EP2059921A2 - Instrument de musique a percussion. - Google Patents
Instrument de musique a percussion.Info
- Publication number
- EP2059921A2 EP2059921A2 EP07823786A EP07823786A EP2059921A2 EP 2059921 A2 EP2059921 A2 EP 2059921A2 EP 07823786 A EP07823786 A EP 07823786A EP 07823786 A EP07823786 A EP 07823786A EP 2059921 A2 EP2059921 A2 EP 2059921A2
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- Prior art keywords
- membrane
- musical instrument
- ring
- shaft
- holes
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- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G10D13/00—Percussion musical instruments; Details or accessories therefor
- G10D13/01—General design of percussion musical instruments
- G10D13/02—Drums; Tambourines with drumheads
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- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G10D13/00—Percussion musical instruments; Details or accessories therefor
- G10D13/10—Details of, or accessories for, percussion musical instruments
- G10D13/20—Drumheads
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a percussion musical instrument of tom, drum or the like type and comprising a barrel over which is stretched a membrane.
- This invention relates to the field of the manufacture of percussion musical instruments, and more specifically those whose sound emission results from the striking or scraping of a membrane stretched on a sound box.
- such a membrane is conventionally in the form of a disc capable of being equipped with means for enabling its mounting, with application of a voltage, on a shaft adopting, generally, the shape of a cylindrical element open at both ends, acting as the resonance box of the instrument.
- One type of membrane commonly used at the present time consists of a film of synthetic material, such as Mylar (trademark registered by the Du Pont de Nemours Company), shaped so as to provide a prolonged circular central plane over its circumference. , by a curved embossed edge whose outer edge is, conventionally, set in a hoop designed to define a shoulder extending all around the outer face of said edge.
- a membrane has, therefore, a section substantially shaped " ⁇ ".
- This membrane more particularly its planar circular central surface, is designed to be disposed over an opening of the barrel while the strapping contained in this membrane is designed to receive a ring, disposed over said shoulder, and made integral with the barrel. or a support of the latter, this by means of tie rods or the like adapted to fix said membrane and to stretch it over said barrel.
- tie rods are conventionally defined by a plurality of screws, passing through holes regularly formed at the level of the ring, and capable of being inserted and screwed more or less deeply into orifices made on the shaft or on the support thereof. .
- the manipulation of these screws by a user makes it possible, beyond the simple fixing of the membrane on the barrel, to also adjust the membrane tension, necessary to obtain the expected sound of the instrument.
- This modification of the tension of the diaphragm is explained by the fact that a variation in the tightening of the screws corresponds, as the case may be, to a reinforcement or a relaxation of the pressure exerted by the ring on the shoulder of the strapping in which is crimped the outer edge of the edge of the membrane.
- the latter also being supported on the opening of the barrel at the periphery of its flat central zone, is then, for each tightening or loosening of the ring, respectively stretched or relaxed relative to this opening.
- the membranes of this type have the disadvantage of requiring many manufacturing steps, in particular to perform the embossing of the edge and its crimping in the strapping, ultimately affecting the cost of the instrument they equip. .
- the present invention aims to overcome these various disadvantages by providing a percussion musical instrument equipped with a new type of membrane, the adjustment of the tension on the barrel is obtained quickly and easily without risking wear damage to its integrity, and whose manufacturing process is particularly summary and therefore inexpensive.
- the present invention relates to a musical percussion instrument of the type comprising a drum on at least one of the openings of which is stretched a membrane in the form of a disc of a suitable material provided with suitable means to cooperate with complementary means equipping the drum or a support thereof, and intended to allow the attachment of the membrane on the drum with application of a tension, characterized in that said means which is provided with the membrane are defined by a series of holes, regularly distributed at the periphery of said disk, and in which are provided capable of coming to anchor a series of tie rods, at least a portion is adapted to be secured to an integral part of the barrel element or a support of it.
