EP3516647A1

EP3516647A1 - Device for a drum

Info

Publication number: EP3516647A1
Application number: EP17780665.0A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Johannes Weninger
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2016-09-26
Filing date: 2017-09-26
Publication date: 2019-07-31
Anticipated expiration: 2037-09-26
Also published as: WO2018055201A1; US10937398B2; EP3516647B1; US20190311701A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a drum and to a device (1) therefor, having a system (3) for altering the attack and decay behavior, in particular the note length of the drum (2). The aim of the invention is to provide a device for a drum and a drum having such a device, which can alter the attack and decay behavior quickly and with little effort, and in particular enables setting of the note length and also of the timbre of the drum largely independently of the pitch. This aim is achieved in that the system (3) is fastened to the drum (100, 2) and has a clip (5) on which an adjustable connecting element (6) is arranged, which is designed for a connection to a support arm or to a base support (7).

Description

Device for a drum kit

The invention relates to a device for a percussion with a device for changing the arrival and / or Abklingverhaltens of the percussion, in particular for changing the tone length.

In Western music, a distinction is made between drum and timpani. Thus, the sound of the drum is predominant while the timpani is tuned to a specific tone of clearly defined height. It is already known to use a mechanism to tighten the timpani drum during the game and thereby change the height of the sound so that the instrument can be used tonally.

The ratio of the boiler diameter to the boiler depth is very different. Stave toms are often deeper than hanging toms of the same diameter. A special position take the so-called Rototoms. They consist only of a flat metal frame, on which the batter is stretched; there is no kettle. A screwed construction makes it possible to change the fur tension during the game, so that a glissando can be created by turning the frame. The term glissando also glissato, glisscato, glissicando; derived from the French glisser "glide", in music refers to the continuous sliding change of pitch Closely related to the term glissando, and partly overlapping with the former, is also the musical ornamentation portamento - with drums - such as drums or toms - it is difficult Previously, a change, especially a reduction in the sound length was achieved mainly by external dampers, for example, were glued to the fur or attached to the hoop of the fur and turn by an adjusting screw on the Through a gate at the mixing console by the sound engineer, the sound length has been artificially adjusted in the case of electronic recording or transmission.

By tuning or detuning the skins you could get the desired sustain within certain limits. However, these methods always involved compromises. Ie. in an actually good tonal tuning of the toms or drums on each other receives Often, with the known means and methods, a very different sustain of the drums is that is either too short or too long, but not even.

If a coat is taped or provided with a damper, you can indeed shorten the corresponding tone lengths, but go through the masking and attenuation and overtones lost. You get an unbalanced sound. If electronic recording or amplification determines the sustain through a gate at the mixing console by the sound engineer, the Tom is no longer playable quietly, because the gate only opens the microphone for sound at a volume set by the sound engineer. Another problem is that you can not make the sustain any longer than it is without any attenuation. Ie. if the drummer wants more sustain than Tom does without any attenuation, there is no solution for prolonged sustain apart from electronic measures. Different styles of music require different sustains for the same Tom. Therefore, it is common for drummers to have different sets of drums to suit the style of music. It is unusual or undesirable to provide several drums for the stylists at a concert.

The invention is therefore based on the object to provide a device for a percussion and percussion with such a device that can change the on and Abklingverhalten, especially a largely independent of the pitch setting the tone length and the timbre of the drum kit allowed.

The problem underlying the invention is solved by a device according to claim 1 and a drum kit with such a device.

The device consists essentially of a fastened to a drum bracket, on which in turn a connecting element to a stand or stand in the longitudinal direction of the bracket slidably disposed and fixable in a desired position. Vibration of the drums are transferred to the bracket via the attachment of the bracket to the boiler (or to a hoop) and the swing-effective length of the bracket determines the sound length (= sustain). This swing-effective length of the strap is in turn determined by the position of the fixed to the bracket connecting element.

This makes it possible in a simple manner, the sustain without elaborate manipulation in a few seconds to set very precisely. The sustain on the Tom is therefore according to the invention, if necessary extendable. The device attached to the percussion for changing the attack and decay behavior simultaneously serves as a holder of the percussion on a Tripod or stand. This holder allows one and the same drum to adapt to any style of music. During a concert, the drummer can change his sound or sustain on Tom very quickly for another song by releasing the connector on the bracket, moving it and fixing it in another position. The invention thus relates to a drum mount, with the aid of which the "sustain", ie the sound length of the drum drum or the tom, can be changed in a very short time even during a music event on a bracket along, that is parallel to the wall of the drum or more specifically a drum continuously moved to an arbitrary position along the bracket.

