{"id":12503,"date":"2024-03-03T19:24:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T19:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12503"},"modified":"2024-03-09T10:27:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T10:27:56","slug":"days-in-drum-hardware-inventory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12503","title":{"rendered":"DAYS iN: Drum Hardware Inventory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This isn\u2019t even all of it\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today I\u2019ve been inventorying all my drum and cymbal hardware. Or at least as much of it as I can lay my hands on. There\u2019s still one or two bits laying around, such as a drum stool in the music room\/office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the above picture, working clockwise from the Gibraltar hi-hat, at six-o\u2019clock, there\u2019s: a bunch of Yamaha stuff (the most numerous and most heavy-duty); a Premier triple-mount (across the centre); some unknown brand; CB Drums; and finally, two Big Dog (a now sadly defunct British brand) snare stands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t get through all of it, either. There\u2019s a bag full of floor-tom legs that I haven\u2019t looked through yet. But this post is a place to catalogue the bulk of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s my Gibraltar stuff. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The next pic\u2019, above, is all the Gibraltar bits n\u2019 pieces, which I mostly bought when I got my Gretsch Catalina Club Jazz kit. Not sure if I\u2019ll keep or sell all this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gretsch bits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The aforementioned Gretsch kit only included a very few bits of hardware: the rack-tom pillar, and the floor-tom legs. I\u2019ll only be selling these bits if I sell that kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mapex hardware.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The above is the portion of Mapex hardware I\u2019ve set aside so far. In addition to this there\u2019s a double-kick pedal (pictured below), and six floor-tom legs, which are mixed in with a whole load of floor-tom legs that need sorting out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mapex double-kick.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I\u2019ve never really used these!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These next, pictured below, are unbranded, as far as I can see. I\u2019m not sure how saleable these are, as they (ahem!) stand, as they appear to be missing various bits. I\u2019m hoping I\u2019ll be able to fix up any stands that are missing parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unbranded cymbal stands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The same goes for some of this CB Drums hardware. I\u2019d need a cushion for the seat. And a top part for one of the cymbal stands. This is definitely stuff I want rid of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A small selection of CB Drums hardware.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I think I\u2019ll keep these two Big Dog snare stands, pictured below, at least for now. They\u2019re useful for practice pads, secondary snares, or even Bonham style mounting of rack toms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The two Big Dog snare stands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The biggest chunk of gear, by far, and I think I want to sell pretty much all<\/em> of it, is the very heavy duty Yamaha (?) Series gear. I got this stuff to go with my Ayotte kit, many, many moons ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yamaha cymbal stands, two straight, two boom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s superb stuff. And great for a permanent set up. But it\u2019s too bulky and heavy for carting round gigging. That said, I did a lot of exactly that, for many years, with this very gear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that experience left me wanting to only use much lighter weight stuff! But then again, I might be jacking it all in anyway? So that may all be academic, now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heavy duty seat stand, kick pedal, and hi-hat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Big ol\u2019 tractor seat cushion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As well as being the most numerous, in terms of numbers of stands, the Yammy gear is also the stuff with most ancillary bits n\u2019 bobs. Such as all the different length boom arms, pictured below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another cymbal stand, and numerous boom arms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Numerous further extras, and the very essential snare stand. These and the previous oddments allowed me to vary my cymbal set ups, and add percussion bits n\u2019 pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yamaha snare stand, and oddments. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I hope I can shift all this Yamaha hardware? And I\u2019m even more fervently hoping it\u2019ll raise a few bob. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a number of other non-Yamaha oddments. Most of which I know what they are. But one or two I don\u2019t. This is a mystery item:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is this?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Is the above some kind of percussion doodad holder? It looks like it wood have to mount on a very thin pole or stand\u2026 attached by the bit at left, in the above photo. Hmm!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Vruk thing, pictured below, is a pedal-extender, designed to amplify the effectiveness of a rocking back n\u2019 forth heel-toe technique. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vruk pedal-extender.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I got it after doing a review piece on it for Drummer<\/em>, many years ago. The guy who makes them let me keep it. But once again, I\u2019ve pretty much never used it. I wonder if anyone might buy it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there\u2019s stuff like these Pearl bits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A few Pearl bits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I also have some Pearl toms, inc. a couple of those Pearl rim mounts. I wanted to make a few mini bespoke busking type jellybean kits, with the various drums and shells I have laying around. But I don\u2019t think that\u2019ll be happening any time soon. So I\u2019ll probably try and sell these odd drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A lone Premier stand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Although I recently bought two vintage Premier stands, perhaps a tad foolishly (given recent events), until then, the only Premier hardware I had was this heavy duty triple mount. This could mount all sorts, such as two toms and a cymbal, for example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ayotte ball-clamp tom-mounts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These three, pictured above, are the three Ayotte ball-joint tom mounts, which came as part of the Ayotte kit I bought getting on for 25 or 30 years ago now. The kit is beautiful. But slightly odd and a little over-engineered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think all three of these ball-mounts no are both no longer complete, nor in good working order. That\u2019s really hurting and annoying, as I really want to sell the Ayotte. But can\u2019t, until these are fixed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayotte is now defunct. So fixing these is a right cause-ache!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mount for pedal-operated percussion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stick bag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u2018Memory locks\u2019, brand unknown (poss Yammy?).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cheap L-clamp tom arms. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d like to say \u2018last and most definitely least\u2019, for the above L-clamps. But there is more\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kiddies\u2019 percussion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I actually have three of these jingle-bells doodads. These two, and one that\u2019s still plastic wrapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Woah, more bent than your crooked copper!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trying to fix bent thread.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And finally, to round this post of, a bit of tinkering, by way of trying to restore a damaged part. In the above pic I\u2019ve already \u2018straightened\u2019 out the bent thread by about 10\u00b0! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trying to get it perfectly straight was getting nowhere. So I hacksawed it off. It was still incredibly<\/em> difficult to remove the threaded bolt. But persistence paid off, and I finally succeeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Philips head wore away\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Trying to unscrew the sawn off thread was ridiculously<\/em> hard work. I\u2019d only got it about a third of the way out, by which time I\u2019d ground away the Philips head. As the above image attests, I then tried to saw\/file a straight cut into it, for a normal flathead screwdriver. But the latter just kept slipping out. In the end it was a pair of \u2018mole-grips\u2019 that did the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I need to replace the broken bolt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A lot of work on a crappy old stand, which still requires not just a new threaded bolt, but washers, felts and a wing-nut. Is it worth the bother? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, that\u2019s all for now, folks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I\u2019ve been inventorying all my drum and cymbal hardware. Or at least as much of it as I can lay my hands on. There\u2019s still one or two bits laying around, such as a drum stool in the music room\/office. In the above picture, working clockwise from the Gibraltar hi-hat, at six-o\u2019clock, there\u2019s: a … <\/p>\n

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