- Such a conformation of the membrane advantageously distributes, from the outset and in a uniform manner, the traction forces exerted by the user for the purpose of stretching it at the time of its introduction on the barrel. Therefore, Problems with possible damage to the diaphragm and difficulty tuning the instrument are thus solved.
- the tie rods are, at least in part, defined by a series of studs distributed uniformly at a face of a ring (more particularly of an annular disk) whose diameter external is at least equal to that of the membrane, said pads being able to be each anchored in one of the holes that includes the membrane and being associated with additional elements for fixing, with application of a voltage, the membrane on the drum or on a support.
- the membrane on the barrel are preferably defined by screws regularly interposed between said pads, suitable for being introduced into one of the holes of the membrane and screwed more or less deeply into complementary holes provided for this purpose at an integral part of the drum or at a support of this drum.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a preferred embodiment of a musical instrument object of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a membrane intended to equip a percussion musical instrument according to the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a view from below and in perspective of an embodiment of a ring participating in the structure of the musical instrument represented in FIG. 1,
- FIG. 4 corresponds to a view from above and in perspective of the ring represented in FIG. 3,
- Figure 5 is a sectional view of another embodiment of a musical instrument according to the present invention.
- the present invention relates to the field of percussion musical instruments 1 of tom, drum or the like type.
- a musical instrument 1 comprises a sound box, conventionally defined by a member called barrel 2, which is in the form of a hollow tube.
- a barrel 2 of cylindrical shape knowing that the present invention is not limited thereto and such a barrel 2 may also , adopt an ovoid, elliptical, polygonal (especially pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, octagonal, decagonal or other) or other.
- a barrel 2 has, at its ends, two openings 20, 21 of which, more particularly and according to the orientation of the barrel 2, an upper opening 20 and a lower opening 21.
- At least one of these openings 20, 21 is tensioned, by means of suitable means, a membrane 3, generally disk-shaped, whose striking or scraping leads to obtaining a sound. It is known that the latter is not only determined by the material, the size and the shape of the barrel 2, but also by the degree of tension of the membrane 3.
- the aim of the invention is to propose a percussion musical instrument 1 in which the membrane 3 is easily interchangeable, avoiding problems relating to the difficulties of adjusting the tension and to the possible deteriorations sometimes observed with the instruments of the state. of the technique, as previously mentioned.
- Another object of the invention is also to reduce the cost of such a musical instrument 1, avoiding some manufacturing difficulties.
- the musical instrument 1 comprises a membrane 3 in the form of a disc provided with means adapted to cooperate with complementary means equipping the drum 2 or a support 22 that includes the latter 2 or associated 2, more particularly for the reception (in particular by interlocking) of such a barrel 2 as can be seen in FIG. 1.
- complementary means are, in fact, intended to allow the membrane 3 to be fixed to the barrel 2 or on its support 22, this with application of a voltage.
- the aforementioned cooperation means of which the disc of the membrane 3 is provided are defined by a series of holes 30, regularly distributed at level of the periphery 31 of this membrane 3, and in which are provided capable of being introduced and anchored tie rods (at least partly defining the complementary fastening means mentioned above) of which at least a portion is capable of being secured (directly or indirectly) of an element integral with the drum 2 or a support 22 thereof.
- said percussion musical instrument 1 comprises, again, a ring 5 constituting, at least in part, said complementary fastening means and / or receiving such complementary fastening means.
- Such a ring 5 is, more particularly, constituted by an annular disc and has, on the one hand, an external diameter which is at least equal to or greater than that of the disk of the membrane 3 and, on the other hand, a internal diameter at least slightly greater than the outer diameter of the barrel 2, in order to allow interlocking of this ring 5 around the barrel 2.
- this ring 5 which receives said tie rods and / or at which are defined such rods as will be described in the following description.
- the holes 30 (that the membrane 3 has) and, consequently, the tie rods (which receives the ring 5 and / or which are defined at this ring 5) are regularly distributed at the level of the membrane 3, respectively at the ring 5.
