Patent ID: 8940989
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. In combination with a percussion musical instrument which has a shaft on which is mounted a cymbal, a cymbal plate is also mounted on said shaft, said cymbal plate being located a short distance from said cymbal producing an annular gap, said cymbal having a convex upper surface and said cymbal plate having a convex lower surface, said convex upper surface facing said convex lower surface, whereby a tip of a drumstick is adapted to be inserted within said annular gap and is to be movable between said cymbal and said cymbal plate striking both said cymbal plate and said cymbal during the motion of a single stroke of the drumstick producing a sound from both said cymbal and said cymbal plate, including a tuning structure mounted in conjunction with said cymbal plate, said tuning structure being adjustable to vary the pitch of the sound produced from said cymbal plate when struck by the drumstick; wherein said tuning structure includes: a tuning plate mounted on said shaft, said cymbal plate having an upper surface, said tuning plate being in contact with said cymbal plate; and an arm assembly mounted on said shaft, said arm assembly defining a plurality of spaced apart arm members which extend radially from said shaft, each arm member of said arm members having a free outer end, each said free outer end being in contact with said tuning plate and the pitch of the sound is determined by the contactual pressure of said free outer ends on said tuning plate which is transferred to said cymbal plate.