201 |
Musical instrument holder |
US979553 |
1997-11-26 |
US5804747A |
1998-09-08 |
Chang-Hui Chen |
An instrument holder including a horizontal mount at a top of a vertical shaft, the horizontal mount having a threaded upright rod and a radially toothed annular block around the threaded upright rod, a swivel holder turned horizontally about the threaded upright rod and supported on a compression spring and adapted to holding a musical instrument, and a wing nut screwed up with the threaded upright rod to fix the swivel holder at the desired angle. |
202 |
Drum adjustment apparatus |
US829918 |
1992-02-04 |
US5689076A |
1997-11-18 |
Shinichi Usuda |
A drum adjustment apparatus (60) is disclosed which retains a drum key (50) on the clothes of a user for ready access in adjusting the tension of drum heads. An envelope (64) mounts the drum key to a rotatable yoke (72) of a spring loaded snap (80) which may be attached to a belt loop of the user and left there while making fine drum head tuning adjustments. |
203 |
Device holder for drums |
US641582 |
1996-05-01 |
US5684258A |
1997-11-04 |
Tsun-Chi Liao |
A device holder which includes a substantially L-shaped holder base having a horizontal mounting portion adapted for fastening to the counterhoop of a drum and a vertical holder portion with a cup-like head, a grooved cone supported on a spring in the cup-like head and secured to the cup-like head by an eye-end screw and a wing nut to hold a link and a device on the link, and a curved clamping plate turned about a pivot on the vertical holder portion of the holder base and adjustably fixed to the holder base by a screw bolt and a wing nut to secure the horizontal mounting portion of the holder base to the counterhoop of the drum. |
204 |
Percussion instrument mounting apparatus |
US243372 |
1994-05-16 |
US5520292A |
1996-05-28 |
Donald G. Lombardi |
An articulated support apparatus for percussion instruments comprising first, second and third upright legs, a primary elongated bar structure extending generally horizontally between and supported by the first and second legs, and a secondary elongated bar structure extending generally horizontally between and supported by the second and third legs; the primary bar structure including multiple primary elongated segments, and there being a primary hinge structure connecting at least two of the primary segments to relatively pivot about a primary vertical primary hinge axis, and whereby the second and first legs may be selectively relatively pivoted about the axis; and support structure on at least one of the bar structures to support percussion instruments; the bar segments having substantially rectangular cross sections to slidably support said support structure. |
205 |
Automatic operation of percussion instruments |
US178735 |
1994-01-07 |
US5453567A |
1995-09-26 |
Shelby Brinson |
The actuation of a percussion instrument, such as a high-hat cymbal set, is automatically implemented without requiring the performer (drummer) to use his (her) foot. This allows the drummer to use both feet for other instruments, such as for double-footed bass drumming. An automatic mechanism operates in either a tracking or "metronome" or a "track" mode to strike the instrument in a variety of beats, rhythms and tempos. The automatic mechanism may attach to a footpedal for operating the instrument, or may be connected directly to the instrument. |
206 |
Device and system for supporting drums and other percussion musical
instruments |
US5888 |
1993-01-15 |
US5337646A |
1994-08-16 |
Irving G. Austin |
A device and system for mounting and supporting drums, percussion instruments and other apparatus (e.g., microphones) during musical performances. The device generally comprises a rack upon which drums, instruments and other apparatus may be mounted. The rack may incorporate first and second parallel bar members disposed in a horizontal plane such that the drums, percussion instruments and other apparatus may be mounted concommitantly to said first and second parallel bar members. The rack may also incorporate means for attaching said rack to the top of a bass drum such that the bass drum will act as a vertical support leg to support at least a portion of the rack a fixed distance above an underlying floor. Attachment brackets are mountable on the rack devices of the present invention to facilitate attachment of drums, instruments and/or apparatus thereto. There is also provided a drummer's seat connectable to a rack device, such as the rack devices of the present invention, to minimize movement of the rack device and/or bass drum during performance. |
207 |
Training device for percussion musicians |
US87503 |
1987-08-27 |
US4817489A |
1989-04-04 |
Maurice L. Chabal |
A training and device for a percussion instrument comprising a guide means of at least one ramp forming a slide guide attached to the percussion instrument. The ramp guides the musician's sticks in a sliding movement to and from the diaphragm of the percussion instrument while freeing the musician from constant attention to the position of the sticks. |
208 |
Foot-controlled musical instrument |
US545126 |
1983-10-25 |
US4491050A |
1985-01-01 |
Rainer Franzmann |
A foot-controlled musical instrument, the control portion of which includes a heel rest mounted for rotation so that, while the heel of the playing person is firmly placed on the rest, the foot may easily be turned to various angular positions within a range of about 90 degrees, to bring the anterior part of the foot into position to make contact with any desired one of several (preferably six) pedal keys which, when activated, cause production of various sounds, e.g. according to a tonal scale. The pedal keys are mounted on a spring-loaded plate which may be depressed by foot pressure, the depression thereof serving to control certain characteristics of the produced sound. The heel rest plate is also mounted for movement in one or more linear directions in addition to its rotary movement, and these linear movements control other characteristics of the produced sound. Various other details of the control assembly are disclosed, as well as details of one form of sound production device appropriate for control by the control device or portion of the instrument. |
