Musical instrument

Claim 2

A musical instrument comprising: a closed container having a plurality of loose elements contained therein and adapted when said instrument is shaken to strike the interior surface of said container and to generate a first sound; a plurality of jingles and means supporting said jingles in a plurality of pairs with said jingles adapted when shaken to generate a second sound; and means securing said jingle supporting means to said closed container.

Claim 3

The musical instrument of claim 1 wherein said closed container is elongated and said jingle support means secure said jingles for shaking movement in directions substantially normal to the length of said container.

Claim 4

The musical instrument of claim 2 wherein said paIrs of jingles are arranged laterally to the length of said closed container and in spaced relationship thereto.

Claim 5

The musical instrument of claim 1 wherein said closed container is cylindrical and said jingle support means secure said jingles for shaking movement in directions substantially normal to the axis of said container.

Claim 6

The musical instrument of claim 1 wherein said jingle support means comprise an elongated frame having spaced sidewalls and a plurality of said pairs of jingles are positioned between said sidewalls and supported upon pins extending through said pairs of jingles and having ends secured to said sidewalls.

Claim 7

The musical instrument of claim 5 wherein said means securing said jingle support means to said container comprises a pair of end braces positioned at opposite ends of said jingle support means, each of said braces having means for engaging and supporting said container and said jingle support means in fixed relation to one another.

Claim 8

The musical instrument of claim 6 further comprising an elongated rod extending longitudinally through said end braces and holding said end braces in engagement with said container and said jingle support means.

Claim 9

The musical instrument of claim 1 wherein said container is so shaped internally that said instrument may be shaken in directions such as to cause said jingles to sound with causing said loose elements to strike any interior surfaces of said container with sufficient velocity normal to said surfaces to produce appreciable striking sounds.

Claim 10

The musical instrument of claim 1 wherein said jingles are so mounted that said instrument may be shaken in directions such as to cause said loose elements to hit the interior surfaces to produce appreciable striking sounds without causing said jingles to generate appreciable jingle sounds.

Claim 11

The musical instrument of claim 1 wherein: the interior surface of said container includes opposed flat portions and intermediate curved portions so disposed that said loose elements are caused to strike said flat portions when said instrument is shaken in a first set of directions and are caused to move tangentially to said curved portions when said instrument is shaken in a second set of directions; and said jingles are so mounted as to sound when said instrument is shaken in some but not all of said second set of directions and so as to not sound when said instrument is shaken in some but not all of said first set of directions, whereby said instrument is adapted for selective generation of element striking sounds, jingle sounds and simultaneous striking and jingle sounds depending upon the direction in which it is shaken.