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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
YAMAHA CORPORATION, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 1/32 (2006.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01); G10D 13/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 1/0008 (2013.01); G10D 13/027 (2013.01); G10D 13/028 (2013.01); G10H 1/32 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); G10H 2220/461 (2013.01); H04R 2201/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A percussion instrument is provided that includes a shell, a head and a speaker. The shell has a wall portion and at least one opening. The head is attached to the shell and overlies the at least one opening of the shell. The speaker is provided inside of the shell and oriented to output sound having a main direction of propagation towards the wall portion of the shell and/or the at least one opening of the shell having the head according to an input signal.