Sally is a bad, bad influence...
Sally (winoLJ) is an evil woman.
When we were in Columbus in May for Marcon, she introduced me (I'd say "drug me" but that would be a stretch) to the Columbus Percussion Center, which may well be one of the better drum stores in the known universe.
I bought several small bits of percussion Stuff, and two highly entertaining pieces from Hammerax... a small Boomywhang and a Dustbowl. I wasn't sure how much I'd use them, but they amused me, so I bought them.
Well, I've used them now for three Women's Chorus gigs, and wished several times for something w/ a compatible sound to the Dustbowl but in a different pitch. Conveniently, we're back in Columbus this weekend for Context, so we left room in today's schedule for another pilgrimage to CPC (conveniently only five minutes from the hotel).
For actual percussion items, I didn't do too badly... I brought home the Glass, which I was expecting to buy, and the Culebra which I hadn't really planned on. (Of course, I brought the Boomywhang and the Dustbowl with me so I could see how they all go together, which led to me wandering the store w/ all these bronze things hanging off me and my pockets bristling with stick, brush and mallet.)
The problem, though, is that now I have more things to play than I have any way to mount/suspend. Hmph.
Last time Sally and I went to CPC, I bought a stick bag, which I thought was fairly bizarre considering that I primarily play hand percussion, but I'd acquired enough sticks/brushes/mallets that they needed organizing.
This time, I wound up with a trap case and a bunch of hardware. I'm now the proud owner of a cymbal stand, three multipurpose brackets and three cymbal boom arms, which I'm assured can be stuck together in ways that will allow me to hang all four of the Hammeraxes in one nice Wall Of Sound.
After dinner, Sally and I are going to actually put it all together and then I may frighten people by taking the whole assemblage down to the filk room tonight. Bwaahahah!
But first... dinner at the Mexican restaurant across the road, with author GOH andpuff and the Wild Mercyites!
When we were in Columbus in May for Marcon, she introduced me (I'd say "drug me" but that would be a stretch) to the Columbus Percussion Center, which may well be one of the better drum stores in the known universe.
I bought several small bits of percussion Stuff, and two highly entertaining pieces from Hammerax... a small Boomywhang and a Dustbowl. I wasn't sure how much I'd use them, but they amused me, so I bought them.
Well, I've used them now for three Women's Chorus gigs, and wished several times for something w/ a compatible sound to the Dustbowl but in a different pitch. Conveniently, we're back in Columbus this weekend for Context, so we left room in today's schedule for another pilgrimage to CPC (conveniently only five minutes from the hotel).
For actual percussion items, I didn't do too badly... I brought home the Glass, which I was expecting to buy, and the Culebra which I hadn't really planned on. (Of course, I brought the Boomywhang and the Dustbowl with me so I could see how they all go together, which led to me wandering the store w/ all these bronze things hanging off me and my pockets bristling with stick, brush and mallet.)
The problem, though, is that now I have more things to play than I have any way to mount/suspend. Hmph.
Last time Sally and I went to CPC, I bought a stick bag, which I thought was fairly bizarre considering that I primarily play hand percussion, but I'd acquired enough sticks/brushes/mallets that they needed organizing.
This time, I wound up with a trap case and a bunch of hardware. I'm now the proud owner of a cymbal stand, three multipurpose brackets and three cymbal boom arms, which I'm assured can be stuck together in ways that will allow me to hang all four of the Hammeraxes in one nice Wall Of Sound.
After dinner, Sally and I are going to actually put it all together and then I may frighten people by taking the whole assemblage down to the filk room tonight. Bwaahahah!
But first... dinner at the Mexican restaurant across the road, with author GOH andpuff and the Wild Mercyites!