Patent ID: 7034216

Claim:
In a drum set including at least one drum, said drum comprising a drumhead stretched over a drum shell and held in tension by a plurality of adjustable tightening screws, each tightening screw having a male turnable head which is square in cross-section and turnable by a tuning key having a corresponding square female socket usable to adjust the tension on the drumhead, the drum set further including at least one cymbal and at least one cymbal stand, the stand terminating in a threaded rod of cylindrical cross section over which the cymbal may be placed and held in place by a female-threaded cymbal fastener, the improvement comprising a combined tuning-key and cymbal-fastener tool, the combined tool comprising a shaft having first and second opposite ends, a handle extending outwardly from the shaft and situated closer to the first end than to the second end, a female threaded cylindrical socket in the first end of the shaft which is sized and threaded to match said threaded rod, a female square socket in the opposite second end of the shaft which is sized to match said male turnable head, whereby, when not in use as a tuning key, the combined tool is used to hold a cymbal in place on the cymbal stand by screwing it onto the threaded rod above the cymbal, and when it is needed as a tuning key, it is removed from the cymbal stand and is used by placing the female square socket over various tightening screws and is turned by the handle to adjust the tightening screws. whereby, the female threaded cylindrical socket is isolated from the structural pressures exerted on the female square socket, and the dimensions of either socket are independent of the dimensions of the other socket.