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US 5,965,834 AGranted
Electronic cymbal instrument
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsYuichiro Suenaga, Minoru Harada
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Abstract
An electronic cymbal (10) has a first cymbal unit (12) for normal playing and a second cymbal unit (13) for cup playing which are vertically separated and attached to a common instrument holder (11). The second cymbal unit (13) of a smaller size than the first cymbal unit (12) is positioned above the first cymbal unit (12) with an intervening felt washer (22). Transducers (15, 19) are provided on the back surface of respective cymbal units (12, 13).
Claims5
An electric cymbal instrument comprising:
- an instrument holder;
- a non-circular shaped first cymbal unit;
- a rotation prevention jig for preventing the rotation of said first cymbal unit around said instrument holder;
- a second cymbal unit disposed above said first cymbal unit;
- and a transducer for converting vibrations into electrical signals, provided for each of said first cymbal unit and said second cymbal unit;
- wherein a distance between a point in a strike section in said second cymbal unit and said instrument holder is selected to be not more than a distance between a point in a strike section in said first cymbal unit and said instrument holder.
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An electric cymbal instrument comprising:
- an instrument holder;
- a first cymbal unit;
- a second cymbal unit disposed above said first cymbal unit;
- and a transducer for converting vibrations into electrical signals, provided for each of said first cymbal unit and said second cymbal unit;
- wherein a distance between a point in a strike section in said second cymbal unit and said instrument holder is selected to be not more than a distance between a point in a strike section in said first cymbal unit and said instrument holder;
- and a tube section protruding downward is provided in said second cymbal unit, and said tube section is disposed on top of said first cymbal unit with an intervening cushioning member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.