Music – Instruments – Drums
Patent
1997-05-02
1998-11-10
Gellner, Michael L.
Music
Instruments
Drums
84415, G10D 1302
Patent
active
058346678
ABSTRACT:
A drum rim design for providing an increased variety of sounds while reducing a drummer's physical exertion comprises a rim on which three or more portions (12), (13), and (14) of the uppermost periphery of the upright section of the rim have respectively different heights. A user of the drum can rotate the drum to place the rim portion having the desired height adjacent the user. When the user wishes to play the drum in a conventional manner, the user can rotate the drum so that the portion of the rim having a relatively larger height is adjacent the user. This will provide rather conventional rim shot performance. When the user wishes a predictably different rim shot sound, or wishes to play rim shots at a reduced angle of performance, with the ergonomic benefit of placing correspondingly less strain on the shoulder and elbow, the user may then rotate the drum so that a portion of the rim having an uppermost rim of reduced height is adjacent the user. Or, for an intermediate sound, the user can rotate the drum so that a portion of the rim having a height in between the shortest and tallest rim heights is adjacent the user. This provides the user with considerably greater control and a greater variety of sounds, from higher and sharper to lower and deeper, to choose from during rim shot play.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4283985 (1981-08-01), Famularo
patent: 4344349 (1982-08-01), Cordes
Gellner Michael L.
Hsieh Shih-yung
Pressman David
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