Answer:
I am a red drum which sound without being touched and grow silent when I am touched.
A sport with love and service played by singles and pairs.
Used left or right I get to travel over cobblestone or gravel. Used up I vie for sweet success used down I cause men great duress.
As a stone inside a tree, I’ll help your words outlive thee. But if you push me as I stand, the more I move the less I am.
I am the word that has three syllables and twenty six letters.
No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month.