Paraboloidal percussion instrument
AssigneeGerhard Salomon
InventorGerhard Salomon
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Abstract
A percussion instrument, in the simplest case in the form of a djembe, having one or more interconnected resonators in the form of elliptical paraboloids, which meet at their focal points. At or near this common focal point, sound-receiving or sound-emitting devices may be additionally placed. An expedient embodiment provides that the resonators are of a form in which they can be dismantled. A possible method for producing a suitable form is provided by making rings out of plate material.
Claims10
A percussion instrument comprising:
- a plurality of hollow interconnected resonating bodies having least one face, wherein the resonant bodies have an inner side surfaces forming elliptical paraboloids, the elliptical paraboloids having focal points which coincide.
A method for manufacturing a percussion instrument having a plurality of hollow interconnected resonating bodies having least one face, wherein the resonant bodies have an inner side surfaces forming elliptical paraboloids, the elliptical paraboloids having focal points which coincide, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a plurality of rings of plate material with varying diameters which stacked form a plurality of elliptical paraboloid shape;
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- assembling of the plurality of rings and joining the rings together to form a plurality of elliptical paraboloid shaped resonating bodies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.