Hello Don,
I agree with you, pedals are a must. We could probably get a petition together to send to GEM with all both of our signatures.
I think the stand that Jay Fox has is a mixer stand with fixed legs and wheels. I was thinking more on the lines of folding legs for portability - like a music stand. I was looking at some percussion stands and was thinking that if a tray/shelf were available to fasten atop a double tom tom or a timbale stand or a glock/bells stand that may do the trick.
Ciao,
JerryT