That's good creative thinking to make the set function for you. An anal retentive will nit pick you about that. But, that will be HIS problem--not yours.

Good-looking cannister throne!

im drooling out of the corner of my mouth wow to find one in pink champagne or silver sparkle

Sweet!

Good job on the improv!

I've never even sat on a canister seat (I'm young :D), but I still can't get used to the sight of one. It looks strange :p.

Not just yours in particular. On itself yours looks great. Clean; I wouldn't have guessed someone had put a new seat on it.

It's just every canister seat looks strange to me, thinking about it as a drum throne.

So, but...

Is there any pro in a canister vs a "tripod" :p? I would expect there's slightly less room to fiddly around positioning it (which of course isn't a pro).

And is it even possible to adjust the height of such a throne, or how would you do that, did (do) they sell different heights?

Usually the top opens and your hardware stores inside so that's a plus. At least if you have old school "low mass" hardware.

They are actually made out of drum shells so in principle you could get them made to whatever height you want. For example, see here:

http://www.jp2creations.com/

The canister throne in the picture that Jim Petty has on his web site is the one that he made for me a few years ago. I asked Jim to make it about three inches shorter than the standard height of most canister thrones, The heavily padded seat on the JP2 thrones is a 14" diameter compared to the 12" diameter of the classic thrones of the past. I also own some vintage canister thrones. The JP2 throne's shorter height, larger diameter, heavy padding make this throne more comfortable to me than any Rock n Sock or DW or any other premium drum throne. I have seen vintage Ludwig and Slingerland canister thrones in shorter heights for shorter drummers like me. I don't know if they were ordered that way or if they were cut down to a shorter height by a former owner.