Support device for percussion instruments

A support device for a musical percussion instrument, such as a membranophone, the support device being attached to an instrument body of the instrument which acts as a resonator, the support device including a rigid support member fastened to the instrument body and a rigid holding member fastened to a support means for the instrument, a flexible connecting member being arranged between the rigid support member and the rigid holding member, the connecting member being of a non-metal materia with vibration damping and/or vibration absorbing properties, the instrument body having an inner side and an outer side, the instrument body defining openings, tie rods connected between the holding member and the support member extending through the opening, the holding member being exclusively mounted on the outer side of the instrument body, the support member being mounted on the inner side of the instrument body, the flexible connecting member being composed of a first part arranged between the support member and the inner side of the instrument body and of a second part arranged between the holding member and the outer side of the instrument body, one of the first and second parts having a portion engaging into one of the openings in the instrument body.