Go Drum
A compact drum kit is provided. The drum kit has a body having a hollow interior cavity and a sound hole for transmitting sound wave from the interior cavity to exterior of the body, the body has a striking head and an opposing resonant head. The drum kit has a top plat attaching to a top side of the body and a platform attaching to a bottom side of the body. The drum kit has a shaft mounting bracket attaching to the top plat and a pivot shaft mounting bracket attaching to the top plat. A plurality of upward extending component mounting shafts are supported by one of the shaft mounting bracket and the pivot shaft mounting bracket. One or more percussion modules that attach to one or more of the plurality of component mounting shafts, wherein each percussion module produces a sound in response to being struck or scraped. A drum kick assembly is positioned on the striking head side of the body and including a beater positioned to strike the striking head of the body to produce a sound. A hi-hat pedal assembly is positioned on the resonant head side of the body.
1 . A compact drum kit comprising:
a multi-sided body having a hollow interior cavity and a sound hole for transmitting sound wave from the interior cavity to exterior of the body, the body has a striking head and an opposing resonant head;
a top plate attaching to a top side of the body;
a platform attaching to a bottom side of the body;
a shaft mounting bracket attaching to the top plate;
a pivot shaft mounting bracket attaching to the top plate;
a plurality of upward extending component mounting shafts supported by one of the shaft mounting bracket and the pivot shaft mounting bracket;
one or more percussion modules that attach to one or more of the plurality of component mounting shafts, wherein each percussion module produces a sound in response to being struck or scraped;
a drum kick assembly positioned on the striking head side of the body and including a beater positioned to strike the striking head of the body to produce a sound; and
a hi-hat pedal assembly positioned on the resonant head side of the body.
2 . The compact drum kit of claim 1 , wherein the hi-hat pedal assembly has a footboard, a base plate and a connector connecting the footboard and base plate.
3 . The compact drum kit of claim 2 , wherein the base plate is made of a magnetic material.
4 . The compact drum kit of claim 3 , further comprising a pivot plate pivotally mounted to the platform, wherein the hi-hat pedal assembly is mounted to the pivot plate.
5 . The compact drum kit of claim 4 , wherein the pivot plate is mounted to the platform through a wing screw that the pivot plate can swivel away from the platform.
6 . The compact drum kit of claim 5 , wherein the hi-hat pedal assembly is magnetically mounted on the pivot plate.
7 . The compact drum kit of claim 6 , wherein the hi-hat pedal assembly is mounted on the pivot plate with a variety of locations and/or positions with a variety of directions by disengaging/engaging the magnetic connection between the hi-hat pedal assembly and the pivot plate.
8 . The compact drum kit of claim 1 , wherein the one or more percussion modules are one or more of a snare drum, tom-tom, a hi-hat cymbals, and a cymbal.
9 . The compact drum kit of claim 8 , wherein the snare drum is supported by the pivot shaft mounting bracket.
10 . The compact drum kit of claim 9 , wherein the pivot shaft mounting bracket is adjustably attached to the top plate and is able to pivotally rotate relatively to the top plate.
11 . The compact drum kit of claim 10 , wherein the pivot shaft mounting bracket is secured into place by a pivot shaft mounting bracket locking mechanism to allow the pivot shaft mounting bracket to rotate freely relative to an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the pivot shaft mounting bracket or to securely fix pivot shaft mounting bracket into a particular position.