Patent ID: 7495161
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A drumhead tuning system for expediting drumhead tuning, the tuning system comprising, in combination: a drum assembly, the drum assembly comprising a drumhead, a shell, a counterhoop, and a plurality of tensioning rod assemblies, each tensioning rod assembly comprising a screw and a lug, the lugs being attached to the shell, the drumhead being stretched over the shell and there held by the counterhoop, the screws screw-connecting the lugs to the counterhoop for enabling drumhead tensioning by screw-displacing the counterhoop relative to the lugs; opposed tensioning-tuning assemblies, each tensioning-tuning assembly comprising pressure-measuring means for measuring tympanic pressure and torque-supplying means for supplying screw-rotating torque, the torque-supplying means being cooperable with linearly opposed screws for enabling the user to selectively and simultaneously tension opposed drumhead portions, the pressure-measuring means for enabling the user to selectively and simultaneously monitor drumhead tension at the opposed drumhead portions, the tuning system thus for expediting drumhead tuning.