or throw-off. A strainer or throw-off is a mechanism on a snare drum that allows us to adjust the tension of the snare wires. This action turns the snare sound on or off by engaging or disengaging the wires against the bottom head of the drum. Most strainers give you two positions without adjusting the screw, which are snare wires engaged or snare wires off. However, other snare strainers, like the Trick Throw-Off, provide a couple of positions of wire tension with built-in stopping points for these set tensions. No matter what strainer you have, know they all do the same thing. The mechanism might look and operate a little differently. It's our responsibility to learn how it works to get the most out of that drum. I hope this helps to inform and demystify this part of the drum If you have any questions, donβt hesitate to make the comment section a forum for helping one another. What do you guys think? Did you know this about this part of a snare drum? Is there a strainer/throw-off that you love using? Leave a comment. Letβs talk about it! Stay creative, and have a great rest of the week. Love you, guys!! Okay. Byeeeee. π₯π€ππ»β€οΈππ» β
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