Means for regulating cymbal pedal tautness

Claim 1

A means for regulating cymbal pedal tautness comprising a pedal connected by a pedal chain to a lower draw bar, said lower draw bar connected at an upper end thereof to a coupling block, a spring being connected at one end to said coupling block and at another end to an end block, an upper draw bar being connected at a lower end thereof to said coupling block, said upper draw bar extending up through said end block and connecting at an upper end thereof to a top cymbal, a depression of said pedal causing the top cymbal to rapidly descend crashing down on a lower cymbal to produce a percussional effect, the improvement wherein; a tube within which said upper and lower draw bar are disposed is formed with two diametrically opposed slots in the region of said end block, two set screws which fix into said end block each protruding through a said slot, each said set screw resting within a screw acceptor formed on an inner surface thereof with screw threading, a twist of said screw acceptor causing said spring to either loosen or tighten thus regulating the pedal tautness, said screw acceptor further being formed on an upper surface thereof with V-shaped teeth, a pair of ball bearings being disposed within said V-shaped teeth, said ball bearing each fitting in a respective spring loaded recess formed in one of an upper fixed ring disposed above said screw acceptor or a lower fixed ring being disposed below said screw acceptor.