As used herein, the term "percussion instrument" or "percussion" in the claims and in the description refers to all drums that are covered with one or more skins made of animal hides, plastic or other thin material Noisey character of the instruments, which are rhythmically used or drummed similar to drumsticks or produce similar sounds like these.Occasionally one adds to the drums especially some idiofone percussion instruments (such as slit drums and idiofone water drums), but also other instruments like jaw drums Instead, instruments are also combined with drum drums in more general terms such as percussion instrument or percussion The drums to which the present invention relates generally, but not necessarily, include a kettle, at least one batter and egg stretcher stretched on the kettle to adjust the tension of the batter (and thus to adjust the pitch). In the simplest case, the percussion consists only of the batter head and a clamping ring on which a device according to the invention can be fastened.

Conventional drums of this type are often held over your hoop, with which at the same time the batter head is attached. The hoop is in turn stretched over so-called "blocks" which are distributed evenly around the cauldron and fastened to it, and on the hoop there is then a connecting element to a stand or the like Kettle are attached.

In a variant of the present invention, however, the suspension of the percussion exclusively via the bracket for adjusting the tone length, wherein the bracket is fastened in particular only with one of its ends and preferably to the boiler of the drum. An attachment to the bucket of a boiler or a hoop, however, is not excluded, especially if the drums have no boiler. One possibility is, according to a development of the invention, that the receptacle or holder of the percussion is formed as a shaped, for example, as a forged, rolled and / or bent bracket. Further, it is advantageous that the bracket forms a circular arc, which is adapted to the outer circumference of a wall of the drum kit and arranged over a length as constant as possible distance to the outside or the wall of the drum kit.

Conveniently, the slidably received on the bracket connecting element for a tripod or the like by means of a clamping or quick-release device at any position on the bracket can be fixed.

It is also advantageous if the connecting element has a quick-release device with flange parts, which together comprise the bracket wherein the one flange on the inside and the second flange on the outside of the bracket by means of a clamping lever or at least one adjusting screw can be pressed.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the connecting element has an opening in which a support arm or a tripod pin can be received and clamped. In one embodiment, the bracket consists of two spaced-apart, parallel legs with a substantially constant cross-section, soft on the connecting element is slidably received. By using the same displaceable connecting element, expediently with the already mentioned flange parts and when using brackets with the same cross-section, in a simple way lent large drums can be connected to the support.

Furthermore, it is advantageous if the fixed end of the bracket is rigidly and / or adjustably connected to an exchangeable, cantilevered connection part, which represents an extension of the bracket beyond its fixed end. The connection part expediently has a mass which can be varied by exchange over a wide range and, due to its respective mass, has a decisive influence on the attack and decay behavior, including the tone length of the percussion. The bracket extends according to an embodiment with in a plane parallel to the plane of the face, but may optionally also have a variable with respect to the field of impact plane angular position. It is also advantageous that the bracket is arranged to be cantilevered over at least part of its length, starting from its attachment end connected to the percussion.

Also, the outgoing from the attachment end connector has a significant impact on the sound. With the change in the mass of the connection part and / or the adjustment of the connecting element on the bracket, both the timbre and the sound length and the sound volume can be influenced.

Further, it is advantageous that the percussion instrument is a drum or tom or a cymbal or an instrument which may be covered with one or more skins made of animal hides, plastic or other thin material.

In one embodiment, the bracket or its legs may have one or more internal cavities. The cavities influence the natural frequency of the bracket and thus also the damping or extension of the sound length with otherwise the same outer dimensions of the bracket and the same setting of the connecting element.

The inner cavities may be, for example, a plurality of holes of the same or different diameter in the bracket, which extend perpendicular to the plane of curvature of the bracket. Further advantages and details of the invention are explained in the patent claims and in the description and illustrated in the figures.

Showing:

1 is a perspective view of the device for a percussion with a recording for a device for changing the pitch of the percussion;

Figure 2 is a partial view of the device for a percussion from behind with a bracket.

Fig. 3 is a schematic partial view of the device for a percussion from the front with a bracket, in the view from the front and obliquely from above, ^'

Fig. 4 shows another variant of a device according to the invention for adjusting the arrival and Abklingverhaltens, in particular the tone length of a drum kit, provided with the legs of a bracket recesses and variable connection parts. Figures 1 to 3 show a device 1 for a drum 2 with a mounting end 20 which is bolted to a (not visible) arranged on the inside of the boiler 8 mounting plate or mounting block. The device 3 for changing the tone length of the percussion 2 consists essentially of a split in the longitudinal direction, open at one end bracket 5, which thus consists of two substantially identical, parallel legs 4a, 4b. The drum 2 equipped with the device 1 is generally also referred to more generally as drum 100. An exchangeable, solid connection part is self-supporting in extension of the fixed end of the bracket 5 (not in contact with the boiler) attached to the temple end. This connection part also has an influence on the arrival and decay behavior (tone length, timbre, etc.) and can be exchanged for other connection parts of other mass or also of other material or with a different structure, in order additionally to influence the arrival and decay behavior of the device according to the invention to be able to.

