US1472397A

US1472397A - Snare-drum stick

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Publication number: US1472397A
Application number: US614156A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ulysses G Leedy
Original assignee: LEEDY Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: LEEDY Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1923-01-22
Filing date: 1923-01-22
Publication date: 1923-10-30
Anticipated expiration: 1940-10-30

Description

Oct. 30, 1923. 1,472,397

' u. G. LEEDY SNARE DRUM STICK Filed Jan. 22 1923 INVENTOR Ulysses 6i Leedy,

Patented Oct. 30, 1923..

UNITED STATES 1,412,392 PATENT OFFICE.

ULYSSES G. LEEDY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO LEEDY MANUFACTUR- IN G COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

SNARE-DRUM STICK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ULYSSES Gr. Laser, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of lvlarion'and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Snare-Drum Stick, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in drum sticks for snare drums. It has for one of its objects that of producing a drum stick for snare drums which, while having all of the advantages of the conventional, hard headed snare drum stick in playing the snare drum, will possess added advantages for use in playing the various instruments on which the snare drummer performs in orchestra work.

As is well known, the snare drummer of an orchestra uses his drum sticks, not only for playing the snare drum, but also for striking the various bells, tambourines, tomtoms, wood blocks and other devices. When these instruments are struck by the usual hard headed drum stick a clashing or unmusical note is produced. It is desirable that these devices be struck with a padded beater. Heretofore this has been impractical because during the performance it would be impractical for the snare drummer to put down his snare drum stick and pick up a padded beater and the padding 0f the snare drum stick would so interfere with the proper balance of the stick that proper performance on the snare drum would be prevented. As is well known, snare drum sticks have to be carefully manufactured and care fully balanced, the weight of the head has to bear a definite relation to that of the handle so that the balance of the stick will be preserved throughout and a destruction of this balance materially interferes with the artistic performance of the drummer upon the snare drum.

For this reason, while the desirability of a padded head has been appreciated, heretofore no attempt has been made to pad the head of the snare drum stick for the very reason that it would destroy the balance of the stick.

primarily designed to My invention is provide a snare drum stick having the advantages of a perfectly balanced stick for playing the snare drum and providingat the same time, a soft head.

I For the purpose of disclosing my inven- Serial No. 614,156.

tion I have illustrated one embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. l is a side elevation of my improved form of snare drum stick;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one type of snare drum for which the stick is designed, and.

hig. 3 is a sectional view stick head.

In the embodiment illustrated, the drum stick 1 is of the conventional type of stick having the handle 2. In place of the conventional type of head of the usual snare drum stick I substitute a soft head. In pro viding this type of head I preferably turn a spindle 4 on the stick at the end where the usual head is provided and mount on this spindle a rounded felt head 5. This felt head is fairly hard and in constructing this head the weight is very carefully adjusted to maintain the same balance that would be provided on the stick in event the usual wooden head is provided. One way of maintaining this balance is to have the wei 'ht of the felt equal to the weight of the through the wood which would be allowed to remain on the spindle in event the conventional wooden headed stick were used. By such a construc tion I am enabled to maintain the accurate balance of the stick and at the same time provide a soft head for striking the various instruments on which the snare drummer performs. Furthermore, the felt head as provided in no way interferes with the note produced by the drum nor with the playing of the drum by the performer.

I claim as my invention:

A snare drum stick of conventional size and shape and having a felted heater head of a weight equivalent to the conventional wooden head for the same size and balanced stick to produce a soft beater head on a snare drum stick whereby the stick may be used for performance on other instruments than the drum without sacrificing the correct balance of the stick for snare drum performance.

It witness whereof I, ULYssns Gr. Iinnnr, have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 10th dayof January, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty three.

ULYssEs o. LEEDY.