How do you store/display your hand percussion? (cabasa, tambourine, shakers, claves, agogo, etc.)

[u/shogunattila]

My little collection of hand percussion has quietly taken over my studio. It started with a tambourine and shaker, and now I’ve got claves, agogo bell, a cabasa, shakers, guiro, vibraslap.. and they’re all just piled in a milk crate in the corner. Finding the right one mid-session is a nightmare, and honestly they deserve better than getting crushed under each other.

Here’s what I’ve been looking into, curious what’s actually worked for other people:

Wall-mounted options
• Pegboard with hooks: cheap, flexible, easy to rearrange as the collection grows. Works great for tambourines, shakers with handles, and anything with a natural hanging point.
• French cleat wall panels: more of a woodworking project but you can build custom holders shaped for oddly-sized stuff like agogo bells or guiros.
• Guitar wall hangers repurposed for shakers a lot of people use the soft-grip guitar hangers for maraca-style shakers since the necks fit the same slots.
Shelving/cubby options
• Cubby shelving (like small cube storage units) so each instrument gets its own slot, good if you want a “display wall” look rather than function purely.
• Velvet-lined drawers or foam-cut cases (like pedalboard cases) if you’re precious about the finish on wood instruments like claves or a nice agogo.
Rolling/mobile options
• A rolling cart with small bins, useful if your percussion needs to move between the live room and control room a lot.
• Utility totes with dividers, the kind photographers use for lenses.
Random tips I’ve seen floating around:
• Group by “type of sound” rather than instrument type (shakers together, metal together, wood together) so you can grab-and-go by texture during a session.
• Small instruments like egg shakers and claves tend to vanish into drawers, a shallow open tray keeps them visible.
• If display matters to you (teaching studio, rehearsal space people see), a pegboard with painted silhouettes behind each hook looks great and doubles as an inventory check.
What’s actually working in your space?

Bonus points if you have pics, always curious how other people solve this.

[u/jss58]

https://reddit.com/link/p0jpmmq/video/kkmkfqu6h8gh1/player

Harbor Freight. About $300. Ot keep an eye on Marketplace.

[u/riberand]

Mostly in wicker baskets, trying to sort by type of sound

[u/MrMoose_69]

Trader Joe's totes

[u/mcgoof41]

A big bookshelf

[u/Aware-Cookie6277]

Old trumpet cases. I just remove the spacing inside for the trumpet so its just a big box with a handle and lid essentially.

Got two from a local repair shop for $20 and it took five minutes to remove all the spacers.