US774539A

US774539A - Bass drum and cymbal attachment.

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Publication number: US774539A
Application number: US20312604A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Pierce Stanton
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-04-14
Filing date: 1904-04-14
Publication date: 1904-11-08
Anticipated expiration: 1921-11-08

Description

PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

J. P. STANTON. BASS DRUM AND OY'MBAL ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, 1904.

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- J. P. STANTON.

BASS DRUM AND CYMBAL ATTACHMENT.

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Patented November 8, 1904.

JOHN PIERCE STANTON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BASS DRUM AND CYIVIBAL ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,539, dated November 8, 1904.

Application filed April 14, 190A.

To (0% whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JO N PIERCE STANTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of San Francisco, in the county of San Fran cisco and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Bass Drum and Cymbal Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved bass drum and cymbal attachment whereby the bass drum and the cymbal can be beaten separately or simultaneously by a pedal action controlled by the foot of the musician.

The invention consists in novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying'drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

' Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe improvement as applied, part of the bass drum being shown in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the improvement on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a similar view of the same on the lines 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a rear sectional side elevation of the same on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the felted stop-arm employed for preventliong the cymbal-striker from striking the cym- The bass drum A is adapted to be sounded by the usual bass-drum beater B, controlled from a main pedal G, carrying the ordinary cymbal-beater D for'sounding the cymbal E, supported on the bass drum A. When the main pedal C is pressed, both beaters B and and D are simultaneously actuated to sound the bass drum A and the cymbal E simultaneously in the usual manner.

In order to prevent the ordinary cymbalbeater D from sounding the cymbal E at the time it is only desired to sound the bass drum A, a felted stop-arm F is swung into the path of the free end of the ordinary cymbal-beater- Serial No. 203,126. (No model.)

\ D in front of and close to the cymbal E, so

that when the main pedal C is pressed, as above mentioned, then the ordinary cymbalbeater D instead of striking the cymbal E strikes the felted stop-arm F, and hence the cymbal is not sounded, while the bass drum, however, is sounded by its beater B. The felted stop-arm F is fulcrumed at F on a post G, adjustably secured at its lower end in a bracket G, attached to the base H, carrying the pedal arrangement and the beaters, the said post G being secured in place in the bracket G by a set-screw G after the post is adjusted to bring the felted stop-arm F in proper relation relative to the cymbal E and its beater D. The felted stop-arm F is pivotally connected, by a link F, with a slide F ,mounted to move vertically on a suitable guideway G formed on the upper end of the post G, and the said slide F is pressed on by a spring'F* to hold the slide normally in a lowermost position, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6, to hold the felted stop-arm F in an inactive position-that is, out of the path of the freeend of the ordinary cymbal-beater D. The slide F is pivotally connected with an arm F attached to the for-' ward end of a pedal F, fulcrumed loosely on a transverse pivot H, carried on the base H and also forming the fulcrum for the main pedal C. When the pedal F is pressed by the musician, then the rod F imparts an upward sliding motion to the slide F against the tension of the spring F3, and as the slide F moves upward it imparts a swinging motion by the link F to the felted stop-arm F to swing the same downward into an active position in front of the cymbal E and in the path of the free end of the ordinary cymbalbeater D, now actuated with the bass-drum beater B by the musician pressing the main pedal 0 at the time the pedal F is pressed. It is evident that the bass-drum beater B sounds the bass drum A, while the ordinary cymbal-beater D, moving with the said bassdrum beater B, strikes the stop Fandis consequently prevented from sounding the cymbal E.

