Abstract: A snare drum snare-side drum head having regions of different vibratory characteristics, as by differing thicknesses, to produce a low-end, or darker, tone in association with the sharp, snap tone of the traditional snare drum.

Abstract: A snare removing device for a drum including a drum having an upper drumming surface, a lower surface, and a cylindrical side wall therebetween. The lower surface has a snare removably coupled thereto. An adjustable tripod is secured to the lower surface of the drum. A snare removing portion is provided that is comprised of a telescopic vertical arm having a pivoting upper portion pivotally coupled with the snare whereby pivoting of the pivoting upper portion will remove the snare from the lower surface of the drum.

Abstract: A snare clamp assembly is disclosed that provides for the selective precise rapid engagement and disengagement of the snares against the snare head and also provides for the precise rapid adjustment of the tension within each of a plurality of snare groups without affecting the tension in the remaining snare groups. The clamp includes a primary element, a secondary element that is adjustably coupled to the primary element, and one or more engaging, disengaging and adjusting mechanisms received through the secondary element and adjustably movable therein permitting the precise rapid engagement and disengagement of a snare group against the snare head and provides for the precise rapid adjustment of tension in each snare group against the snare head. Another group of snares can be received between the primary and secondary element and adjustably clamped therebetween.

Abstract: A snare strainer for a drum. The snare strainer includes a tube having a noncylindrical transverse cross section with a first axis and a second axis with oppositely located curved bearing surfaces positioned on the first axis. A piston is positioned in the tube for slidable movement between a first position in which the snares are located against the drumhead and a second position in which the snares are located away from the drumhead. The piston has a transverse cross section similar in shape to the transverse cross section of the tube. A quick release mechanism is provided to move the piston between the first and second positions. A handle forming part of the quick release mechanism is mounted on the tube and has a linkage connecting the piston, the handle and axis of the two during movement of the piston between the first and second positions. An axial passage is formed in one of the fasteners connecting the tube to the drum to allow air flow into and out of the drum.

Abstract: An adjustable camber induced snare assembly for a drum with a hollow body with a batter head and a snare head comprises an elongate snare a support fastenable adjacent to the hollow body extending across the snare head. Opposing adjustable and biased snare fasteners are mountable on the snare support for slightly tensioning and supporting snares. Adjusting the snare fasteners creates a camber in the snares to adjustably urge the snares to continuously have contact with the snare head during drum play without significant tensioning.

Abstract: A snare mounting and tension adjusting arrangement includes a tension adjustment unit and a snare holder unit fastened to the peripheral wall of a snare drum to hold a snare under the snare head of the snare drum, wherein the tension adjustment unit includes a locating frame fixed to the snare drum at one side, a slide coupled to a rail at the locating frame, an adjusting screw bolt mounted in a through hole at the locating frame and threaded into a screw hole at the slide and rotated to lift/lower the slide along the rail in adjusting the tension of the snare, and a locking lever pivoted to the slide and controlled to lock the slide.

Abstract: A type of adjustment for snare drum, comprising a main unit to be fitted to the shell of a snare drum, an adjusting lever inside the main unit and a moving piece inside the main unit, which will move linearly in the main unit with the rotation of the adjusting rod in the main unit, for the purpose to adjust the snare tension; the entire adjustment composition is simplified, to save time and reduce costs in its assembling process, furthermore, due to its smooth operation, there will be no noise in the adjusting process.

Abstract: A musical resonator mounting arrangement includes a resonator unit, a support plate, a coupling plate having one end fastened to the support plate and an opposite end connected to an end plate of the resonator unit by a connecting plate, a clamping unit controlled to secure the support plate to a musical instrument, enabling corrugated metal wires of the resonator unit to be retained in contact with the musical instrument, and an adjustment screw fastened to the support plate and the coupling plate at one end and screwed up with an adjustment nut for adjusting the contact pressure between the musical instrument and the corrugated metal wires of the resonator unit.

Abstract: A snare drum design attaches snare string(s) in a manner to protect the snare string(s) from damage at the snare gate. More particularly, the snare drum design prolongs the useful life of snare strings by providing a friction resistance member along an inner periphery of a snare gate formed in the snare rim.