- these holes 30 and / or these tie rods are regularly distributed angularly at the level of the membrane 3 or the ring 5.
- between two holes 30 or between two tie rods successive is between 4 and 10 °, preferably between 5 and 8 °, knowing that excellent results are obtained for an angle of the order of 6.6 °.
- Such an embodiment advantageously makes it possible to resume, in a suitable manner, all the tensile results exerted by these tie rods on the membrane 3, this with the maximum efficiency and preserving the integrity of the membrane, even for large tensile forces.
- the tie rods are, at least in part, defined by a series of studs 4, on the one hand, uniformly distributed at a face 50 of said ring 5 and, on the other hand, able to each being anchored in one of the holes 30 that the membrane 3 comprises.
- the studs 4 formed on the ring 5 are defined by pieces of substantially cylindrical shape whose end has a truncated cone shape, their diameter substantially corresponding to that of the holes 30. that includes the membrane 3.
- the holes 30 of the membrane 3 and / or the pads 4 are defined so as to allow a retention of the membrane 3 on the ring 5 by simply engaging the pads 4 (more particularly the part cylindrical of such a stud 4) in the holes 30 of this membrane 3.
- these pads 4 are associated with additional elements for fixing, with application of a voltage, the membrane 3 on the shaft 2 or on a support 22 associated therewith 2.
- Such additional fastening elements constitute, at least in part, said complementary fixing means and are preferably constituted by at least one screw 6 or the like.
- said tie rods consist of studs 4 distributed uniformly at the face 50 of the ring 5.
- the additional fastening elements are then defined by screws screwed more or less deeply into complementary orifices 23 provided for this purpose at an integral part of the drum 2 or at a support 22 of this drum 2 or associated with this barrel 2.
- Such screws comprise or are completed by means for cooperating with said ring 5, this to fix, with application of a voltage, the membrane 3 on the shaft 2 or a support 22 associated therewith 2.
- such a means of cooperation may be constituted by the head of the screw designed capable of cooperating with the edge of an orifice formed at the level of the ring 5 (in particular at the edge or periphery of this ring 5), or even by hanging hook designed to hang on the edge of this ring 5.
- additional fastening elements are, then and preferably, implanted externally to the membrane 3 and at the periphery or at the edge of said ring 5. More particularly, these additional fastening elements are distributed over a circle of diameter greater than that on which are distributed the studs 4 constituting the tie rods.
- the tie rods are, at least in part, defined by a series of studs 4, again uniformly distributed at a face 50 of said ring 5 and anchored, each, in one of the holes 30 that includes the membrane 3.
- pads 2 are associated with additional elements for fixing, with application of a voltage, the membrane 3 on the shaft 2 or on a support 22 associated therewith 2.
- these additional fixing elements are constituted by screws 6 regularly inserted between said pads 4 (more particularly between two sets of pads) and are engaged, of through way, in holes 7 made in the ring 5.
- this ratio is between 4 to 6 studs 4 per screw 6, preferably 5 studs 4 for such a screw 6.
- Such screws 6 are also able to be introduced, each into one of the holes 30 of the membrane 3 and may, in this case, constitute, again, a tie rod.
- screws 6 are also screwed, more or less deeply depending on the desired degree of tension, in orifices 23 provided for this purpose on an integral part of the shaft (2) or at a support 22 which this drum 2 comprises. or associated with it.
- the screws 6 can also be screwed to an element forming an integral part of the drum 2, in particular a shoulder 24 or the like that includes, for example, the musical instrument 1 shown schematically in FIG. 5.
- This shoulder 24 extends all around the outer surface of the barrel 2, close to the opening 20 on which is stretched said membrane 3. It is equipped with orifices 23 adapted to receive the screws 6 which is provided, if necessary, said ring 5.
- FIG. 5 shows a second type of embodiment of the tie rods defining, at least in part, the complementary fastening means mentioned above.
