Video: How to Set Up a Floor Tom for a Drum Set

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Set up a floor tom for a drum set; learn how with expert tips from our drummer in this free drum tutorial video on percussion instruments.

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Now, that we have our kick drum set up, our snare drum and our rack tom, now it's time to set up our final drum, the floor tom. So on this drum, this is an older drum, so you kind of, it's different. Most drums have a screw here that you just untighten or tighten with your finger. I have to use a drum key, which basically comes with any drum set. So I'm going to loosen this and pull this out to where I think about it looks correct. Like I said, I've set this drum kit up so many times that--and we'll adjust it later if it's not the right height. So that's one. There's three legs on every floor tom. Like I said, this is kind of a pain. The older drum kit, the hardware is not the best on the legs and stuff. Tighten that one and then one more. Let me take that down about right there, just eyeballing it. And then we're going to put it down and see where we're at and see if we're even close. And that's a little off as you can maybe see. It's kind of slanting that way. We're going to lower this leg right here and get more of the angle that I want. And then I'm going to flip it like this, and that looks about right.

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How to Set Up a Floor Tom for a Drum Set

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