Electronic percussion instrument comprising resilient pads

A drum head (2) is broken down into a head body (21), which in turn is broken down into a solid portion (21') and an accumulating portion (22), and a rigid base plate (25); the solid portion (21') offers a beaten surface (21a) to a drummer, and the accumulating portion (22) or an array of...

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Main Authors MARUHASHI, MASAHIKO, SANDO, TAKASHI, KONDOH, MOTOYA
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 07.06.2006
Subjects
ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS
ACOUSTICS
ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
PHYSICS
STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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Summary:A drum head (2) is broken down into a head body (21), which in turn is broken down into a solid portion (21') and an accumulating portion (22), and a rigid base plate (25); the solid portion (21') offers a beaten surface (21a) to a drummer, and the accumulating portion (22) or an array of pillars (23) and the base plate (25) form in combination a locally vibratory portion (22a); when a drummer strikes the beaten surface (21a) with a stick, the solid portion (21') caves in for accumulating a part of the impact load, and gives rise to resilient deformation of the pillars (23) beneath the cave so that another part of the impact load is accumulated in the deformed pillars (23) as the elastic strain energy; the elastic strain energy is released through the local vibrations of the pillars (23), and the vibration energy is transmitted to a small amount of the air therearound so that the noise is faint.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20030014842