Hybrid electric/acoustic percussion instrument
AssigneeKieffa Drums, LLC
InventorKeith Pickens
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Abstract
A hybrid electric/acoustic percussion instrument and percussion set containing the instrument. The instrument includes a hollow cylindrical shell having a first end and a second end and an inside cylindrical surface. A first substantially rigid plate having an outside surface and an inside surface is attached to at least the first end of the hollow cylindrical shell. A first resilient pad is attached to the outside surface of the first substantially rigid plate. An electroacoustic transducer is attached to the inside cylindrical surface of the hollow cylindrical shell.
Claims22
A hybrid electric/acoustic percussion instrument comprising:
- a hollow cylindrical shell having a first end and a second end and an inside cylindrical surface;
- a first substantially rigid plate having an outside surface and an inside surface attached to at least the first end of the hollow cylindrical shell;
- a first resilient pad attached to the outside surface of the first substantially rigid plate;
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- an electroacoustic transducer attached to the inside cylindrical surface of the hollow cylindrical shell.
A dual headed electric/acoustic percussion instrument comprising:
- a hollow cylindrical shell having a first end and a second end and an inside cylindrical surface;
- a first substantially rigid plate having an outside surface and an inside surface attached to the first end of the hollow cylindrical shell;
- a second substantially rigid plate having an inside surface and an outside surface attached to the second end of the hollow cylindrical shell, the second substantially rigid plate being thicker than the first substantially rigid plate;
- a first resilient pad attached to the outside surface of the first substantially rigid plate;
- a second resilient pad attached to the outside surface of the second substantially rigid plate;
- a snare simulation element attached to the inside surface of one or the first or second substantially rigid plates;
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- an electroacoustic transducer attached to the inside cylindrical surface of the hollow cylindrical shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.