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  • mg330

    Oh, just realized I never followed up on the very first thing I posted in this thread: calling drums trap kits. Here's some wiki info:

    By World War I drum kits were characterized by very large bold marching bass drums and many percussion items suspended on and around them, and they became a central part of jazz music, specifically (but not limited to) dixieland. Metal consoles were developed to hold Chinese tom-toms, with swing out stands for snare drums and cymbals. On top of the console was a "contraption" (shortened to "trap") tray used to hold whistles, klaxons, and cowbells, thus drum kits were dubbed "trap kits." Hi-hat stands appeared around 1926.

    Any SOB calling drums a "trap kit" these days definitely deserves a punch.

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