We all have opinions. My opinion has always been to not like my smaller left side tom on a snare stand. Slingerland showed that in catalogs in years when I bought new Slingerland drum sets with 20-12-14 (or16)configurations. That option never appealed to me then or ever since. If you like it, that's your choice.
I like and use both approaches, depending on the situation, and have offered no opinion one way or the other here or anywhere else. I have rail mounts but usually put the tom on a stand at rock shows or party gigs to prevent the catastrophic shell damage that would ensue should someone fall into the kit with the tom mounted on a rail.
What I meant was, it's amazing that Slingerland offered the option decades before it became popular.
Right now I am close to being totally demoralized by the search for parts missing from the stupid Club Date kit I [should never have] bought. As such I could not appreciate the tone of your post less.
Mitch
