Timpani
Timpani or scale set refers to the equipment of student associations that is required for timpani or for striking a scale .
use
The most part of protective equipment existing Paukzeug is on the Paukboden stored or in a Paukschrank or Paukraum and in a Paukkiste / Mensurkiste to Mensurtag transported to the Mensurboden. Each connection is responsible for its own drum kit; some items may also be provided by the weapon ring .
Depending on the fencing comment , different scale equipment may be required. Often the use of the drum kit is also regulated here. Everyone involved in a measure has to put on different items of equipment or to carry them with them during the game. During the timpani to prepare a measure, utensils with less protective effect are sometimes put on. During the measure, the drum kit can be straightened and repaired in a break from the bandage .
Paukant
- Student fencing weapon ( basket bat in the colors of the compound, bell bat , saber ), with a sharp blade
- Timpani glasses with nose plate
- Neck ruff / collar, chain protection for neck and shoulder
- Kevlar vest or underplastron made of Kevlar
- Chain mail
- Scale cuff
- Scale glove
- Groin guard
- Various protective leathers or slip leather
Only when cramming:
- Student fencing weapon ( basket bat with a bare basket, bell bat , saber ), with blunt blade
- Timpani
- Timplastron
- Timpani
- Timpani glove
- Scale hood ( muck hood )
- On the drum floor there is also the phantom , a kind of drum doll that simulates the future opponent
second
- Second bat , basket bat in the colors of the compound, with blunt blade
- Second helmet, a special pauk helmet
- Secondary collar, ruff / neck bandage
- Second plastron with groin protector, partially separate back protector
- Second cuff with scaling glove
Testant
- Neck band / ruff
- Testant glove, chain glove
- Cleaning rags and disinfectant in a bowl for cleaning the timpani blade
- Duct tape and tools ( pliers , hammer , hacksaw ...) for the fencing weapon
- Spare blades, spare parts
- Blade protection for transport, blade case
- Height adjustment boards
Drag fox
- Neck band / ruff
- Timpani glove
- Timpani helmet (not common)
Secretary / clerk
- Scale book / Paukbuch or scale cards
More impartial
- Weapon ring statutes / paucity comment or fencing comment
Pulmonary doctor
- Doctor's case with medical equipment
Individual items
Bandages
The cervical collar protects the carotid arteries and prevents fatal scaling accidents. The collar is usually made of several layers of long, thin napkins made of reinforced silk and / or leather ( Mensurkrawatte ) and possibly in addition a substance byrnie . It ends with a stiff, wide band of sturdy leather , which is fastened in the neck with buckles , or a chain tube . There is also a neck bandage or collar in a thin or thick design.
Gloves
The scale glove and the timpani glove are both made of thicker leather and serve to protect the hands. The scaling glove is additionally reinforced with metal inserts. The chain glove is worn by the testant to protect against cuts.
Helmets
See: Paukhelm . The second wears a second helmet .
leather
Various protective leather used for protection against hits, so there are among others ears leather , Heart leather , cheeks leather and Parotisleder . For covering still unhealed scars are being thrown leather set.
Upper body protection
A paukplastron is a padded upper body protection. In the scaling it is replaced by the chain mail and the Kevlar vest . For the second there is a special second plastron , some with separate back protection.
Goggles
See: Paukbrille .
Logs
A Mensurbuch / crammer or Mensurkarten used to document the game. As a rule, the names and connections of the participants, the type of game, the number of courses, place and date as well as the number of hits, needles and monita are entered in such a scale log . Early nineteenth-century timpani books are scientifically interesting, as they can be used to reconstruct the lengths of well-known personalities.
Gauntlets
Pauk- and Mensurstulp are gauntlets and serve to ward off blows. Some of them are sewn together with a glove, or the cuff and glove are connected to one another with a fastener.
Groin guard
A groin guard is a padded lower body protection, which is often provided with the colors or the circle of the connection for the second as a second apron .
weapons
The student fencing weapons used today are mainly basket rackets , for the scale rackets as scaling rackets in the colors of the connection, and bell sticks and, especially in Pennal fencing, sabers . The Prague plempe was also used in Prague in the past . The second uses a racket to collapse.
Rigging
In the German-Baltic student associations , the drum kit is called rigging, in Estonian Takelaaz.
literature
- Gert-A. Geilke: The little student fencing primer . Retrieved April 25, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ^ As for example in a Prager Pauk-Comment from 1875.
- ^ Acta Historica Tallinnensia 2004