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US 7,745,711 B2Granted
Pan musical instruments and methods for making same
OwnerRonald G. Kerns, Steven C. Lawrie +3inventors
InventorsRonald G. Kerns, Steven C. Lawrie, Angeline Lawrie, Ronald J. Drouin, David R. Gettes
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Abstract
The invention provides pan musical instruments, or pans, and methods of making same. Particularly, a process for mechanization and mass production of tunable pans with improved consistency, sound quality, and ease of tuning is provided.
Claims6
A process for making a tunable pan musical instrument, comprising the step of:
- stamping a substrate into a pan head in a press with a male die pressing into a female die to produce a desired bowl size and shape, and note shape and placement;
- wherein the pan head has a thickness gradually increasing from the center outwards.
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