Abstract: A snare assembly for use with a snare drum that provides for the precise fine tuning of a portion of helical wire snares. This snare assembly includes a fine tuning clasp unit comprising an angled stationary snare clasp threadingly engaged to a mobile snare clasp by a fine adjustment tension screw. Also provided are helical wire snares which are soldered to the angled stationary clasp and to the mobile snare clasp and then spanned a distance defining a snare surface and soldered to an angled snare clasp. The snare surface slightly bows in the direction towards the snare head of a drum when the snare assembly is activated by a throw off lever as a result of the use of the two angled snare clasps. Also provided is a leveling bar secured to the angled stationary clasp to maintain a constant uniform downward pressure on the helical wire snares soldered to the mobile snare clasp.

Abstract: A drum rim design for providing an increased variety of sounds while reducing a drummer's physical exertion comprises a rim on which three or more portions (12), (13), and (14) of the uppermost periphery of the upright section of the rim have respectively different heights. A user of the drum can rotate the drum to place the rim portion having the desired height adjacent the user. When the user wishes to play the drum in a conventional manner, the user can rotate the drum so that the portion of the rim having a relatively larger height is adjacent the user. This will provide rather conventional rim shot performance. When the user wishes a predictably different rim shot sound, or wishes to play rim shots at a reduced angle of performance, with the ergonomic benefit of placing correspondingly less strain on the shoulder and elbow, the user may then rotate the drum so that a portion of the rim having an uppermost rim of reduced height is adjacent the user.

Abstract: An improved strainer that has click stops in between the fully on and fully off settings allowing the artist to instantly change the tension of the snares by simply moving the lever to the desired click stop. Without having to manipulate the cumbersome tension knob, the artist is free to instantly choose between relatively loose, medium and tight settings of the snares.

Abstract: A throw-off device for use on a drum having a side wall and a head, which includes a support body attachable to the side wall of the drum; a lever having pivotal attachment to the body; an adjustable tensioning member connectible to a strap that tensions or releases strands extending adjacent the drum head; the member having operative guided relation with the body and operative connection with the lever to tension the strap and strands when the lever is swung toward the support body, and to de-tension the strap and strands when the lever is swung away from the support body.

Abstract: A snare drum is disclosed having a drum body, upper and lower drum heads fitted over openings formed at upper and lower ends of the drum body, and upper and lower rims, each of which engages peripheral edges of the upper and lower drum heads. Multiple lugs are arranged around the outer surface of the drum body and multiple nuts connect the upper and lower rims with the multiple lugs so as to pull the upper and lower rims toward one another. Multiple snare strainers on the drum body have a movable section which through the operation of a performer, can be made to operate so as to adjust one of multiple snares attached thereto so as to be moved between a position in contact with a surface of a drum head and a position out of contact with the drum head.

Abstract: A snare strainer for a drum. The snare strainer includes a cylindrical tube which is mounted on the shell of a drum. A piston is installed in the cylindrical tube for slidable movement between a first position in which the snares are positioned against the head of the drum and a second position in which the snares are moved away from the head of the drum. The snare strainer includes a handle pivotally mounted on the cylindrical tube which is connected to a cross member engaging the piston by a link. The link is pivotally connected at one end to the cross member and at its opposite end to a pivotal connection of said handle. The pivotal connections are positioned so that rotation of the handle to move the piston between the first and second positions of the piston moves the pivotal connection of the handle of the link and the pivotal connection of the link of the cross member through over center positions.

Abstract: A snappy for a snare drum wherein the snare is caused to accurately and effectively contact the drum head. Both ends of the snare are fixed to a respective holding plate. A belt is installed in the holding plate and when the belt is either tightened or loosened, it causes the snare to respectively contact or become separated from the drum head surface. The holding plate that fixes and holds the snare has a V-shaped cross section including a rear plate part and a front plate part and a bend so that the plate is bent to the drum head. A belt engaging part protrudes down from the rear plate part near the bend and the belt is attached there. A snare is fixed on the radially inner side of the front plate part.

Abstract: This disclosure is of a novel drum, specifically a snare drum which is capable of producing a definite pitch or note. The prior art drums did not produce a definite or definitive pitch. This disclosure is of a drum and the process of assembling it with a seamless shell, the skin being held tautly over the machined bearing surfaces of said shell. The drum may be tuned to other definite pitches by a tuning mechanism between the lugs on the hoop holding the skin firmly against the bearing surface of the shell and tuning lugs attached to the shell. The lugs in the shell holding the tuning means are also made of metal to enhance the tonal response of the seamless shell. The snare bed is enlarged both in width and depth and is a part of a machined bearing surface to also enhance the tonal response of the snare.

