Tension screws (at snare drum and toms):
I guess this is the question of most interest. Unfortunately, but I have to state: The screw thread of Star
tension rods at snare drums and toms was something very special. I tried hard, but until today I wasn’t able
to find out, which thread was exactly used at Star drums. It is similar to the metric M5 – but not equal and
a normal M5 tension rod will not fit into the inserts at any lug.
Solution:
Find a tension screw which length fits at your drum and order additionally so called ‘inserts’ for the lugs
with a matching thread. It can hardly be seen afterwards, if some of the tension screws don’t look the same
like Star tension rods.