JP2006215190A - Sound quality adjustment device for japanese drum - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Japanese drum in which sound quality adjustment by the skin tension adjustment of a japanese drum can be done easily. <P>SOLUTION: In the sound quality adjustment device of the Japanese drum which is constituted so that at the skin tension part of the Japanese drum, an adjustment base body 3 which is comprised as a ring shape, and a skin tension ring 2 which is also comprised as a ring shape are placed by being overlapped; a skin tension adjustment screw mechanism A is interposed between the adjustment base body 3 and the skin tension ring 2; a head by a stick is comprised at the inner side of the skin tension ring 2 with the drum skin 1 touched to the outer surface of the skin tension ring 2 ; and thus the skirt part of the drum skin 1 is fixed around the adjustment base body, the skin tension adjustment mechanism A which is provide at the inner side of the adjustment base body 3 is constituted of an adjustment male screw 4 and an adjustment female screw 5, and moreover the adjustment base body 3 is constituted of a pipe member, and the adjustment female screw 5 is fixed in the inside of the pipe member, and the adjustment male screw 4 which is mounted on the adjustment female screw 5 by being screwed into the screw 5 is made to be abutted to the skin tension ring 2 by being made to be projected from the screw 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention provides a mechanism for adjusting the sound quality of a Japanese drum played as a musical instrument by skinning.

Wadaiko cuts a large tree, attaches the skin of a dried cow, and strikes the surface of the stretched cow with a wooden bee.
The cow skin has a high quality sound as it has a strong skin when it is still new. However, as the drums are struck and used, the skin of the Japanese drum becomes more familiar with the wooden torso, and it produces a sound quality that is just right.
JP 2002-41033 A

However, a good sound of deep bass does not last long, the initial skin tension is lost, the skin is loosened, and the sound of madness is heard. In such a loose state, it is necessary to remove the skin fixing hook and retighten the skin.
In addition, taiko skin reacts delicately to the humidity of the outside air, and the tension of the skin becomes weaker or stronger.
For this reason, it is difficult to maintain the heavy bass of Japanese drums at any time.
The present invention is provided with a skin tension adjusting screw mechanism A so that the sound quality can be easily adjusted by adjusting the skin tension of the Japanese drum.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is as described above. Next, means for solving the problem will be described.
In claim 1, in the skinned portion of the Japanese drum, an annular adjustment base body 3 and an annular skin ring 2 are arranged in an overlapping manner, and the adjustment base body 3 and the skin ring 2, a skin adjusting screw mechanism A is interposed, the drum skin 1 is applied to the outer surface of the leather ring 2, and a striking surface is formed on the inner side of the leather ring 2. In the Japanese drum sound quality adjusting device configured to fix the hem of the drum drum 1 around the drum 3, the tension adjusting screw mechanism A provided inside the adjusting base body 3 includes the adjusting male screw 4 and the adjusting female screw. 5 and the adjustment base body 3 is constituted by a pipe member, an adjustment female screw 5 is fixed inside the pipe member, and an adjustment male screw 4 screwed on the adjustment female screw 5 is provided in a projecting manner. This is in contact with the leather ring 2.

  In claim 2, in the skinned portion of the Japanese drum, an annular adjustment base body 3 and an annular skinning ring 2 are arranged in an overlapping manner, and the adjustment base body 3 and the skin ring 2, a skin adjusting screw mechanism A is interposed, the drum skin 1 is applied to the outer surface of the leather ring 2, and a striking surface is formed on the inner side of the leather ring 2. In the Japanese drum sound quality adjusting device configured to fix the hem of the drum drum 1 around the drum 3, the tension adjusting screw mechanism A provided inside the adjusting base body 3 includes the adjusting male screw 4 and the adjusting female screw. 5 and the adjustment base body 3 is constituted by a pipe member, an adjustment female screw 5 is fixed inside the pipe member, and an adjustment male screw 4 screwed on the adjustment female screw 5 is provided in a projecting manner. , Which is in contact with a leather ring 2 made of a half pipe member