The end of the bracket 5 is in particular detachably connected to the boiler 8 of the drum 2 or a tom via screws 17. On the generally designated 5 bracket 5, an adjustable fastening device or connecting element 6 is arranged, to which a support arm or a floor support 7 is connected, which can be supported on the floor.

The device 3 of the percussion 100 is formed as a shaped bracket 5 and forms a circular arc which is adapted to the outer periphery of a wall 8 of the percussion 2 and extends at a distance from the outside or the wall of the percussion 2, preferably parallel to the circumference of the boiler 8 , The bracket extends with respect to the footprint of the drum in approximately horizontal, more precisely parallel to the plane of the Schlagfells 16. The connecting element 6 for the bottom support 7 is mounted continuously displaceable along the bracket 5 and can by means of a clamping device, for example a quick release 19 , be clamped at any point on the bracket 5.

The fastening device or the connecting element 6 has a clamping device with two flange parts 9, 10, whose facing surfaces have recesses whose cross section is preferably adapted to the cross section of the legs 4 a and 4 b of the bracket 5, so that the flanges 9, 10 during compression by means of a Schnellspannhebelsl 9 or the like clamp on the legs 4a and 4b of the bracket 5, and after loosening the Schnellspannhebelsl 9 on the bracket 5 can be moved continuously.

Furthermore, the fastening device or the connecting element 6 has an opening 12 in which a support arm or the floor support 7 can be accommodated and can be infinitely fixed in height by means of an adjusting screw 1 1. One end of the bracket 5 is rigidly and / or also adjustably attached to the wall of the boiler 8 of the percussion 100. In Figure 3 can be seen two einzudrehende from the inside of the boiler through the strap end in threaded holes of the strap end mounting screws 17 which pass through a mounting plate, not shown here on the inside of the boiler 8. Depending on the configuration of the attachment, it may also be possible to change the distance between the flange 9 and the outside or the wall 8 as needed. Ie. tilt the bracket towards the boiler wall or at a greater distance from it.

The connecting part 13 consists of two substantially identical, spaced-apart blocks 13 which are separated by the spacer 21, which also serves as a connecting plate and at the same time as a spacer 21 for the legs 4a, 4b of the bracket 5. The legs 4a, 4b are clamped to the spacer 21, the two blocks 13 of the connecting part are adapted in shape to the spacer 21 (or vice versa) and extend at its end facing away from the bracket 5 arcuate and wedge-shaped tapered. The connecting part 13 as a massive (and in this case relatively massive) extension of the bracket 5 may be formed of one or more parts which are interconnected, as can be seen in the embodiment of Figure 4. In this case, the connecting part consists of two blocks separated by a spacer 21 blocks made of metal, in particular steel or stainless steel. The drum 2 and the bracket 5 work like a tuning fork as a bending oscillator, the bracket 5 forms one half of the tuning fork, so to speak, the drum 2, the other half, although one leg of the tuning fork is fixed by the connecting element, resulting in a shift of the structure-borne sound. Phase and positive and negative interference effects could occur. All known devices for suspending drums only try to decouple the drum of the stand, while according to the present invention, the vibration of a suspension (in the form of the bracket 5) expressly desired and can be selectively varied by adjusting the connecting element 6 on the bracket 5. In the present case, the invention is based on the consideration of giving the boiler sufficient freedom of movement, so that it can vibrate for a correspondingly long time. The connection of the boiler with a stand or a suspension is limited to the connection with one end of the bracket, which in turn has an adjustable distance from the connecting element 6, so that this end of the bracket can resonate. By adjusting the distance of the connecting element 6, this transient response and thus the tone length (the sustain) is changed. The farther the connecting element to a stand or the like is removed from the bracket end attached to the boiler, the longer the tone or the Nachklingen. As a second order effect, the pitch may also change somewhat, but is fundamentally and largely independent of the tone length on the coat tension adjustable. Also, the timbre and generally speaking the arrival and decay behavior can be so effectively influenced, with the connection part, consisting of between blocks 13, which are provided in extension of the attached strap end, have a significant influence on these arrival and Abklingverhalten. It is thus ensured a perfect vibration behavior of the drum. For example, the entirety of the drum and the means 3 for changing the tone length and / or pitch cause a thick-walled drum shell to sound like a thin-walled shell.

FIGS. 2 and 3 each show a perspective view of the device 3 for adjusting the tone length of a percussion instrument 100 from different directions.

