{"id":12832,"date":"2024-03-08T14:43:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T14:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12832"},"modified":"2024-03-09T10:31:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T10:31:11","slug":"days-in-tidying-selling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12832","title":{"rendered":"DAYS iN: Tidying & Selling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Just cleared up and cleaned this area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PART THE FIRST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does one get rid of condensation that\u2019s inside<\/em> a double glazed window? Is it even possible? Googling the subject suggests, yes, one can<\/em> remedy the situation. Although it sounds like it\u2019ll recur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I need to heat the window, prob\u2019 whilst open, to remove damp air. Then close it, with – one hopes? – only warm dry air inside. I\u2019ll give it a try. But not immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Good advice! If only I\u2019d heed it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Why not straight away? Because I\u2019m proving ridiculously tardy, when it comes to photographing and listing my drum hardware for sale. I think what I\u2019ll do, in order to make the latter a manageable job, is do it in chunks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First off, I\u2019ll do the Yamaha hardware. As that\u2019s both what I have the most of. And also, possibly or probably, the most valusable. Being as it\u2019s heavy-duty double-braced pro\u2019 level gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heavy duty gear. Check that seat!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s also the issue of \u2018what do I want to keep?\u2019 Once upon a yesteryear, it\u2019d\u2019ve bean the Yammy stuff. Not so any more! It\u2019s too heavy. It\u2019s good for a studio set up, that once erected is left in situ. But it\u2019s too much hard work for carting around gigging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mind, I\u2019m not actually doing either any more. But I might resume?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now I\u2019m going to keep the Gibraltar hardware, and the few bits of Gretsch that go with my Catalina Club Jazz kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keeping for now. Must change the beater, tho\u2019!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I may well sell the Club Jazz kit. In which case I\u2019ll certainly be selling the Gretsch hardware that goes wi\u2019 it. But that\u2019s only floor-tom legs, bass drum tom mount, and, er\u2026 well, I think that\u2019s it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I recall aright, my Gibraltar stuff – hi-hat stand\/pedal, kick pedal, straight cymbal, boom cymbal, and snare stand (poss\u2019 a seat as well?) – came with <\/em>the Gretsch kit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there\u2019s the Mapex stuff. This includes: a cymbal stand mounting \u2018free floating\u2019 tom arm\/clamp, two sets of floor-tom legs, a double kick pedal, snare stand, and one or two cymbal stands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mapex stuff\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026 inc. double kick pedals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If I sell the Mapex kit – and I must admit I don\u2019t really want to, at least not yet – the issue of hardware is more confused. I might want to keep the double-kick pedals? But once again, I don\u2019t use it. In fact I\u2019ve almost never<\/em> used it. So mayhap I should just move it along?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then there\u2019s various other bits and bats, such as my two Big Dog snare stands. I think I\u2019ll keep both of those for now. One for a practice pad. The other for a practice snare. And having two is useful when teaching. Although whether I\u2019ll ever be doing that again is questionable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Right now it\u2019s tea break time\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Part the Second<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having spent the afternoon photographing and listing various bits of Yamaha hardware, and a Premier triple-mount stand, plus a pair of Fastball clamps, on numerous interweb drum selling pages, we had dinner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After dinner, I shifted my efforts to clearing and organising the drum room\/office. Here\u2019s what it looked like before tidying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Took this pic, Feb 7th, \u201824.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The room was literally full to overflowing! Mostly with drum kits and related gubbins. There are three kits in here at this point: Yamaha Club Jazz four piece; Mapex Meridian five piece; Ayotte Custom Maple (all wood hoops!) five piece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus sundry other bits: lots of hardware, a number of cymbals, extra snares, a pair of congas, and a heap of non drum stuff. The latter includes tech bits and bobs, and other instruments, like guitars (and pedals\/pedal-board), assorted percussion, and even a double bass (three-quarter size). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here are a few post tidy-up pics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A playable kit again!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s great to get a kit set up again. After quite a few months of not playing at all. Getting the set back in place felt good. I\u2019m actually looking forward to resuming playing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s still an overly messy cluttered room, alas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ok, the room is massively improved. There\u2019s a playable kit set up. And I can move about the room, where before it was a chock-full cluttered disaster zone. But there\u2019s room for a great deal more improvement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing I did, which improves the ergonomics and practicality of the room massively, is move the printer from the opposite side of the room to the computer – a stupid arrangement I persisted with for aeons (doh!), constantly causing me to trip over dangling leads – to the same side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a lower light setting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As can be seen in the above photo, I\u2019m experimenting with placing crash cymbals higher than formerly (although I\u2019m limited as to how high, by the low sloped ceiling). I used to usually have two crashes. At prez I just have the one. But I\u2019ll prob\u2019 set another one up, as soon as time allows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also want more lighting options. Which again, I\u2019ve had in the past. And I want more art or inspirational imagery up, on the walls. To which end several previous posts here attest (find them here<\/a> and here<\/a>), with my gradual accumulation of music and drumming related prints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some of the drum room pics\/art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PART THE FIRST How does one get rid of condensation that\u2019s inside a double glazed window? Is it even possible? Googling the subject suggests, yes, one can remedy the situation. Although it sounds like it\u2019ll recur. I need to heat the window, prob\u2019 whilst open, to remove damp air. Then close it, with – one … <\/p>\n

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