APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF DRUM SHELL USING REDUCED-PLY SCARFING

• Main Author: GOOD, JOHN J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.01.2019
• Subjects: ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; ACOUSTICS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; TRANSPORTING; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; WORKING VENEER OR PLYWOOD

Disclosed herein are drum shells and methods of forming drum shells with plies that are individually scarfed, or with combinations of plies that are scarfed separately from one or more other plies. In some embodiments, the radial location of the joints of the plies can be varied around the drum shel...