John A Ferrante

US Patent:

20050284285, Dec 29, 2005

Filed:

Jun 28, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/878743

Inventors:

Ted McCann - Los Angeles CA, US
Jimmy Paxson - Los Angeles CA, US
John Ferrante - West Hollywood CA, US

International Classification:

G10D013/02

US Classification:

084418000

Abstract:

A musical device () adapted for cooperative use with a drum () or similar percussion instrument such that striking or otherwise sounding the percussion instrument also sounds the musical device (). In a preferred embodiment, the musical device () comprises a ring () and a plurality of jingles (). The ring () being adapted to support the jingles () and to removably lay upon a drumhead () portion of the drum (). The plurality of jingles () are coupled with the ring () and are movable so as to affect a desired sound in response to a striking of the drum (). No jingles () are coupled with a reserved portion () of the ring () so as to facilitate substantially unimpeded access to the drumhead () via the reserved portion ().