- tie rods are at least partly (but preferably completely) defined by a series of screws 6 distributed (preferably uniformly) at a ring 5 (preferably an annular disc) of the aforementioned type. , in particular whose external diameter is at least equal to that of the membrane 3.
- said ring 5 has holes 7, on the one hand, made, preferably uniformly spaced, at said ring 5 and, on the other hand, each traversed by such a screw 6.
- each of these screws 6 is adapted to be, on the one hand, introduced through one of the holes 30 that the membrane 3 comprises, and, on the other hand, screwed more or less deeply into one of the orifices 23. that comprises an integral part (in particular a shoulder 24 of the abovementioned type) of the barrel 2 or, if appropriate, according to another possibility, a support 22 of the latter 2.
- the ring 5 has a flange 51 extending around the whole of its circumference of the widest diameter.
- a rim 51 constitutes a skirt which makes it possible to stiffen the ring 5 and / or to obscure the presence of the disk of the membrane 3.
- a rim 51 Another characteristic of such a rim 51 is that it allows an interlocking over a shoulder 24 as visible in FIG. 5.
- a preferred embodiment consists in that the flange 51 is made of material with the ring 5.
- said ring 5 may be made of wood but is preferably made of a synthetic material, in particular by molding or the like. Such an embodiment advantageously makes it possible to produce the ring 5 as well as the bores 7, or even the pads 4 and / or the rim 51, in a single operation, in particular for molding, for example by extrusion.
- Said drum 2 for its part, is made of a synthetic material, in particular a synthetic resin.
- a preferred embodiment consists in producing such a barrel 2 in a translucent or transparent material, more particularly in plexiglass.
- said membrane 3 may be made of skin but is preferably made from at least one synthetic material, or even a mixture of synthetic materials, such as carbon, titanium or other.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FR0653628A FR2905789B1 (fr) | 2006-09-08 | 2006-09-08 | Instrument de musique a percussion |
PCT/FR2007/051890 WO2008029067A2 (fr) | 2006-09-08 | 2007-09-07 | Instrument de musique a percussion. |
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EP2059921A2 true EP2059921A2 (fr) | 2009-05-20 |
EP2059921B1 EP2059921B1 (fr) | 2018-08-08 |
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EP07823786.4A Not-in-force EP2059921B1 (fr) | 2006-09-08 | 2007-09-07 | Instrument de musique a percussion. |
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US (1) | US7952008B2 (fr) |
EP (1) | EP2059921B1 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2905789B1 (fr) |
WO (1) | WO2008029067A2 (fr) |
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US3647931A (en) * | 1970-11-16 | 1972-03-07 | Yoshiyuki Koishikawa | Drumhead |
US3620118A (en) * | 1970-11-16 | 1971-11-16 | Yoshiyuki Koishikawa | Tambourine |
US5554812A (en) * | 1995-02-28 | 1996-09-10 | Aquarian Accessories Corporation | Drum head and tensioning hoop with positioning and T-lock ridges |
US6576829B1 (en) * | 2002-01-17 | 2003-06-10 | Peter Hart | Electronic percussion instrument with transducer soldering connection protection |
GB2407200B (en) * | 2002-08-08 | 2006-02-01 | Latin Percussion Inc | Drum head assembly and method of tensioning a drum head |
US6765139B2 (en) * | 2002-12-03 | 2004-07-20 | Belli Remo D | Drumhead and tensioning apparatus |
US7326841B2 (en) * | 2006-04-26 | 2008-02-05 | Giorgio Fadda | Percussion instrument |
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- 2007-09-07 WO PCT/FR2007/051890 patent/WO2008029067A2/fr active Application Filing
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FR2905789A1 (fr) | 2008-03-14 |
US20100005947A1 (en) | 2010-01-14 |
EP2059921B1 (fr) | 2018-08-08 |
WO2008029067A3 (fr) | 2008-05-29 |
US7952008B2 (en) | 2011-05-31 |
FR2905789B1 (fr) | 2009-01-16 |
WO2008029067A2 (fr) | 2008-03-13 |
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