Drum mounting arrangement
AssigneeNoble & Cooley
InventorRobert A. Gatzen
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Abstract
A system for mounting a musical drum on a stand. A semicircular mounting band has projecting tabs which are mounted to the lower ends of a pair of drum tension lugs located 180.degree. apart on the drum body. The mounting band has a bracket at its center which clamps onto the stand. The mounting system avoids unduly detracting from the drum sound or servicing of the drum.
Claims8
Apparatus for mounting a drum having a shell presenting a top end and a bottom end, a batter head on the top end of the shell, a resonant head on the bottom end of the shell, tension adjustment means for the batter head including a plurality of tension elements on the shell each having a proximal end relatively close to the batter head, and a distal end relatively distant from the batter head, a plurality of tension fasteners each threaded into the proximal end of a respective one of the tension elements for adjusting the batter head tension, said apparatus comprising:
- a curved band having a plurality of connection elements;
- a plurality of fastening elements for fastening said connection elements to the distal end of selected ones of said tension elements to connect said band with the shell of the drum, said fastening elements being separate from said tension fasteners and each being threaded into said distal end of one of the selected ones of said tension elements;
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- a mounting bracket on said band having means for attachment to a stand, thereby mounting the drum on the stand.
In combination with a drum stand and a drum having a shell, a batter head on the shell which is struck when the drum is played, and a plurality of tension elements on the shell including a pair of tension elements located approximately 180.degree. apart and each having a lower end and an upper end located closer to the batter head than said lower end, and a plurality of tension fasteners threaded into said upper ends of a respective one of the tension elements for adjusting the batter head tension, a mounting arrangement comprising:
- a curved band having a length and a curvature to extend generally along the shell between said pair of tension elements;
- a pair of connection elements on said band;
- a pair of fastening elements each extending through a respective one of said connection elements and threaded into the lower end of one of the tension elements to secure said band to the lower end of said one of said pair of tension elements;
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- a mounting bracket on said band at a location generally midway between the tension elements, said bracket having means or attachment to said drum stand to mount the drum thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.