On drums...

I don't engage in envy for things other people have - at least not very often. But I want to encourage some envy because I would be envious if I saw this. At the age of 65, carrying this junk up and down the stairs has become an obstacle that I have to plan around so that I'm not suffering from aches and muscle fatigue when I finally sit down to play.

Our building came with an elevator that worked for 7 or 8 years, and then refused to go up one day. Finally got it working again, and yesterday it served its first run for the most fantastic of its purposes!

Two rolling pallets; all my drums and cymbals on one, mic stands, music stands,carpet, and PA on the other, and two rolling stand cases... going down!

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Gregory

Very cool Greg!

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http://percusski.co.uk/

This is one I can appreciate!

When I had the chance to visit Greg, it was during the non-functioning period. Greg did a lot of the lugging with me, but hauling my kit up and down those stairs just once was enough for me.

Glad to see this back in service.

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Cliff

River City Trio

What if we did all have the same opinions?

Good for you Greg! I think most drummers would appreciate that...

Carry em?
I fall getting behind them

Congratulations, Gregory...

I was once "lucky" enough to be forced to carry my drums from my apartment to a gig...
Down the stairs...

...I live on the 13th floor...

Horror...

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Goki - short from Goran

Let the good drums roll!!!

Good Lord, Man! For me that would mean calling all my friends, and particularly my friends' sons, and I could carry the music stand.

Thanks for enjoying, guys. One thing about this elevator is that a small dumpster fits, and from there can traverse the hallways from one end of the building to the other. Where the dumpster won't go, a wheel barrow will, so any building or remodeling project involving materials hauling can be done on wheels. To complete the picture, the garage has a loading dock the height of a step van (and it so happens the height of my station wagon bed), and the building also has a loading dock for semis, so even the enormous Wolf commercial range can roll aboard.

Since the elevator broke, a lot of things have been carried up and down the stairs, and each time I thought, "Damn!" In Cliff's case, I was glad to see him and happy to help with his drums, but one pleasure was missing: there are - perhaps - bragging rights in having a lift in your home; but a non-working elevator is nothing to crow about.

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Gregory

Carrying heavy shit and being over 50 yo, that's why I often gig with a very small or nesting kit!!

- D.