Snare drum with tone ring

A snare drum comprising a batter head assembly, a snare head assembly, a tone ring fixed to at least one of said assemblies and extending between said assemblies, said tone ring having a free end adjacent to but spaced from said batter head assembly to form a substantially continuous circumferential gap between said batter head assembly and said tone ring, said gap being located much closer to said batter head assembly than to said snare head assembly, and means for fixedly connecting said assemblies to each other.

A snare drum comprising a batter head assembly, a snare head assembly, means for holding said assemblies in fixed mutually spaced relation with respect to one another, and a tone ring fixed to said snare head assembly and extending toward said batter head assembly, said tone ring comprising a cylindrical element having a first edge in close contiguity with said snare head assembly and having a second edge adjacent to but spaced from said batter head assembly, said second edge and batter head assembly forming a gap located much closer to said batter head assembly than to said snare head assembly.

A snare drum comprising a batter head assembly, a snare head assembly, means for fixedly connecting said assemblies to each other in mutually spaced relation, and a cylindrical tone ring fixed to at least said snare head assembly and extending between said snare and batter head assemblies, said tone ring defining a port closer to said batter head assembly than to said snare head assembly and connecting the interior of said tone ring with the exterior of said drum, said port extending circumferentially around said tone ring and having an effective length greater than a major portion of the circumference of said tone ring.