# US 7,408,103 B2 · Cymbal muting system

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- Number: US 7,408,103 B2
- Document ID: US7408103B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/129,919
- Filed: 2005-05-16
- Published: 2005-11-24
- Granted: 2008-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2004-05-19
- Inventors: Martin Richard Wachter
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7408103B2

## CPC

- G10D 13/063: Cymbals
- G10D 13/14: Mutes or dampers
- G10D 13/24: Material for manufacturing percussion musical instruments; Treatment of the material
- G10D: STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (organs, harmoniums or similar wind musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments in which tones are generated by electromechanical means G10H)

## Abstract

A percussion cymbal instrument is muted by using a dampening layer to reduce the sound and acoustic vibrations when struck. In a preferred embodiment, the muting system is comprised of a layer of flexible plastic adhered to a cymbal surface. When the cymbal is struck, the muting system dissipates the normal vibrations of the cymbal without hampering the natural look, feel, playability, or natural swinging motion of the cymbal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for muting a cymbal, said cymbal having a first or playing surface, being the surface which is struck when the cymbal is played, and a second surface, and having a center mounting hole, comprising:
a ring of flexible dampening layer adhesively attached to the second surface so as to reduce the vibratory response of said cymbal to being struck;
wherein said ring has an inside diameter D1 and an outside diameter D2, and
wherein the diameter D1 is no smaller than said cymbal's center mounting hole and the diameter D2 is no larger than the outside diameter of said cymbal.