... or the modification of it. The Sonor 600 double cymbal stand is a great design, but I dislike the lack of memory locks above the base of the cymbal risers. Then angle of the cymbal arm, the reach of the arms, and the cymbal angle that result from the arms spinning in the clamp, is all just too many variables for one little wing nut, and the frustration of finding a workable setup after a teardown is terrific. Using the standard Sonor 19mm memory locks (my cymbal arms are the latest iteration, hollow tube 19mm OD) as a guide, I milled a slot into the clamp cylinder. *
The cylinders (and the memory locks, for that matter) are chromed aluminum, and so are easily machined. The chrome showed no tendency to peel when milled.
The fitted unit:
- * There is a difference between the early (like Link era) 19 mm locks and the modern ones: Early locks have two different size lugs, one .383" and the other .393" wide. The modern lugs are both the same, at .388". I made the slots wide enough to accept the widest, at .995" width. Works like a charm on all three sizes.
Right now, Gerd is selling 19mm memory locks (presumably the newer ones) at 1.26 Euros each
