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7488882 Drum  
An improved drum includes a substantially cylindrical drum shell having a drum head and containing a mechanical voice system including strings, and a mechanical tuning system for adjusting tension...
7273977 Timpani with a foldable leg assembly  
A timpani with a foldable leg assembly has a timpani frame with a bottom, two legs and a bracket assembly. The legs and the bracket assembly are pivotally attached separated from each other to the...
7157637 Tambourine  
The present application is directed to a percussion musical instrument such as a tambourine, riq, pandiero and the like having non-rectangular windows within which the jingles are supported. The...
7074995 Unique sounding drum  
The unique sounding drum is a drum assembly having a metal body, a pair of upper rings and a membrane stretched across the top of the metal body and extended between the pair of upper rings. The...
6949701 Drumhead  
A drumhead for use in a percussion instrument is composed of multiple (e.g., two or three) plies of synthetic resin films, which are laminated together and are brought into close contact with each...
6909040 Low cost musical quality hand drum  
The present invention relates to a musician quality hand drum that may be produced in a simplified and economical manner. The hand drum is simplified in that it utilizes a ring interconnected...
6812392 Drumhead tensioning device and method  
In a tunable drum, a connector member in the drum is attached by linkages to a tuning ring, and is threadedly coupled by a tuning linkage to a retaining member fixed to the drum. Rotation of the...
6541685 Conga stand  
In a conga stand comprising a holding ring for a conga to be inserted and holding pieces joined on the holding ring and resting laterally on the conga as well as legs equally connected to the...
6515208 Tensioning system for a musical drum  
A drum includes a rigid, hollow body disposed about an axis and having first and second opposing opened ends of generally circular form. The body has an inner surface and an outer surface with the...
6399864 Tambourine  
A tambourine includes a frame that has a peripheral wall defining an interior space. The peripheral wall has a first edge and a second edge, each being adapted to be struck by a user. A plurality...
6162977 Bongo drums  
A drum set is formed from two drum shells, each having an extension member. One extension has a recess which receives the other extension to maintain the drum shells in spaced and fixed angular...
6150594 Drumming apparatus  
The present invention is a drumming apparatus or percussion instrument used for drumming comprising a drum and drum sticks. The drum comprises a plastic bucket shaped shell covered with a soft felt...
6127614 Tambourine including auxiliary sound producing mechanism  
In a tambourine, the combination comprises a frame extending at least in part along an extended path, multiple jingles carried by the frame at selected locations along the path, and auxiliary...
6043421 Device, having a multi-part pivoting linkage, for setting the tension of a kettledrum skin  
A device for setting the tension of a skin, particularly one used in a musical instrument, such as a kettledrum. The device includes a freely-suspended multi-part linkage for vertically displacing...
5962798 Percussion instrument  
In a percussion instrument, for example in the form of a tambourine, of bongos, congas or the like, with a resonance body open in particular on top, a skin being stretched over the upper opening...
5487320 Drum and drum gauge  
A drum and drum gauge have a head supported on a cylindrical shell which is open at its bottom and provided with tensioning bolts for tensioning the head to tune the drum. The drum shell is...
5427009 Hydraulic drum tension/tuning system  
A hydraulic system for applying tension to musical drum heads. It consists of one or more master cylinders applying pressure to a hydraulic fluid in a sealed circuit. The master cylinders may be...
5157212 Drum tensioning apparatus  
An apparatus for varying the tension on a drum head to change the pitch of the instrument during a performance. The apparatus may be configured to tension one drum or several drums simultaneously....
4856406 Timpani  
In construction of a timpani, a brake unit is attached to a tonal pitch adjuster unit for balancing moment by head resumption with moment by spring repulsion so that the tonal pitch adjuster unit,...
4831912 Kettledrum  
A percussion instrument includes a drum body and a percussion head movable with respect to and stretched over the drum body. A master tensioning member is provided for pulling the drumhead downward...
