Apparatus for venting airflow in a bass drum
AssigneeRemo, Inc.
InventorsJames H. May, Scott Renolds
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Abstract
A device integrally joined with the ported opening of a musical bass drum resonant drumhead for regulating the amount of vibrating airflow passing through the inside of a bass drumshell and continuing through the ported opening for effectively controlling undesirable higher frequency drum sounds precipitated by the airflow produced upon the striking of the batter head.
Claims28
In a musical bass drum including a hollow drum shell with an interior, said drum shell having a first opening and a second opening, a batter drumhead covering said first opening and a resonant drumhead covering said second opening, said resonant drumhead having a back side, a front side and a ported opening through which vibrating air produced upon the striking of said batter head flows, the improvement comprising:
- a means fixed to said back side of said resonant drumhead for varying the amount of vibrating air passing through said ported opening to control undesirable higher frequency drum sounds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.