Patent ID: 8269089

Claim:
A bearing structure for a drum pedal, the bearing structure comprising: a base having a pair of posts; a shaft rotatably supported at upper ends of the pair of posts with bearings; a beater fixed to the shaft; a footboard rotatably supported to the base; and a coupling member coupling the shaft and a free end of the footboard to each other, wherein force pressing down on the footboard is transmitted to the shaft through the coupling member, so that the beater is rotated with the shaft and strikes the drum, wherein each of the bearings includes an outer race and an inner race arranged inside the outer race, wherein the posts have at the upper end a support recess for supporting the bearings comprising a pair of side surfaces facing each other across the bearing one surface movable axially with respect to the other, wherein the inner race of the bearings is fixed to an end portion of the shaft with a fixing member pressing in the axial direction of the shaft, and wherein the outer race of the bearing is pressingly sandwiched by the side surfaces along the axial direction urged by axially oriented fastening means.