Accessory Mounting Options for Marching Drums

As the level of creativity in the marching activity continues to rise, we also find ourselves looking for ways to be more creative with the orchestration of marching drumline parts.  One way to do this is to incorporate auxiliary percussion sounds into the musical score by attaching accessories to marching snares, tenors and bass drums.  This makes it possible to add cowbells, jamblocks, tambourines, ribbon crashers, crash cymbals and hi-hats to your drums.  With a little work and possibly some drilling, you can even add bongos, doumbeks and other drums.
Here’s a list of the accessory mounts we’ve found are the most popular and most dependable for mounting other instruments to the drums to help you achieve that next level of creativity in your marching percussion section.

 

Pearl MUH-20 Accessory Mount for Snare Drums

http://www.chopspercussion.com/product?item=7024112

Snare attachment for Cowbells, Jam Blocks, Ribbon Crashers, etc.

  • Designed to attach to the tube lugs of a high-tension marching snare drum.
  • Features a 3/8″ rod to which you can mount any percussion accessory that has a matching 3/8″ receiver.
  • Also good for mounting the Lalo Davila Rehearsal Pad, and much more.

Pearl PCS-11 Accessory Mount for Bass Drums

http://www.chopspercussion.com/product?item=7022377

Bass Drum attachment for Cowbells, Jam Blocks, Ribbon Crashers, etc.

  • Designed to attach to the hoops of your marching bass drums.
  • Features a 3/8″ rod to which you can mount any percussion accessory that has a matching 3/8″ receiver.
  • Also good for mounting the Lalo Davila Rehearsal Pad, and much more.

Pearl MUH-10T Accessory Mount for Tenor Drums

http://www.chopspercussion.com/product?item=7026328

Tenor Drum attachment for Cowbells, Jam Blocks, Ribbon Crashers, etc.

  • Designed to attach to the rims of your marching tenors (triple-flanged hoop).
  • Features a 3/8″ rod to which you can mount any percussion accessory that has a matching 3/8″ receiver.
  • Also good for mounting the Lalo Davila Rehearsal Pad, and much more.

XL Specialty XLA-MAA Accessory Mount for Snare Drums

http://www.chopspercussion.com/product?item=7024127

Snare Attachment for Cowbells, Jam Blocks, Ribbon Crashers, etc

  • Securely mounts to the rim of any free floating drum
  • The universal F-clamp design provides multiple rod applications for cowbells, jam blocks, and ribbon crashers
  • Each rod comes with appropriate mounts, felts, and a memory lock to make set-ups quick, easy and consistent with maximum stability

Pearl MUH-10 Cymbal Mount for Snare Drums

http://www.chopspercussion.com/product?item=7020346

Snare attachment for Crash and Splash Cymbals

  • Designed to attach to the rim of a Pearl FFX marching snare drum.
  • Features a 3/8″ Z-rod to which you can mount crash and splash cymbals.

XL Specialty XLA-MCA Cymbal Mount for Snare Drums

http://www.chopspercussion.com/product?item=7024128

Snare Attachment for Cymbals and Splashes

  • Securely mounts to the rim of any free floating drum
  • Each rod comes with appropriate mounts, felts, and a memory lock to make set-ups quick, easy and consistent with maximum stability

XL Specialty XLA-MHH Hi-Hat/Multi-use Mount for Snare Drums

http://www.chopspercussion.com/product?item=7018085

Snare Attachment for Hi-Hats, Cymbals, Cow Bells Jam Blocks, Ribbon Crashers, etc.  This is the most versatile option of all marching accessory mounts.

  • Securely mounts to the rim of any free floating drum
  • The universal F-clamp design provides multiple rod applications for hi-hats, cymbals, cowbells, jam blocks, and ribbon crashers

Each rod comes with appropriate mounts, felts, and a memory lock to make set-ups quick, easy and consistent with maximum stability

July 2016 News at Chops

Student Equipment Lists


School Supply Lists

For parents with kids in band for the first time, back to school can be quite confusing (especially with a young percussionist at home). Do you, the teacher, have a required list of sticks and mallets for your percussionists to get? We would love to have a copy of that here at Chops. A list of all of your required implements would be a huge help to us and would ensure that your student gets exactly what they need before their first day of band class.

This also helps us with keeping your required implements in stock, so that no child is waiting on sticks or mallets when school starts. I know it’s hard to believe, but the first day of school isn’t that far away. Let’s work together and make sure your student is 100% prepared before they walk into your band room.

Please e-mail your list to chops@chopspercussion.com and we’ll do our very best to make sure we have what your student needs in stock. Thanks for the help and enjoy the rest of your summer!


Demo Gear/Clearance Items


Demo Gear at Chops Percusssion

Our demo list has been refreshed for July. Follow the link below to view what’s been added and sold!

View the list on our website.




In Need of Exercise? Consider Drumming

We all see things plastered on the internet about activities that improve one’s physical well-being, but many people would be shocked to know that drumming is one of those things. There have been many studies done to back this up, but the article featured here is one of the more popular studies done on the relationship between drumming and physical fitness. So the next time you’re thinking of ways to get in shape, maybe you choose the drums instead of the treadmill!

Rock drummers ‘are top athletes’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7518888.stm

Vic Firth Marching Percussion channel on YouTube

Today’s post is from our friend Mark Wessels at Vic Firth.  We asked him to tell us the story behind the new Vic Firth Marching Percussion channel on YouTube and how that came about.

mark-wesselsSince the early days of internet video, Vic Firth was a pioneer in delivering top-quality percussion education and entertainment to a worldwide audience. We’ve tried hard to represent all aspects of percussion – from drum set to concert, marching to jazz keyboard, our goal has always been to reach every genre of music.

As a result, the Vic Firth YouTube channel has grown significantly. Our 205,000+ subscribers have racked up over 57 million views – by far the largest channel in the percussion industry. With the addition of 2-3 new videos each day to our library of over 3,000 videos, we’re consistently adding 1.5 million new views each month!

The only downside is that we’ve actually had to “throttle” some of the percussion content so that we can deliver a balance between all the various genres of percussion, especially during the peak seasons of WGI and DCI.  Because most of us here at Vic have a deep marching percussion background, we weren’t happy with that…  we’re always wanting to do more, not less!

With the launch of the new “Vic Firth Marching Percussion” channel, we’re able to dive deeper into the content that our marching fans want to see.  We’re always striving to go ‘beyond the lot’ to bring you new & exciting features, including “Learn the Music” videos – where you can grab your sticks or mallets and play along to the 2016 DCI shows – to “Vic Licks”, interviews with the show designers and instructors, plus much more!

The best part is that we’re just beginning!  Keep an eye out for the Vic team on the road this summer as we continue to break new ground with the content we have to offer.


One of the latest videos from the new Vic Firth channel.

June 2016 News At Chops Percussion

Demo Gear/Clearance Items


Demo Gear at Chops Percusssion

Our demo list has been refreshed for the June Transmission. New additions include summer concert festival gear from Yamaha and Ludwig/Musser as well as some lightly used Pear gear from the Pacers High Octane Drumline!

Follow the link below to view what’s been added and sold!

View the list on our website.


Todd Sucherman Clinic Gear Sale


Todd Sucherman clinic gear sale 2016

The Todd Sucherman clinic on May 26th was incredible. And, so was the gear that he played. All of it is now available for sale. Click through to see the list of gear and the pricing. Make sure you visit the store to see the gear setup exactly how he had it at the clinic.

Visit the Todd Sucherman clinic gear sale page.