Any suggestions?
We have a great little drum shop that's less than 30 minutes from my house. Late yesterday afternoon, I stopped by while a family was there as their son was shopping for hi-hats. Everyone in the family was spinning and pawing the cymbals, just out of habit. They weren't rude or anything; it just didn't cross their minds that it might affect the finish.
I kind of cringed, but it really wasn't my place to say anything. After they left I spoke to the owner about it who asked if I had any suggestions. I thought maybe something humorous, but it's a fine line between funny and sarcastic. He wants to keep a warm, neighborhood drum store environment. He doesn't want to do things like bringing cymbals out of a vault one at a time with gloves or put up a sign like "DO NOT PAW THE CYMBALS!!!" But he also sells items online and if a cymbal in his store is covered in fingerprints after some time, it won't look new like the online picture anymore, so he has to take it down.
He gets the fact that people come in there to hit things. But more often than not, it goes beyond that.
We have a great little drum shop that's less than 30 minutes from my house. Late yesterday afternoon, I stopped by while a family was there as their son was shopping for hi-hats. Everyone in the family was spinning and pawing the cymbals, just out of habit. They weren't rude or anything; it just didn't cross their minds that it might affect the finish.
I kind of cringed, but it really wasn't my place to say anything. After they left I spoke to the owner about it who asked if I had any suggestions. I thought maybe something humorous, but it's a fine line between funny and sarcastic. He wants to keep a warm, neighborhood drum store environment. He doesn't want to do things like bringing cymbals out of a vault one at a time with gloves or put up a sign like "DO NOT PAW THE CYMBALS!!!" But he also sells items online and if a cymbal in his store is covered in fingerprints after some time, it won't look new like the online picture anymore, so he has to take it down.
He gets the fact that people come in there to hit things. But more often than not, it goes beyond that.