Percussion mallet
OwnerS. M. Bobby Christianinventor
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Abstract
An improved percussion mallet for musical instruments is described. The percussion mallet includes a shaft member, a tubular rubber shock absorber mounted on the head end of the shaft member, a wooden disc surrounding the shock absorber, and a rubber band secured to the outer surface of the wooden disc. These elements combine to produce a cleaner standard tone upon striking a musical instrument. In addition, the rubber band has three outer surfaces which enable the improved percussion to make either a forte or piano sound, depending upon the angle of the mallet as it impacts a musical instrument.
Claims6
An improved percussion mallet for striking musical instruments comprising:
- a shaft member having a head end and a handle end;
- shock absorber means being resiliently yieldable and having a central aperture therethrough for mounting upon said head end;
- a disc having a central aperture for engaging the outer surface of said shock absorber means;
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- a resiliently yieldable band having an inner surface force fit over and against the outer surface of said disc, said band having a pair of converging outer surfaces extending outwardly from said inner surface and intersecting with a third outer surface to form a pair of annular edges, said third outer surface being concentric and parallel to said shaft member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.