The elements to the left of the stairs in the periodic table are called metals. Explanation: The elements to the left of the stairs in the periodic table are called metals.  However, within metals you have different families as it is indicated in the periodic table in the image below:
A Simon Phillips drum kit using straight, boom and multiple boom stands. A cymbal stand is a stand designed primarily to support a suspended cymbal in a drum kit or percussion section. There are many forms, including: 1  Straight stands. 2  Simple boom stands.  Counterweighted boom stands.
1. 1  Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.