A Note on Cymbals, Cymbal Stands, Clutches, and Common Sense

Our cymbals, cymbal stands, and hi-hat clutches have been through hell.

We're talking daily crucifixion-level abuse—cracked, chucked, slammed, taken apart and left in a corner and generally treated like throwaway rubbish.

If you didn't know, these are expensive bits of kit, and replacing them weekly because someone fancied playing

"Metal mayhem" with zero care is not sustainable.

To be clear: we only hire cymbals and hi-hat clutches for kids and absolute beginners who don't yet have their own gear (because they can't afford to buy them).

If you're a band or a drummer of any professional standard,

please bring your own cymbals, hi-hat clutch,

and preferably your own snare too (there are snares around, but see above for why that's risky).

Some drummers have been wasting 10–15 minutes of their session time hunting for gear because the last person left it in pieces or buried it somewhere. THIS IS NOT OK. 

I run this place around a full-time job, for next to no profit, and it genuinely baffles me how little respect some people show. If you've ever walked out and left a clutch on the floor, or on the stand incomplete, dismantled a cymbal stand and left it dismantled, or hit MY CYMBALS THAT YOU ARE HIRING to the point of cracking or splitting them and then ghosted—yes, I’m talking about you.

You do not own the gear that you hire.

Book your slot. Bring your gear. Respect the space. Simple.

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Shared Spaces, Shared Gear, Shared Respect
We’ve got three spaces here: the Small Room, the Lounge, and the Large Room.

Equipment is spread across all three spaces, and there are two or more of most things — amps, stands, clutches etc.

If the gear you need isn’t in your room, you’ll need to go and find it (in these other relatively small spaces).

It’s a shared space, not a personal studio, so please help keep things easy to navigate.

If you’re not using an amp head (or any gear), don’t just leave it in your room — please put it in the Lounge or the other room so others can find it easily without wasting time.

We’re a community of musicians, and it’s really not much to ask that we treat the place (and each other) respectfully.

Keep things tidy, put stuff back (or back together), and take away or bin any rubbish you brought yourself—this includes earplugs, broken sticks, broken guitar strings, etc.

Just use your common sense. Don't be lazy. Think of others.

I'm not your Mum. 

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If it gets to the point where I have to start watching the CCTV to see who’s dismantling cymbal stands or leaving things in a mess, I will—and you just won't be welcome to use our space.

Let’s not go there.