W F Ludwig Kettle Drum Patent
by Paulette B Wright
Title
W F Ludwig Kettle Drum Patent
Artist
Paulette B Wright
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Fine Art
Description
In Ludwig's words: My invention belongs to that general class of devices known as musical instruments, and relates particularly to a tuning mechanism for those instruments known as tympana, or kettle drums, and similar instruments, provided with a suitable head. Instruments of this character are tuned by varying the tension of the head, and my improvements are 4for novel means for so controlling or varying the tension to produce 'the desired pitch. The preferred construction comprises fluid controlled mechanism, and suitable means for controlling the fluid.
My husband is particularly fond of his set of red sparkle Ludwig drums, purchased in the 60s from money earned on his paper route.
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July 14th, 2016
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