Adjustable drum snare and tension adjustment kit

A snare system for a snare drum comprising:

• a snare mechanism including a longitudinal stretcher panel and a plurality of stranded beads, said stretcher panel being generally flat with a Z-shaped form at each longitudinal end, said Z-shaped forms having a downward 90 degree bend at about three-eighths to one-half inch from a free end of said panel, and an outward 90 degree bend at about three-sixteenths to one-quarter inch from a free end of said panel, each of said free ends of said panel having a plurality of outward extending open slots, said panel having a first aperture formed in a center thereof, said panel having two second apertures formed therein along a longitudinal centerline thereof, each of said two second apertures being about one inch from a free end of said panel, said two second apertures capable of receiving and holding hooks fixed to the end of snare mechanism holding belts, each end of individual stranded beads inserted at one end and the other end of said stretcher panel and stretched tightly by said stretcher panel;
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• a tool enabling the removal and or replacement of individual strands of beads, said tool including a first longitudinal block having a longitudinal valley, said first longitudinal block having a transverse threaded downward extending aperture formed therein in a center thereof, said tool having a second longitudinal block including a downward extending convex shape which conforms in shape with said longitudinal valley of said first longitudinal block, said second block having a transverse downward extending aperture formed in a center thereof, said tool further including a clamping screw passing through a flat washer, through said transverse downward extending aperture formed in said second longitudinal block, and finally into said transverse threaded downward extending aperture formed in said first longitudinal block, said clamping screw including a removable wing nut, said tool capable of receiving said stretcher panel between said longitudinal valley and said downward extending convex shape and upon tightening said clamping screw, is capable of flexing said stretcher panel thus loosening said strands of beads.