Musical system
AssigneeSwan Percussion, LLC
InventorsMichael A. Wiese, Eric Douglas Holland, Edwin Ray Barbee
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Abstract
A musical system. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems including: a frame with an interior cavity, a tuning system coupled within the interior cavity of the frame, the tuning system configured to be accessed by way of an aperture through of the frame, and a drum head retained at a first end of the frame, wherein the tuning system configured to apply uniform pressure that circumscribes an axis of interior surface of the drum head.
Claims23
A musical system comprising:
- a frame with an interior cavity;
- a tuning system coupled within the interior cavity of the frame, the tuning system configured to be accessed by way of an aperture through of the frame;
- a drum head disposed at a first end of the frame;
- a retaining ring disposed on the outer surface of the drum head;
- and
- a plurality of latches coupled to the frame and proximate to the first end, the plurality of latches configured to retain the drum head and the retaining ring against the first end of the frame;
- wherein the tuning system is configured to apply uniform pressure that circumscribes an axis of interior surface of the drum head.
A system comprising:
- a tuning system disposed within an interior cavity of a frame of a musical system, the tuning system comprising:
- a tuning ring assembly that comprises a plurality of struts and a receiving socket;
- a tuning structure that comprises a set nut that defines an axis of the tuning structure, and a plurality of mounting plates configured to couple the tuning system to the frame, the set nut rigidly affixed to the tuning structure;
- and
- a tuning rod that telescopes through the set nut and the tuning rod and is received by the receiving socket of the tuning ring assembly, wherein the tuning rod comprises at an end opposite the receiving socket a handle configured to rotate the tuning rod, and the mechanical coupling between the tuning rod and the receiving socket is such that the tuning ring remains rotationally stationary when the tuning rod is turning about a long axis.
A method for operating a drumming system, the system comprising a diaphragm stretched over a boxy shell, the shell comprising flat sides and a top suitable for sitting, the system comprising a bass drum pedal adjacent the diaphragm, the method comprising:
- straddling of the drumming system by user;
- placing a foot of the user on a bass pedal;
- pressing the bass pedal by way of a heel of the foot to play the musical diaphragm;
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- slapping on the flat sides by hand by the user to play the sides.
A musical system comprising:
- a frame with an interior cavity;
- a drum head disposed at a first end of the frame;
- a tuning system coupled within the interior cavity of the frame, the tuning system configured to be accessed by way of an aperture through the frame, the tuning system comprising:
- a tuning ring assembly that abuts an inside surface of the drum head;
- a tuning structure that couples to the frame;
- and
- a tuning rod coupled to the tuning structure and the tuning ring assembly, the tuning rod fixes the tuning ring assembly against the drum head;
- wherein the tuning system is configured to apply uniform pressure that circumscribes an axis of interior surface of the drum head;
- a retaining ring disposed on the outer surface of the drum head;
- and
- a plurality of draw latches coupled to the frame and proximate to the first end, the plurality of draw latches configured to retain the drum head and the retaining ring against the first end of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.