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How do I hang a 10" cymbal on my wall?
So far what I've considered are 2 options.
1. Get a display box that's big enough, put the cymbal in that, then hang the box in a fairly obvious manner. I've ruled this out because a big box would, I think, look ugly, especially in my tiny bedroom.
2. Some sort of Frankenstein project. Basically, get 2 ordinary wall-hanging hooks put in about 6-7" apart. Then find a strong metal bar with 2 holes to hook onto the hooks in the wall. This metal bar needs a pole sticking out perpendicularly from the centre of the metal bar itself. The pole needs to be, say, 4-5" long, to account for the slope of the cymbal and having enough poking out past the cymbal. (The cymbal would be placed on this pole.) The pole end would preferably slope upwards to keep the cymbal from falling off, or else have some sort of stopper I could put on after mounting the cymbal.
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So, number 2 sounds like it would be fine - except I have no idea if I'll find a suitable metal-bar-with-pole anywhere, ever.
So I thought I'd turn it over to AW's musicians. Have any of you hung a cymbal on the wall before? (I want the top of it facing outwards, so I can see the entire circle and the label on it.) Do you know someone who has done this?
I'm sure it can't be *that* uncommon! After all, musicians will sign cymbals sometimes, and proud owners would want them hanging on the wall, right? Right?
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
So far what I've considered are 2 options.
1. Get a display box that's big enough, put the cymbal in that, then hang the box in a fairly obvious manner. I've ruled this out because a big box would, I think, look ugly, especially in my tiny bedroom.
2. Some sort of Frankenstein project. Basically, get 2 ordinary wall-hanging hooks put in about 6-7" apart. Then find a strong metal bar with 2 holes to hook onto the hooks in the wall. This metal bar needs a pole sticking out perpendicularly from the centre of the metal bar itself. The pole needs to be, say, 4-5" long, to account for the slope of the cymbal and having enough poking out past the cymbal. (The cymbal would be placed on this pole.) The pole end would preferably slope upwards to keep the cymbal from falling off, or else have some sort of stopper I could put on after mounting the cymbal.
...
So, number 2 sounds like it would be fine - except I have no idea if I'll find a suitable metal-bar-with-pole anywhere, ever.
So I thought I'd turn it over to AW's musicians. Have any of you hung a cymbal on the wall before? (I want the top of it facing outwards, so I can see the entire circle and the label on it.) Do you know someone who has done this?
I'm sure it can't be *that* uncommon! After all, musicians will sign cymbals sometimes, and proud owners would want them hanging on the wall, right? Right?
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.