In order to sound the cymbal E without sounding the bass drum A an auxiliary cymbal-beater J is provided, having its heel J fulcrumed on a pivot H carried by the base H and also forming the pivot for the heel B of the bass-drum beater B. An auxiliary pedal J 'fulcrumed on the pivot-pin H', serves to actuate the auxiliary cymbal-beater J, normally held in the inactive position shown in Fig. l by a spring J attached to the base H and pressing the heel J. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) A spring B similar to the spring J 3 and likewise attached to the base H, serves to hold the bass-drum beater B and its pedal C in a normal inactive position, as indicated in Fig. 4. By pressing the pedal J a swinging motion is given to the auxiliary cymbal-beater J for the latter to sound the cymbal E; but in order to prevent sounding of the bass drum A at the time the pedals O and J are pressed the following arrangement is provided: The forward end of the pedal J is pivotally connected with one end of a lever K, fulcrumed on the pivot H and provided with an angular slot K, engaging a pin L, projecting from one side of a stop L, fulcrumed at L on the base H, as illustrated in the drawings. A spring L presses the stop L, so as to normally hold the same in an outermost position, and the top edge of the said stop is adapted to move in the path of a shoulder B, formed on the heel B of the bass-drum beater B. Now when the pedal J is pressed a rocking motion is given to the lever K, whereby the stop L is swung into the path of the shoulder B, and in case the musician presses the main pedal C down with the pedal J as he is very apt to do in playing quick music, then the said shoulder B comes in contact with the stop L, and the bass-drum beater B and its cymbal-beater D are prevented from making their full strokes, and consequently the bass drum A is not sounded by the beater B, and the cymbal is not sounded by its ordinary beater D, but the said cymbal E is sounded by the auxiliary beater J.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the pedals F and J are located on opposite sides of the main pedal C, so that the musician, having the foot on the main pedal C, can readily return the foot, so as to bring its heel either onto the pedal F or the pedal J to press both pedals C and F down together on the pedals C and J for the purpose above described.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A bass drum and cymbal provided with a drum-beater, a cymbal-beater carried thereby, and an arm, under the control of the operator and adapted to move into the path of the cymbal-beater, to prevent the latter from sounding the cymbal at the time the bass drum is sounded by the drum-beater and the cymbal-beater carried thereby.

2. A bass drum and cymbal provided with a combined drum and cymbal beater, an actuating-pedal for the same, an auxiliary cymbal beater independent of the bass drum beater and the ordinary cymbal-beater, and a pedal for operating the independent cymbalbeater, said latter pedal being disposed alongside said former pedal and in close proximity thereto.

3. A bass drum and cymbal provided with an ordinary drum and cymbal beater, an auxiliary cymbal-beater independent of the bassdrum beater and the ordinary cymbal-beater, and a stop controlled by the auxiliary cymbalbeater and adapted to be moved into the path of the bass-drum beater and ordinary cymbalbeater, to prevent the same from sounding the bass drum and cymbal.

4. In a bass drum and cymbal, the combination with the drum and cymbal beaters and the main pedal for actuating the same, of an auxiliary pedal, and a felted stop-arm connected with and controlled from the said auxiliary pedal, to swing into the path of the said cymbal-beater at the time the main pedal is actuated together with the auxiliary pedal.

5. In a bass drum and cymbal, the combination with the drum and cymbal beater and the main pedal for actuating the same, of an auxiliary pedal, and a felted stop-arm connected with and controlled from the said auxiliary pedal, to swing into the path of the said cymbal-beater at the time the main pedal is actuated together with the auxiliary pedal, the connection between the said stop-arm and the auxiliary pedal comprising a spring-pressed slide connected with the auxiliary pedal and a link connecting the slide with the pivoted felted stop-arm.

6. A bass drum and cymbal provided with an ordinary drum and cymbal beater, an auxiliary cymbal-beater, a pedal for actuating the said auxiliary cymbal-beater, and a stop con trolled by the said auxiliary pedal, to limit the movement of the bass-drum beater and the ordinary cymbal-striker.

7. A bass drum and cymbal provided with an ordinary drum and cymbal beater, said beater having a heel with a shoulder, an auxiliary cymbal-beater, a pedal for actuating the said auxiliary cymbal-beater, and a stop controlled by the said auxiliary pedal, to limit the movement of the bass-d rum beater and the ordinary cymbal-striker, the said stop being adapted to be engaged by the shoulder on the heel of the bass-drum beater.

8. .A device of the character described comprising a drum and cymbal beater, a pedal for actuating the same, an auxiliary pedal at one side of the first-named pedal, a padded stoparm controlled by said auxiliary pedal, to swing into the path of the said cymbal-beater at the time the first-named pedal is actuated together with the auxiliary pedal, and an independent cymbal-beater having an operating-pedal at the other side of the first-named pedal, and a stop controlled by said last-named to this specification in the presence of two subpedal to stop the strokeof the drum-beater scribing Witnesses. when the same is operated simultaneously with the independent cymbal-beater, said JOHN PIERLE bTANTON' pedals all lying in close proximity to each Witnesses: other. RICHARD RITSGHER,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name CARL C. SCHULTZ.