Being from a design background I tend to dismantle and reconfigure lots of things I buy if they don't perform as expected. I had to carefully disassemble the unit and drill through the restraining washer that prevents it from twisting 90 degrees and clipping to a horizontal support bar, rather than just a vertically aligned fixing point. Oh yeah, and I had to peel off the tacky glued on paper brand name. It looked awful. Other than that, not being a drummer myself it makes a brilliant holder for my various equipment cleaning brushes, pencils and screen pointing devices. Could have been slightly broader in circumference though. I can't imagine it will hold more than four drumsticks.