Patent ID: 8859870
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G10D,G10H

Abstract:
1. A pedal percussion instrument, comprising a base placed on a floor surface; a pedal part pivotally connected to the base in a manner that one end side of the pedal part is rotatable; a connecting member of which one end side connected to an other end side of the pedal part; a rotating body connected to an other end side of the connecting member; a first shaft pivotally connecting the rotating body in a manner that the rotating body is rotatable with respect to the base; a striking part rotating about the first shaft and disposed on one end side of the rotating body; and a stricken part located on a rotational orbit of the striking part, wherein the first shaft is located between an upper end and a lower end in a longitudinal direction of the pedal part in a vertical direction when the pedal part is not being operated, the striking part is disposed on a side opposite to the pedal part in a horizontal direction with the first shaft interposed therebetween, and is disposed on a side lower than the stricken part in the vertical direction when the pedal part is not being operated, and the pedal part rotates in one direction with respect to the base, and the rotating body rotates via the connecting member in an other direction with respect to the base, and the stricken part is struck by the striking part through a rotation of the rotating body in the other direction in a predetermined angle.