Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a musical instrument carrier that supports a musical instrument at the front of a performer.
Priority is claimed on Japanese Patent Application No. 2015-188368, filed Sep. 25, 2015, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Description of Related Art
A musical instrument carrier that supports a musical instrument such as a marching drum in front of a performer is conventionally used in parades, shows and the like.
As disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application No. 2003-5745 (JP-A 2003-5754), this kind of musical instrument carrier has an abdomen rest member that is abutted on the abdominal area of the performer, a pair of rod clamps that are fixed to the front side of the abdomen rest member, and a pair of rods.
The rods are fixed to the inside of the rod clamps by the fastening of screws. Also, by fastening the screws, the heights of the rods and their positions in the rotation direction can be regulated.
In the case of supporting a musical instrument using the aforementioned musical instrument carrier, a rod mounting mechanism is mounted on the musical instrument, and by respectively inserting the rods in the pair of rod insertion holes provided in the rod mounting mechanism, the musical instrument is supported.
When supporting a musical instrument using the musical instrument carrier, the following process is performed.
First, the screws are loosened to put the rods in a movable state with respect to the respective rod clamps. Then, the height and/or position in the rotation direction (in other words, the opening degree) of the pair of rods are/is adjusted so as to be insertable in the rod insertion holes provided in the rod mounting mechanism. Subsequently, by tightening the screws, the positions of the rods with respect to the rod clamps are regulated.
Supporting a musical instrument using the musical instrument carrier in this way has been extremely cumbersome since it is necessary to perform the above process each time prior to playing the musical instrument.