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the sound quality adjusting device for Japanese drums according to the first and second aspects, an elastic buffer D is interposed between the adjusting base body 3 and the flat drum support 12.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
As in claim 1, in the skinned portion of the Japanese drum, the annular adjusting base body 3 and the annularly configured skinning ring 2 are arranged in an overlapping manner, and the adjusting base body 3 and the leathering ring are overlapped. 2, a skin adjusting screw mechanism A is interposed, the drum skin 1 is applied to the outer surface of the leather ring 2, and a striking surface is formed on the inner side of the leather ring 2. In the Japanese drum sound quality adjusting device configured to fix the hem of the drum drum 1 around the drum 3, the tension adjusting screw mechanism A provided inside the adjusting base body 3 includes the adjusting male screw 4 and the adjusting female screw. 5 and the adjustment base body 3 is constituted by a pipe member, an adjustment female screw 5 is fixed inside the pipe member, and an adjustment male screw 4 screwed on the adjustment female screw 5 is provided in a projecting manner. By touching the leather ring 2, by adjusting the tension of the taiko skin 1, It is is able to keep the good sound quality as build stand the sound quality.

In addition, the tension of the drum drum 1 can be adjusted simply by rotating the adjusting male screw 4 or the adjusting female screw 5 with a spanner, and can be easily adjusted without requiring an advanced jig. It came to be.
Further, since the adjustment base body 3 is formed in an annular shape by a pipe member, the process of bending into an annular shape can be easily performed.

Since the leather ring 2 is configured in a half-pipe shape as in claim 2, it is possible to bring the leather ring 2 and the adjustment base body 3 close to each other, and the area of the drum skin 1 can be reduced. A cost effective adjustment mechanism could be constructed.
Further, since the contact position of the head of the adjusting male screw 4 becomes a concave portion of the half pipe constituting the leather ring 2, the position can be set reliably.

  Since the elastic buffer body D is interposed between the adjusting base body 3 and the flat drum support 12 as in claim 3, the sound quality of the flat drum T can be improved.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a state where a skin tension adjusting screw mechanism A is mounted on a flat drum T,
FIG. 2 is a side view showing the entire flat drum T,
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the sound quality adjusting device of the present invention in the flat drum T.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the sound quality adjusting device for the flat drum T,
FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the vertical drum S,
FIG. 6 is an overall view of the vertical drum S,
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the sound quality adjusting device of the present invention in the vertical drum S,
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the sound quality adjusting device for the vertical drum S. FIG.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a state in which the skin tension adjusting screw mechanism A is mounted on a flat drum T having a fan-shaped drum that does not have a wooden body 8.
In this case, since the portion of the wooden drum constituting the resonance box is not provided, the tension of the drum skin 1 becomes a problem as the sound quality of the Japanese drum.
However, in this case, since the portion of the wooden drum 8 is not provided, the sound quality adjuster 16 enters and rotates the adjusting male screw 4 or the adjusting female screw 5 from below the flat drum support 12 portion. Can be adjusted.

5 and 6 show an embodiment in which the skin tension adjusting screw mechanism A is arranged in the configuration of the vertical drum S in which the Japanese fan Japanese drums are arranged vertically.
Also in this case, since the wooden box as a resonance box is not attached, the tension of the drum skin 1 is important, and it is possible to adjust the sound quality by freely adjusting the tension by the skin tension adjusting screw mechanism A. It is effective in improving the quality.

The configuration of the sound quality adjusting device for Japanese drums will be described.
3 and 4 show the configuration of the sound quality adjusting device for a Japanese drum provided on the flat drum T. FIG.
The drum skin 1 is bent at the portion of the leather ring 2, and the final end portion is fixed to the outer periphery of the adjustment base body 3 by the skin fixing riveter needle 7.
The adjustment base body 3 is constituted by a pipe member, and holes are opened at several places. The adjustment female screw 5 is inserted into the portion and fixed by welding.

The adjusting female screw 5 is fixed to the adjusting base body 3 by welding. The adjusting male screw 4 is screwed onto the adjusting female screw 5 from the outside. The adjusting male screw 4 can be adjusted from the inside of the adjusting base body 3 and the skin ring 2 by a spanner.
The head of the bolt of the adjustment male screw 4 is arranged so as to contact the surface of the leather ring 2 on the adjustment base body 3 side.
When the adjusting male screw 4 is rotated with a spanner, the leather ring 2 is pressed, and as a result, the drum skin 1 is stretched.
Of the adjusting male screw 4 and the adjusting female screw 5, the adjusting male screw 4 is rotated by a spanner to adjust the distance between the skin ring 2 and the adjusting base body 3. The drum skin 1 whose skirt is fixed by the fixing rod 7 is tensed inside the leather ring 2.

