Great info...
I keep all my stuff in the basement!! but a very dry basement... Humidity and temp controlled... if it's not dead on the floor, it's in a good place... The floor gets too cold. So I keep them all on a shelf, or elevated on a piece of wood.. Concrete floors can wick up moisture.
I like to stack them on end/rims with a piece of cardboard between each drum. No stress on the other heads.
I can confirm that. My 3-ply Slingerland bass shell is slightly flattened around the rail consolette because the drums spent a few decades in a basement with the 13" tom mounted on the rail.I'd say leaving 'em set up too long is bad, at least on some kinds of mounts, but I can't tell you how long is too long.
I dont leave any set up for more than 3 months at a time anyway. My habit is to play, and when I am done take the hanging tom off the set, so that weight isnt up on the bass drum. I believe it keeps the shells rounder. Especially with the old offset swivomatic single tom set ups.
It`s a good question- I`ve heard different theories on it. I`ve read that storing drum vertically on each other (like in the drum shops) is bad for the shells. I store mine horizontally in bags like a checker board- bass drums on the bottom with floor toms in between them in the 2nd tier and toms in between those up on the third tier. It seems to me that the downward weight is shared and the pressure is distributed vertically & diagonally downward to three drums below instead of one. I also move them around alot - getting out drums to take on shows, switching heads and working on kits. No drum is in the same place for more than a few weeks. My best stuff is all in hard cases and the snares are all bagged in rows on shelves (individually, no weight on top of them)
This is how I store my gear. I switch a kit inside the house every week or so. No problems with the weather. During winter I'll put blankets over them.
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One way you dont want to store vintage drums for an extended period of time is set up. While I keep a set at the church where I play, I always pull the 12" tom off the mount, rather than leaving it set up for several months. Floor toms on legs arent going to get hurt, bass drums on spurs, same thing. But when you have a hanging tom thats 8-12 lbs for months and months, I think its best not to leave it like that when you dont need it. Most of my snare drums are stored on their side on a special shelf I built. [IMG]http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/44317/2506052980028342110S600x600Q85.jpg[/IMG]
Like a row of fine, fine wine...............
Where are the Twin Amber Maple Dynasonics?
I have three..........
122346, 122347 (owned once by Doug Clifford of CCR), and 114xxx... heh, I just cant remember right now.
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And there is the Gina Schock Superten with Dynasonic Lug Locks.
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Yowsur..........
I'm still freaked you have two Dynas with sequential serials.....
It must have been meant to be, 'ya know ??
I have three.......... 122346, 122347 (owned once by Doug Clifford of CCR), and 114xxx... heh, I just cant remember right now. [IMG]http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/44224/2065553230028342110S600x600Q85.jpg[/IMG]And there is the Gina Schock Superten with Dynasonic Lug Locks. [IMG]http://inlinethumb59.webshots.com/8250/2489038650028342110S600x600Q85.jpg[/IMG]
WOW!!! I hear a Bad Moon a Risin'!
My apologies to the OP, this is about how to store drums. I dont mean to side track your thread.
I use a Gorilla Rack, ....sold by OSH. Orchard Supply Hardware. I have four shelves. I have 10 snare drums, 20-12-14-16, 18-12-14, 18-12-13-14-16 stored comfortably. BDs on top shelf, Snare Drums second, and floor toms/ride toms. Bottom shelf I have 22-13-14-16 Big R kit, with the 22 on its hoop side.