4742752 Drum head tensioning device  
A drum head tensioning device includes an annular fitting supporting a screw for rotation on a radial axis of the drum. A cable is connected to the conventional tension hoop and to a nut threadably...
4453448 Method and apparatus for tuning percussion instruments  
A tuning device for tympani that displays the pitch of each instrument's tympanum. The pitch is determined by measuring the strain in an adjustable tensioning mechanism employed in all tympani to...
4314498 Drum having internal double acting control to provide variable pitch  
A drum with adjustable tension on the drum head in which the adjustment mechanism includes a pedal operating a device adapted to pull a spider within the drum. The legs of the spider are pivoted on...
4312259 Pedal adjustable drum  
A drum is adjustable in pitch by a pedal assembly connected by a wire cable or similar means to an actuating lever. The lever causes pressure to be exerted against a tension-adjusting ring over...
4278003 Pedal adjustable drum  
A drum is adjustable in pitch by a pedal assembly connected by a wire cable to an actuating lever. The lever causes pressure to be exerted against a tension-adjusting ring over which the drumhead...
4228721 Drum tuning mechanism  
One or more deadening elements are in contact with the underside of the drum head and are connected to a foot operated mechanism which moves the deadener or deadeners across the drum head thus...
4188852 Tuning system for timpani  
A tuning system has been devised for timpani and similar percussion instruments of the type having a removable head or skin positioned across the upper end of a sound chamber and terminating in an...
4173917 Musical drums  
The invention relates to a drum shell for a musical drum, the drum shell comprising at least one portion molded or cast as one piece in natural or synthetic material, so enabling internal and...
4122749 Marching timpani  
A machine-tuning marching timpani having an adjusting apparatus arranged in a thin, generally planar configuration permitting the elimination of the conventional deep shell portion of such timpani.
4102235 Drum practice pad  
A practice pad for a drum or similar percussion instrument of the type fabricated of a construction material having sound-muffling characteristics and used in a directly supported position on the...
4056998 Tonal pitch indicator for a kettledrum  
A removable tonal pitch indicator for a kettledrum having a foot lever-actuated adjustably tensioned drumhead or tympanum. The indicator provides a visual indication of the tonal pitch of the...
4023462 Musical instrument tuning device  
A musical instrument tuning device for tuning a musical instrument, having a vibrating sound producing member, is herein disclosed. The musical instrument tuning device includes a tone sensor,...
3951032 Muffler-brakes for drums  
This invention relates to a foot-operated Bowden type cable mechanism which is operatively associated with a padded damping plate whose incidence with the underside of a timpano membrane, for...
3747463 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF THE PERCUSSION TYPE  
Percussion instruments, typically kettledrums, are disclosed, wherein a plurality of adjustments are provided for, notably by a construction wherein a percussion head is carried on the drum and is...
3701834 KETTLEDRUM AND TUNING MECHANISM THEREFOR  
A kettledrum or the like incorporating a tuning mechanism whereby the timpanist may change the pitch of the drumhead over a range of at least a full octave by merely moving a foot pedal and without...
3685389 DRUM  
An adjustable pitch musical drum is provided which includes a tubular cylindrical casing having its axis vertical, and a conventional drum head in tension over another end of the casing. A...
3646843 KETTLEDRUM  
A kettledrum comprises a hollow, substantially hemispherical body, a hoop supporting a taut head over the open end of the body, a counterhoop in operative engagement with the hoop, and head...
3590680 APPARATUS FOR CHANGING THE PITCH OF DRUMS  
An apparatus for changing the pitch of drums, comprising a source of compressed gas, a container for holding said compressed gas at a constant pressure and valve means for selectively conducting...
3541913 DRUM WITH QUICK CHANGEABLE BATTER HEADS  
3427917 TYMPANI HANDLE TENSION ROD FOR DRUMS  
3376777 Kettledrum  
3279299 Kettle drum  
3163076 Adjustable tuning indicator for pedal-tuned kettledrums  
3163075 Tuning gage for drums  
3021743 Tuning mechanism for drums  
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