Mounting arrangement for percussion instruments
OwnerA. Kainin Battleinventor
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Abstract
A percussion instrument employs a horizontal surface whose dimensions are about 1 foot.times.2 feet.times.3/8 inch made of oak. This piece of oak has transducers on its under side and is spaced one or two inches above the floor. The percussionist sits on a stool where he can tap this piece of oak with the heels and toes of his shoe. Mounted at an elevation and position within easy reach of the percussionist are a number of tubular drums which the percussionist may strike with a drumstick. These tubular drums are about two inches in diameter and each of them has a central cavity in which a transducer is located.
Claims15
A percussion instrument comprising:
- a percussion element having a percussion surface,
- said element comprising means for vibrating when tapped by a shoe,
- transducer means for converting mechanical vibrations of said element into electrical signals,
- drum means adjacent said percussion element, so that said drum means may be struck by a percussionist with drumsticks and said surface may be struck by the feet of said percussionist, and
- means for mounting said percussion surface horizontally.
A percussion instrument comprising:
- a percussion element having a top side constituting a percussion surface, said element having sufficient strength so as to withstand the stress of normal impact when struck by the heel or toe of a shoe of a percussionist,
- said percussion element comprising means for vibrating to a substantial degree when struck by the heel or toe of a shoe,
- means for mounting said element so that when it is placed on a supporting surface such as a floor it is spaced above such supporting surface with said percussion surface substantially horizontal,
- transducer means associated with said element for converting mechanical vibrations of said element into electrical signals,
- in which said element has an underside,
- said transducer means being mounted on said underside, and
- said element composed of hard wood.
A percussion instrument comprising:
- a percussion element having a top side constituting a percussion surface, said element having sufficient strength so as to withstand the stress of normal impact when struck by the heel or toe of a shoe of a percussionist,
- said percussion element comprising means for vibrating to a substantial degree when struck by the heel or toe of a shoe,
- means for mounting said element so that when it is placed on a supporting surface such as a floor it is spaced above such supporting surface with said percussion surface substantially horizontal,
- transducer means associated with said element for converting mechanical vibrations of said element into electrical signals,
- a plurality of drums in a common vertical plane, said drums being at different elevations in said plane,
- said plane being adjacent said element, and said element and said drums being positioned, so that said surface may be tapped by the shoes of a percussionist while in a given position, and so that the percussionist while in said position may strike said drums with sticks.
A percussion instrument, comprising:
- a plurality of tubular drums,
- a signal producing means for each drum, for producing an electrical signal when the drum is struck by a drumstick, and
- means for mounting said drums at different elevations and in a common vertical plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.