In the present invention, the adjusting male screw 4 and the adjusting female screw mechanism A of the adjusting female screw 5 formed between the inner peripheral side angle surface 3b and the leather ring 2 are configured at several locations on the circumference, It is necessary to adjust the entire circumference uniformly.
5 and 6, the configuration of the vertical drum S is shown.
The vertical drum S is supported by a vertical drum support 14. The rest of the configuration of the sound quality adjusting device of the Japanese drum is the same as that of the flat drum T.
In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the pipe member constituting the leather ring 2 is not a round pipe but a half half pipe.
Thus, by comprising in a half pipe shape, the position where the head of the adjustment male screw 4 contacts does not need to move.

In addition, the half pipe can be closer to the interval between the skin ring 2 and the adjustment base body 3 than the entire circumference pipe. As a result, the area of the taiko skin 1 can be reduced, which leads to a reduction in cost.
In the case of FIGS. 7 and 8 as well, the adjustment base body 3 is configured such that the pipe is bent and welded in an annular shape.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, in order to improve the sound quality of the flat drum T, an elastic buffer D is interposed between the lower portion of the adjustment base body 3 and the flat drum support 12. is doing. The elastic buffer D may be a spring, a synthetic resin such as an elastic plate or sponge, or an elastic plate of rubber. By interposing the elastic buffer D, the sound quality of the flat drum T is improved.

Sectional drawing of the state which mounted | wore the flat drum T with the skin tension adjusting screw mechanism A. FIG. The side view which shows the whole flat drum T. FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the sound quality adjustment apparatus of this invention in the plane drum T. FIG. The perspective view of the sound quality adjustment apparatus of the plane drum T similarly. Sectional drawing of the vertical drum S. FIG. Overall view of the vertical drum S. FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the sound quality adjusting device of this invention in the vertical drum S. It is a perspective view of the sound quality adjustment apparatus of the vertical drum S similarly.

Explanation of symbols

A skin tension adjusting screw mechanism T flat drum S vertical drum 1 drum drum 2 skin ring 3 adjustment base body 4 adjustment male screw 5 adjustment female screw 7 skin fixing riveter needle 12 flat drum support 14 vertical drum support

Claims (3)

  In the skinned portion of the Japanese drum, the annularly configured adjustment base body 3 and the annularly-shaped skinning ring 2 are arranged overlappingly, and between the adjustment base body 3 and the leathering ring 2, The skin adjusting screw mechanism A is interposed, the drum skin 1 is applied to the outer surface of the leather ring 2, a beating surface is formed inside the leather ring 2, and around the adjusting base body 3, In the Japanese drum sound quality adjusting apparatus configured to fix the hem of the drum skin 1, the skin adjusting screw mechanism A provided inside the adjusting base body 3 is constituted by the adjusting male screw 4 and the adjusting female screw 5, and The adjustment base body 3 is constituted by a pipe member, an adjustment female screw 5 is fixed inside the pipe member, and an adjustment male screw 4 screwed on the adjustment female screw 5 is projected to contact the skin ring 2. Wadaiko sound quality adjustment device, characterized by being hit.   In the skinned portion of the Japanese drum, the annularly configured adjustment base body 3 and the annularly-shaped skinning ring 2 are arranged overlappingly, and between the adjustment base body 3 and the leathering ring 2, The skin adjusting screw mechanism A is interposed, the drum skin 1 is applied to the outer surface of the leather ring 2, a beating surface is formed inside the leather ring 2, and around the adjusting base body 3, In the Japanese drum sound quality adjusting apparatus configured to fix the hem of the drum skin 1, the skin adjusting screw mechanism A provided inside the adjusting base body 3 is constituted by the adjusting male screw 4 and the adjusting female screw 5, and The adjusting base body 3 is constituted by a pipe member, an adjusting female screw 5 is fixed inside the pipe member, and an adjusting male screw 4 screwed on the adjusting female screw 5 is provided so as to protrude by a half pipe member. The sound quality of Japanese drums characterized by touching the constructed leather ring 2 Apparatus.   3. A Japanese drum sound quality adjusting apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an elastic buffer D is interposed between the adjusting base body 3 and the flat drum support body 12. .

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