The device 1 consists essentially of a bracket 5 and a connecting element 6, which is displaceable on the bracket 5 and can connect the bracket 5 with a stand (not shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 or a support rod 7 and at the same time also in FIG Form the flanges 9, 10 and the quick release 19 form a Verbindungsele- element 6, which can be clamped at any position on the bracket 5. The bracket 5 and the connecting element 6 together form the means 3 for adjusting the sound length, by the The bracket 5 may consist of one or two spaced-apart legs 4a, 4b on which a connecting element 6 is slidably received.The drum set 100 described in the description and in the claims may comprise a drum 2 or Tom or a cymbal or an instrument with one or more of animal skins 16, Kuns cloth or other thin material existing skins 16 is covered.

FIGS. 4a-c show two perspective views of a device V with a device 3 for changing the tone length (FIGS. 4a, b) and a top view of such a device (FIG. 4c), each with a connection part 13 and a connecting element 6.

This embodiment, with respect to their outer shape and dimensions with the in The embodiment shown in the previous figures completely or at least largely coincides, differs from the embodiments described above inter alia in that the two legs 4a, 4b of the bracket 5 'each have a plurality of holes 18 which are perpendicular to the plane of curvature of the bracket fifth 'extend. As you can see, in this case, the holes 18 have partially different diameters and in particular approximately in the middle of the bracket 5 'has a smaller diameter and a greater distance from each other. The holes change the moment of inertia of the bracket 5 'and thus its natural frequency together with the connecting element 6, which is slidable and clamped along the bracket 51.

Another difference from the embodiment of Figures 1 to 3 lies in the formation of the connecting part 13 in the form of a stack of identically shaped discs, but which can be separated by intermediate layers of a different material and each can be assembled differently, especially with different total mass ,

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 device

2 drums, drum, tom, cymbals

3 Device for changing the sound length

4a leg of the bracket 5

4b thighs of the temple 5

5 stirrups

6 connecting element

7 support arm, floor support

8 wall

9 flange part

10 flange part

1 1 clamping screw

12 opening

13 connection part

16 batter

17 screws

18. Kettle of the drum

19 quick release lever

20 fixing

21 spacer

Claims

Patent claims

1. Device (1) for a percussion (2) with a device (3) for changing the tone length and / or the tones and / or the timbre of the percussion (2), characterized in that the device (3) on Drum (100, 2) is fixed and a bracket (5) on which an adjustable connecting element (6) is arranged, which is designed for connection to a support arm or a floor support (7).

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the device (3) of the drum kit (2) is designed as a shaped bracket (5).

3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that only one end of the bracket (5) is attached to the boiler of the drum kit while other parts of the bracket (5) are not fixed to the percussion.

4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the fixed end of the bracket is rigidly and / or adjustably connected to an exchangeable, cantilevered connection part, which represents an extension of the bracket beyond its fixed end.

5. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connecting part is designed in several parts.

Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the connecting part (13) consists of a stack of identically shaped discs, one part of which consists of the same material, while another part of the discs optionally consists of another material.

7. The device according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the connecting part in the extension of the bracket (5) via its attachment end (20) curved in an arc and wedge-shaped tapers and extends without direct contact with the boiler wall.

8. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bracket (5) forms a circular arc which is adapted to the outer periphery of a wall (8) of the percussion (2) and spaced from the outside or the wall (8) of the percussion ( 2) is arranged.

9 Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fastening device or the connecting element (6) for the floor support (7) the bracket (5) is slidably mounted and with the aid of a clamping device at any position on the bracket (5) can be fixed.

10. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fastening device or the connecting element (6) is the clamping device, the flange parts (9, 10), wherein the one flange (9) on the inside and the second flange (10 ) on the outside of the bracket (5) by means of a quick release (19) or at least one adjusting screw can be pressed.

1 1. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fastening device or the connecting element (6) has an opening (12) in which the support arm or the floor support (7) can be received and fixed

12. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bracket (5) consists of two spaced-apart legs (4a, 4b), on soft a connecting element (6) is slidably received.

13. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bracket (5) is rigidly and / or adjustably connected to the drums (2),

14. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bracket (5), starting from its with the drums (2) connected to the fastening end (20) for attachment of the bracket to the percussion (2), over at least a portion of its length cantilevered is arranged, wherein the bracket is changeable in a plane parallel to the Schlagfellebene and / or in its angular position with respect to the Schlagfellebene of the drum kit.

15. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the percussion (2) is a drum or Tom or a pelvis or an instrument that can be covered with one or more of animal hides, plastic or other thin material existing furs.

16. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bracket has inner cavities, preferably in the form of bores.

17. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the inner cavities are a plurality of holes in the bracket, which extend perpendicular to the plane of curvature of the bracket 18. Drums with a Schlagfell (16) 1 and a hoop, characterized in that a device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 17.