Abstract: A snare clamp assembly that provides multiple independently adjustable elements for adjustment of a portion of the snares without affecting the adjustment of the remaining snares. This clamp assembly includes a primary element, a secondary element that is adjustably coupled to the primary element, and a tertiary element adjustably coupled to the secondary element.

Abstract: A snare drum has a metallic snare of stretched corrugated wires with its opposite ends fixed to the drum head by means of rivets at locations radially inwardly of the drum frame.

Abstract: A shiftable snare strainer for a snare drum including a body secured to the drum shell and a slide longitudinally shiftable relative to the body. The slide is connected at its lower end to the snares. A lock is pivotally carried by the body for engaging the slide to hold the slide in a down position wherein the snares are spaced from the head. The lock is released by striking a release pad to allow the slide to shift upwardly to engage the snares with the drumhead.

Abstract: A drum having a top head ring, a top head across the top head ring, a tensioning ring above the top head ring and having a downwardly directed annular flange inward of the top head ring and contacting the top head, and tensioning bolts for adjustable positioning of the tensioning ring with respect to the top head ring is disclosed. There is also a bottom head ring, a bottom head across the bottom head ring, a shell beween the top head and the bottom head, and tensioning rods for pulling the bottom head ring towards the tensioning ring to thereby tension the bottom head across the bottom edge of the shell, and at least one snare mechanism positionable under each head, the snare mechanism including snare wires positionable from edge to edge of the heads.

Abstract: For a snare drum, the drum heads at the ends of the drum body are secured to the drum body by respective drum hoops. The hoop at the beating end of the drum body is attached to the drum body by an odd number of attaching bolts that extend between the hoop and attachment fixtures on the side of the drum body, whereby the tension lines across the beaten drum head do not pass through the center of the drum head, but instead surround and define a polygonal area. The opposite drum head hoop is held by an even number of bolts and attachment fixtures on the drum body, whereby the tension lines on the second drum head pass through the center of the second drum head. A second wire or a plurality of sound wires in the form of a snappy is attached to the drum body and extends across the underside of the opposite drum head.

Abstract: A method and a drum made of a moldable material, such as fiberglass, in a cylindrical form and having a low friction material coating the inside thereof and having a sound opening and baffle formed in the cylinder, for enhancement of resonance. The cylindrical drum is made through the utilization of the low friction material on the interior of fiberglass, and the two are bonded together because of the use of a paper on which the low friction material is a coating.

Abstract: In construction of a snare drum, use of at least one detachable support leg extending downwards beyond the lower end of the snare strainer provides a three-point support much stabler than the conventional dual-point support and easy application to conventional snare drums without any reformation, thereby enabling fully reliable protection of the snappy and snare strainer even at careless placing on a floor or the ground.

Abstract: A tunable quick release mechanism for securing at least one drum head to a drum shell in an aesthetically pleasing manner. The mechanism may be used with a drum having either one drum head or two drum heads. An anchor affixed to the drum shell is connected to grip by means of lever. A pivoting lug fitted within retaining grooves formed within the grip is connected to means to clamp the drum head to the drum shell. Spring means may be used to secure the pivoting lug within the retaining grooves.

Abstract: A rimless drum structure in which a drumhead has a membrane attached to an outer ring and an adjustment ring is disposed beneath the membrane within the outer ring. Tuning devices are spaced around the rings and are adjustable to urge the inner ring against the underside of the membrane, and thereby varying the tension and the tuning of the membrane. Two of such drumheads may be assembled in opposing fashion through the use of a plurality of rigid spacer members attached between the brackets of the upper and lower drumheads. An adjustable snare device having a cam type quick release mechanism and a snare tension adjustment device, may be mounted on the dual headed assembly. Sound control devices having bumpers exerting an adjustable amount of force on the upper drumhead membrane may also be used and these devices may be moved to positions at variable distances from the center of the drumhead to vary the sound effect.

