Drumming Malapropisms

[Tombo 7/4]

Shuffling through drum mags I found this funny list of customer's terminology that Houston's Drum Shop manager gathered over the years.
Recognize any of them? I'll post the answers latter.

1. Perky-nose snare drum
2. Riser toms
3. Rider toms
4. Floor bass
4. Bass drum crawfish
6. Crush cymbals
7. Squatty legs
8. Shoe foot
9. Snow foot
10. Beaker ball
11. Footies
12. Deep dish snare
13. Sky toms
14. Speed Queen pedal
15. Drum covers
16. Drum tops
17. Thrash lids
18. Cymbal pads
12. Muzzles
20. Mountain on a barrel

...and share yours.

[matthughen]

Congo drums (i guess its a mash-up of conga and bongo).
. . . not sure if this a malapropism, but lots of people sure cant pronounce Djembe and even after politely correcting them, they dont care to do it right . . . my fav was a women who swore it was "jomby"

[Isaac Lee]

Plates (cymbals)
Can I borrow some... *Person signals universal sign for drum sticks by air drumming with their hands directly in front of their face* ?

[moose]

From an education catalogue:

A rezzo-rezzo-rasp (a guiro).

[Tombo 7/4]

My mom's:
Golden saucers = cymbals
The big you put on the side on the ground = bass drum
The big you put a pillow in = bass drum
The one that sounds like the army = snare drum
Orchestra = drumset
When she tells people what I do: "My son plays orchestra and tunes the musicians in a Bing Bang."
Translation: "My son plays the drums and accompanies musicians in a Big Band."

[drumdoc]

Back in the day when I worked retail, a customer asked me if we carried those 'Giblitar' rack systems. ( pronounced JIB-luh-tar )

[Josiah]

"symbols"

[Isaac Lee]

Back in the day when I worked retail, a customer asked me if we carried those 'Giblitar' rack systems. ( pronounced JIB-luh-tar )

haha