It Began with the Mark I "Green Machine"

Andy Graham played a cocktail drum kit for the first in 2014. The simplicity and portability of the kit hooked him immediately, but there was one problem...

Because you stand up to play, cocktail kit players have only one free foot. As a result, a functioning (opening & closing) hi-hat was impossible.

Influenced by drummers like Neil Peart and Stewart Copeland, a working hi-hat was essential. Adding a stationary 'X-Hat' to the kit, as many cocktail kit players do, just wasn't going to be enough.

A machine designer by trade, Andy went to work to find an elegant solution to this problem, and built this new kit from scratch using 2 floor tom shells and various cymbal stand parts.

The resulting dual-lever hi-hat pedal worked perfectly after just a little practice.

A Graham Pedal-equipped (Mark II) cocktail kit is Andy's main kit since 2015. He even used it for the Primus Drum Audition Video below!  #primusdrumaudition

International Attention in 2016

After the Green Machine was featured in the May 2016 issue of Modern Drummer Magazine , Andy received many requests to build similar kits for other drummers.  He decided it would be more feasible to just offer the system as a free DIY project.

Further Improvements

Later, Andy improved several of the Green Machine's features and made a walk-thru video: 

Andy's Main Kit

The Green Machine is now Andy's backup kit as he now performs exclusively with the Mark II Graham Pedal system,  at times with his hallmark Triple Didgeridoo Rack:

Primus Audition Video

Excerpts from the Primus Audition Video, showing the Mark II Pedal Action

More about Andy Graham at www.andygraham.net or on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/andygrahamproductions