| 摘要 |
A transitionally reinforced drum shell for an acoustical drum of the type having drumhead tensioning hardware is disclosed herein. The invention comprises a staged bridge reinforcement structure incorporated on the inside of the shell, which provides structural support for the drumhead tensioning hardware while enhancing the tonal quality of the instrument. The transitions may be accomplished with abrupt steps or smooth tapers between thickness regions. Also disclosed are a non-integrated staged bridge reinforcement structure, which can be retrofitted to existing drum shells, and a method of reinforcing axial regions of a drum shell with such a staged bridge reinforcement structure.
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