US 5,123,465 AGranted

Method of making a drum shell or other such circumferential component

AssigneeSolid Percussion, Inc.

InventorPaul Gabriel

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Abstract

A method of making a drum shell or other such circumferential component from a single piece of wood which serves as a starting blank. This method comprises the steps of steam heating the blank a first time to a predetermined temperature and, thereafter, while the steam heated blank is still at approximately that temperature, forming it into a circumferential shape approximating the ultimate shape of the drum shell or other such component such that its opposite ends remain unconnected with one another. The blank is then allowed to cool, whereby to provide a circumferentially shaped blank having unconnected opposite ends. This circumferentially shaped blank is placed into a mold which more accurately defines the ultimate shape of the drum shell or other such component so that the opposite ends of the blank engage one another. It is again steam heated to a predetermined temperature while remaining in the mold and is thereafter dried and its opposite ends are glued together.

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Dependent claims

A method of making a drum shell or other such circumferential component from a single piece of wood, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) initially providing as a starting blank a single elongated piece of wood having a predetermined length, width and thickness and including opposite lengthwise ends;
(b) steam-heating said blank a first time to a predetermined temperature;
(c) thereafter, while said steam-heated blank is still at approximately said predetermined temperature, forming it into a circumferential shape approximating the ultimate shape of said drum shell or other such component such that its opposite ends remain unconnected with one another, whereby to provide a circumferentially shaped blank having unconnected opposite ends;
(d) placing said circumferentially shaped blank into a mold which accurately defines the ultimate shape of said drum shell or other such component with the opposite ends of the blank engaging one another;
(e) steam-heating said circumferentially shaped blank to a predetermined temperature while the blank remains in said mold;
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(f) thereafter drying said circumferentially shaped blank and gluing the opposite ends thereof together, whereby to form said drum shell or other such circumferential component.

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