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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Emi Kanayama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masao Sato, Hamamatsu, JP;
YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Abstract
An electronic percussion instrument includes a head, a frame, and an impact sensor, and a plate serving as a vibration-damping member. The back of the head is divided into a main area (e.g. a main strike area) and an auxiliary area. The plate is ring-shaped sheet, made of a harder material (e.g. a metal) than the head, with an elongated hole and attached to the head to encompass or sandwich the main strike area of the head, thus demonstrating a vibration-damping effect. When the main strike area of the head is being struck with a beater, a vibration is caused to occur in the head and detected by the impact sensor to produce an electric signal which is used to generate an electronic musical sound while the vibration-damping member suppresses vibration being transmitted through the head due to an impact of the beater on the head.