Percussion accompaniment device
OwnerOwen R. Barnesinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device designed to accompany the playing of a guitar or other non-percussion instrument, which provides the capability for a musician to accompany his own playing of the guitar or other non-percussion instrument with a device which produces percussion while in simultaneous use with the guitar or other non-percussion instrument. The present invention is generally comprised of a member which mechanically strikes upon a sound-producing base, by means of an actuation device that is triggered by a mechanical or electrical impulse, initiated by the instrument player and transmitted by a triggering mechanism to the actuation device.
Claims9
A device for generating percussive sound in accompaniment of a musical instrument by the player of said instrument simultaneous with the playing of said instrument, comprising:
- A. a base portion mounted to said instrument for producing said percussive sound;
- B. a striking member attached to said base portion for producing said percussive sound by impacting said base portion upon actuation of said striking member by a triggering signal;
- C. a triggering mechanism connected to said striking member for providing said triggering signal to said striking member upon actuation of said triggering mechanism by the player of said device;
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- D. an actuator in communication with said triggering mechanism and said striking member for causing said striking member to impact said base portion upon receipt of said triggering signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.