It is a major object of the invention to provide an improved apparatus, referred to as EDRC, for use in stopping the ring that occurs when a drum head has nothing on the outer part of the playing service; ERDC stops this from happening.
For combination with any drum having a side wall, a drum head and drum ring. Assembly comprises a solid santoprene adaptor (EDRC) that mounts to the underside of the drum ring and comes up the side and over the top, clipping to the drum ring while protruding approximately one inch in to the outer part of the drum head touching the drum head to stop the drum from making a ringing sound.
For combination with any drum having a side wall, a drum head and drum ring. Assembly comprises a solid santoprene adaptor (EDRC) that mounts to the underside of the drum ring and comes up the side over the top clipping to the drum ring while protruding approximately one inch in to the outer part of the drum head touching the drum head to stop the drum from making a ringing sound.
This invention external drum ring control relates generally to a drumming apparatus, and more particularly to improvements to an auxiliary apparatus attachable to any drum, such as a snare drum, in respect of putting pressure on the outer part of the drum head to produce a more desired acoustic sound and taking away the ring that occurs when played.
It is a major object of the invention to provide an improved apparatus as referred to, for use in stopping the ring that occurs when a drum head has nothing on the outer part of the playing service; ERDC stops this from happening.
The advantages of this invention, as well as the details of an illustrative embodiment, will be more fully understood from the following specification and drawings.
That apparatus basically comprises a solid santoprene-made adaptor that hooks under any drum ring then comes up over the drum ring clipping on the ring while touching the drum head to stop the ringing.
This application claims priority to the U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/849,597 filed on Jan. 30, 2013, entitled “External Drum Ring Control—EDRC,” which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes. Priority is claimed pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 119.
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