Patent ID: 7638701

Claim:
A drum practice pad apparatus, comprising: one or more solid metal disc-shaped base members, each of said metal base members having a certain diameter and a top surface and a bottom surface and a first peripheral edge portion; one or more percussion pad members, each of said percussion pad members having the same diameter as the diameter of each of said metal base members and a second peripheral edge portion and being comprised of an upper pad member having an upper playing surface and a bottom surface, each of said upper playing surfaces, when struck, having response characteristics that duplicate the playing surface response characteristics of acoustical conventional percussion instruments, comprised of one or more snare drums, tom-toms, bass drums or cymbals, and a magnetized pad member uniformly contacting and affixed to the entire expanse of said bottom surface of said upper pad member adapted for magnetic coupling with said top surface of one of said metal base members, said percussion pad member and said metal base member adapted to join in mating engagement, said percussion pad member being adapted to overlay said metal base member and said first and second peripheral edge portions being disposed in substantially aligned relation; and, each of said percussion pad members and said metal base members being adapted in releasable engagement.