Great. Now I'm nervous. My Yamaha's Carrier bar (Where you mount the tenors onto the carrier) is bent and warped after years of letting the drums fall when you bring them down from their resting position.

time for a new carrier lol

No, I had a huge brain lapse, forgot my solo, and had to leave the stage for the rest of the show.

Luckily, it was two nights in a row, so I played the crap out of it the next night.

Lol. It's not the carrier itself, it's the Tenors.

And yeah, our stuff is getting kind'a worn out. It'd be nice to get a brand spankin' new set of Tenors. Our stuff is average in quality, with the exception of the Tenors. They're doing a little worse. (And the 2nd Bass drum, too.)

I've had that happen...a lot. I marched tenors in college, and got stuck with the worst carrier. My tenors fell at every show and rehearsal. I'd just march the drill.

I've just started tenors this year, so no mishaps yet. However, during a football game in the past (playing bass), one of the hooks on my carrier broke clean off, so I had to hold my drum up with one hand, and play with the other. I get the feeling that something will happen this year, though, because the other 2 tenors have nice vest carriers, while I'm stuck with an old T-bar.

-Zach

Not a tenor but pretty funny. One time when we were marching in the school around for an indoor school parade because our football team that sucks really bad made it to state for the first time since 1989. Our first bass drum players bass drum came off the hook somehow and 4th bass behind it was just using his foot to roll it to first bass and he got it some how still playing on it with one hand and putting it back on.

I am just waiting for our tenors bars to snap. They are 15 years old and they don't even match the drums so they are already bent just to fit the drums. We use Pearl backbars with Yamaha drums. They are going to break...watch. But back to the topic, I have never had a mishap like that happen. It will happen though...

i hope i won't ever have this problem with my tenors, i probably won't have to worry about it that much since our tenors are pretty new. but, last year (when i played bass) at FBA, i almost busted my butt by tripping over an orange cone, but thankfully, i didn't fall to the ground.

this coming year is my first year of marching band...and i play the tenors (i was in the winter drumline this past year and played the tenors)i cant wait but after hearing about all this back pain, and mishaps w/ harnesses im gettin kinda scared....i shouldnt have a problem with the tenors and harnesses though, we are getting brand spanking new battery equitment...drums and harnesses, oh yea!!!!!