Music – Instruments – Drums
Patent
1984-04-13
1985-05-28
Franklin, Lawrence R.
Music
Instruments
Drums
G10D 1302
Patent
active
045192880
ABSTRACT:
A baffling system for altering the sound produced by a drum of the type having a tubular drum shell with a central longitudinal drum axis and at least one batter head attached at one end of the drum shell including: a first set of baffles for dampening vibrations in the drum batter head mounted in fixed relationship with the inner wall of the drum shell and contracting an inner peripheral surface portion of the drum batter head; second set of baffles for deepening the drum tone positioned in radially inwardly spaced relationship from the drum shell inner wall and spaced radially outwardly from the drum central longitudinal axis in contacting relationship with an inner surface of the drum batter head; and a floating baffle suspension for resiliently biasing said second set of baffles against the batter head inner surface and for maintaining said second set of baffles in radially fixed axially displaceable relationship relative said drum shell whereby said second set of baffles makes substantially continuous contact with said drum head during vibrating and non-vibrating states of said drum head.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2572504 (1951-10-01), Meriwether
patent: 3951032 (1976-04-01), La Porta
patent: 4325280 (1982-04-01), Hardy
patent: 4338850 (1982-07-01), Payson
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