US Patent No: 7,310,866
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Method for manufacturing a percussion instrument
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Dec 25, 2007
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Jan 11, 2005
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11/032,936
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a percussion instrument has the steps of providing a first member into a liquid with the first member having a first diameter. The first member has a first end and a second end. The method also has the step of heating the liquid and stretching the first end of the first member into a second diameter. The method further has the steps of cooling the stretched first end and fitting a skin on the first end.
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| 4,549,462 Apparatus and method for mounting a head on a musical instrument and a method of drum construction | 21 | 1982 | |
| 2004/0134,333 Drum tensioning device | 5 | 2003 | |
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| 4,184,407 Acoustic drums | 13 | 1978 | |
| 5,329,837 Continuous fiber composite acoustic drumshell | 8 | 1992 | |
| 5,723,801 Drum shell and method for making same | 5 | 1994 | |
| 2003/0061,929 Percussion instrument | 9 | 2001 | |
| 2003/0029,302 Musical drum | 13 | 2002 | |
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