209 |
Anchor device for bass drum |
US379603 |
1982-05-19 |
US4441398A |
1984-04-10 |
Newman T. Baker |
An anchor for a bass drum or similar percussion instrument having a barrier secured to one end of a flexible foldable friction mat of a size capable of receiving the instrument at the barrier end and the player at the other end. |
210 |
Percussion aid |
US113310 |
1980-01-18 |
US4315453A |
1982-02-16 |
Charles Gabor; George Spector |
A holder for supporting a drum stick that strikes a cymbol the holder including a collar locked by a set screw to the cymbol supporting post, a sleeve through which the drum stick is inserted and a coil spring between the collar and sleeve; the drum stick being pivotable about the holder, thus amade, which one end of the drum stick is pulled by a wire attached to a bass drum foot pedal, including vibration dampening device for the drum stick. |
211 |
Accessory for drums |
US3543632D |
1968-11-05 |
US3543632A |
1970-12-01 |
FLAME THOMAS R LA |
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212 |
Drum key holder |
US28253063 |
1963-05-16 |
US3139783A |
1964-07-07 |
GRANT PHILIP O; HAGNER WILLIAM F |
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213 |
Device for beating time to music |
US3122961D |
|
US3122961A |
1964-03-03 |
|
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214 |
Drum |
US35934120 |
1920-02-17 |
US1362271A |
1920-12-14 |
STATHOPOULOS HARRIS G |
|
215 |
Support for drummers' traps |
US31893919 |
1919-08-21 |
US1330814A |
1920-02-17 |
MEYER JULIUS A |
|
216 |
Attachment for bass-drums. |
US1898699728 |
1898-12-19 |
US633488A |
1899-09-19 |
REED CHARLES EVERETT |
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217 |
BASS DRUM DAMPER AND BASS DRUM |
US15756984 |
2016-06-28 |
US20180261192A1 |
2018-09-13 |
Kiyoshi Yoshino |
A bass drum damper and a bass drum are provided. The bass drum damper includes a sound insulating plate that covers a batter head of an acoustic bass drum generating a percussive sound when a beater of a foot pedal percusses a predetermined percussion location. The sound insulating plate includes a contact portion having an opening portion open for the percussion location for the beater and is in contact with the batter head, and a fixing portion provided at a circumferential edge of the contact portion and fixed to a hoop applying a tensile force to the batter head, or the batter head. At least a part of the contact portion which is in contact with the batter head when not being percussed is separated from the batter head at a time of percussing of the beater and is brought into contact with the batter head again after percussing. |
218 |
NUT DEVICES FOR INSTRUMENT STAND |
US15873715 |
2018-01-17 |
US20180200869A1 |
2018-07-19 |
RUBEN STEINHAUSER; RICHARD A. SIKRA |
Nut devices including a butterfly portion with an axial hole that can be opened such that the nut device can be slid up or down a host device, such as a cymbal stand rod, without the typical screw-type motion, are disclosed. Also disclosed are nut devices including drum key functionality. |
219 |
Kit For Attaching Interchangeable Accessories To An Instrument |
US15490265 |
2017-04-18 |
US20170301326A1 |
2017-10-19 |
Jason Michael Truda |
A kit for attaching one or more interchangeable accessories, for example, sound makers, fashion accessories, utility accessories, instrument accessories, etc., to an instrument, for example, a drum stick, a drum head, a post of a bass drum pedal or a hihat, a cajón, a microphone, a guitar, a stand, etc., to enhance sound, functionality, and visual elements of the instrument is provided. The kit includes one or more interchangeable accessories and at least one attachment system. The attachment system includes an attachment member and a connector element. The attachment member, for example, a clamp assembly with an accessory housing and a release assembly, or a generally cylindrical attachment member, or a cap member is removably attachable to a predetermined location of the instrument. The connector element is a female connector or a male connector for engageably connecting the attachment member to an opposing connector of one of the interchangeable accessories. |
220 |
Installation structure for acoustic transducer and musical instrument |
US15301980 |
2015-04-09 |
US09779711B2 |
2017-10-03 |
Kenta Ohnishi; Shinji Sumino |
An installation structure for an acoustic transducer configured to vibrate a vibrated body in a first direction so as to permit the vibrated body to generate sounds, wherein the acoustic transducer includes: a magnetic-path forming portion that forms a magnetic path; a vibrating unit configured to vibrate in the first direction; and a connecting unit connecting the vibrating unit and the vibrated body to transmit vibration of the vibrating unit to the vibrated body, wherein the magnetic-path forming portion has a through-hole penetrating therethrough in the first direction from a first opening to a second opening, the connecting unit passing through the through-hole, wherein the vibrating unit is disposed on a first-opening side of the magnetic-path forming portion and is fixed to the connecting unit on the first-opening side, and wherein the vibrated body is connected to the connecting unit on a second-opening side of the magnetic-path forming portion. |