Sent my Designer 8 to have its bearing edge trued (think I mentioned it has a miniscule wobble). The expert called me from the shop, told me that the wobble was miniscule, probably too small to make a difference, but that the way the bearing edge was cut is all wrong. "We cut ours so that they are farther in, about an eight of an inch from the outer edge, so that the distorted part of the head, where it curves to meet the collar isn't affecting the sound."
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I was silenced for a bit, and then said, "Are you recommending they be cut like that with full knowledge that Sonor shells are standardly made about a quarter inch under the nominal size?"
No, he wasn't. Holy moly. He said he knew that Premier had metric sizes... "Not metric," I said. " Purposely undersized to clear the muck of that radius and to keep the shell away from the collar."
Then he wanted to know if I'd checked the reso edge. "Well no," I said. "It tunes perfectly. It's the batter side that won't tune." What is he thinking?
I'm not happy about having my drum in somebody's hands where I can't see it.
