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We just got a photo of the C and C cocktail kit being offered in the Love Your Drums fundrasier for Dennis Staufer's family. http://www.drumart.com/loveyourdrums.html I don't have specs, but it's a beauty, isn't it? The classic look we all know from C and C, including an abalone inlay at mid-shell. ...

Well, it's not a cocktail kit, but here's a couple of tasty little WIP shots of an ash stave kit being built by the Ghostnote Drum Builders' Cooperative, a kit which is part of the Love Your Drums tribute to Dennis Stauffer. This is an ash stave, 20, 16, 14, 12, with shells made by Terry Thompson of...

All the drums for the Dennis Stauffer are being assembled. Ghostnote members will be displaying them at the Chicago Drum Show. Check out the Sweet Relief, Love Your Drums website for a full list of the over 30 snares, two full kits and a very rare C and C cocktail kit being offered! Every donation o...

Didn't know there were so many of us playing in churches. I use a cocktail kit at our Catholic church every weekend. We have a very diverse repertoire, so we keep the cocktail kit, congas, djembe, cajon, doumbek, bodhran and various toys handy. The cocktail kit fits easily in the choir loft, doesn't...

That spirit that Dennis brought to his work is certainly evident in the drums being built by the Ghostnote Collaborative. Do check the Sweet Reloef site out, $10.00 gets you a shot at one of the drums, and the money raised goes to helps support Dennis' family. Several local NC folks came together to...

Dennis did build some great stuff, and was a really enthusiastic and helpful member of the drum buidling community. Help him out, donate!!!

I'm sure y'all know Dennis Stauffer was tragically killed back in January. A bunch of folks got together to organize a tribute to Dennis, and a fund raiser to help gather funds for his wife and young son. We are proud to officially launch the "Love Your Drums" fundraiser to benefit the fam...

Good news Dennis, looking forward to the new stuff.

I use an Evans hydraulic on the bottom, and an Evans EC2 on the top, of my 14x24 main drum. Both heads are tuned rather low, to the same pitch. I have a knob-adjustable damper under the top head, and two felt strips, about 8 inches long, across the "cord" of the lower head. I tried lots of...

Those "ragged" edges may cause some tuning problems as well. Are they badly cut, or just in need of a good smoothing and polishing? Leveling a bad edge isn't hard to do with a good flat surface and some sandpaper. If you have a decent router and table, re-cutting edges isn't too hard. If t...

I don't play anything too fast or fancy on the cocktail, and I play standing up with no real problems. The band I'm with typically does three sets, and I stand unless I'm on a cajon. I do move a bit between songs, and I'm in decent shape. Never really had problems playing standing up.

I'd be happy to send some photos. You should knwo the ones I have were taken with a small Nikon digital, I'm not sure what quality you'll need but your welcome to them if you like.

reach me at: jgkooser@aol.om

I use a little oval, short nap rubber backed doormat size rug. Fits well under my main drum. The remarkably cheap but effective Pulse pedal I use has velcro on the bottom, and the rug locks it in.

Building really isn't tough. Basic woodworking and finishing skills are all you need if your interested in a stained or dyed drum with a poly or other relatively easy finish. Wrapping is a bit tougher. There are a few places to by shells, and most shell suppliers will cut bearing edges for you, thou...

Building really isn't tough. Basic woodworking and finishing skills are all you need if your interested in a stained or dyed drum with a poly or other relatively easy finish. Wrapping is a bit tougher. There are a few places to by shells, and most shell suppliers will cut bearing edges for you, thou...