Patent ID: 8148619

Claim:
In a musical drum with a hollow shell having at least one opening and having a drumhead including a tensioned membrane with a playing surface covering said opening, the improvement comprising: a means to dampen resonating sounds produced when said drumhead is struck by an object, said means to dampen said resonating sounds including an annular fixture mounted on said playing surface, said annular fixture having an outer concentric edge adjacent a flange member having an inner surface face-opposed to said playing surface, an inner concentric edge spaced-apart from said playing surface and an area adjacent said inner concentric edge defining an annular channel with said drumhead for receiving a damping member in fixed retained relation with said annular fixture, said annular fixture being mounted to said playing surface by non-adhesive means for permanently joining said flange member with said playing surface and including in near conformal relation with said face-opposed inner surface a means to reduce or eliminate vibration and vibrational-generated noise along the sections of the drumhead where said inner surface and said playing surface are joined, when said drumhead is struck.