Abstract: A device for adjusting the tension of snares which are disposed diametrically across the outer face of a drum head includes a support bracket for securing the device to the exterior surface of a drum shell, an operating handle pivotally connected to the support bracket comprising a lever and an extension arm for movement relative to the drum shell, and tensioning means comprising a biased roller assembly connecting the operating handle to the drum shell and to the snares whereby the tension of the snares and their position relative to the drum head can be changed by movement of the operating handle so that the frequency of vibration or pitch at the drum head and, therefore, the sound of the drum can be controlled while the drum is being played.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns apparatus for maintaining continuous tension on the snare bed of a snare drum and for moving the snare bed toward and away from the drum head surface while the snare bed remains tensioned and while the orientation of the snare bed strands remains generally parallel to the drum head surface. The snare bed is held under tension by band presses at opposite sides of the drum shell. Pivoting links at both sides of the drum shell are normally spring biased against the tension of the band presses to move the snare bed away from the drum head surface. Upon a release in the tension of the tensioning means, the spring biased levers, pivot to move the snare bed away from the drum head. Upon an increase in tension of the tensioning means, the biasing force on the links is overcome and the snare bed moves back to the drum head surface.

Abstract: A device for muting the snares of a drum to prevent remotely induced or extraneous vibrations from interfering with the normal playing of the drum.

Abstract: A drum snare control mechanism comprises a frame on which a snare is supported and one or more pairs of snare-engaging members are supported on stems slidable within the frame and movable by cams to bring the pairs of snare-engaging members selectively into and out of contact with a length of the snare, or different lengths of the snare, to vary the tone. The mechanism frame serves to isolate the drum frame from the tension within the snares.

Abstract: A snare drum attachment comprising a first and a second bar about the same length as the snare head diameter of a snare drum, a pair of bridges mounted between the bars, a plurality of snares stretched across the bridges and defining a snare surface, vibration-absorbing pads positioned between the bridges and the snares to cushion the snares thereby preventing the transfer of vibrations to the bridges and maintaining the snares in fixed straight lines, and a supporting bar and end plate arrangement fastened to the snare drum hoop for rigidly suspending the two bars directly below and independent of the snare head. Also provided are two separate strainers for separately adjusting the vertical drop of each bridge thereby allowing independent control of the contact pressure between the snares and the snare head adjacent each bridge and a spring-loaded screw and guide pin arrangement for adjusting the tension on the stretched snares.

Abstract: A drum has a shell and tracks at opposite end of the shells. Inner and outer rings move within the tracks. The outer ring is constrained for vertical movement, and the inner ring is constrained for circumferential movement. At least one of the rings has a plurality of inclined planes, and the other ring has followers of the inclined planes. The followers have convex surfaces for fitting in concave surfaces of the inclined planes. A rack extending circumferentially on the inner ring has teeth shaped like ratchets. Turning gears turn the rack, and a latch successively engages the teeth. Lifting the latch permits the inner ring to move backward circumferentially allowing the follower rollers to slide down the inclined plane.The tracks and shells are covered by split hoops having inward hinges and latches.

Abstract: The adjustable drum is comprised of two cylindrical shells which are telescopically arranged for axial adjustment with respect to each other. At least one of the shells is constructed of metal and a separate set of casings for each drum head are provided on each shell. A plurality of spaced apart insulating strips are disposed between the shells which can be adjusted in a stepwise manner relative to each other. Special adapter plate is provided on one of the shells for supporting a conventional snare strainer mechanism.

Abstract: This invention relates to the musical drum art, and particularly to the orchestra snare drum and/or marching snare drum. The device compresses the moving air column produced when the batter head is struck, and directs the vibrating column to the proper area for maximum snare effect, livelier feel and sound, with far greater power and projection. This device brings the entire batter head to life, making it playable in all areas of its surface by eliminating the dead spots usually found in the center and around the edge of the head.

Abstract: A snare assembly for use with a snare drum has a series of generally parallel snare wires extending between terminal plates secured at opposite ends of an elongate mounting frame. The snare strands are secured in a bowed configuration, projecting upwardly from the mounting frame beyond the terminal plates, the snare wires being pretensioned. Thus when the snare assembly is pressed against the lower drum head by the conventional strainer mechanism neither the mounting frame, the terminal plates, nor those parts of the snare strands directly attached to the terminal plates, come into contact with the drum head. Thus the snare strands by virtue of their bowed configuration are at all times resiliently pressed against the drum head and provide great sensitivity and response to the vibrations of the drum head providing a high degree of definition and tonal quality even at very large volumes.

Abstract: A snare drum is formed of a batter head assembly and a snare head assembly fixedly held in mutually spaced apart relation by a number of support rods. A cylindrical tone ring is seated upon the snare head assembly and extends toward but short of the batter head assembly to provide a resonating chamber for the snare head.