| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 084380000 | Wood winds | 72 |
| 20080223193 | WOODWIND INSTRUMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PIPE THEREOF - A pipe of a woodwind instrument (e.g., an upper joint of an oboe) having a through-hole running therethrough in its longitudinal direction is produced in such a way that a plastic lining layer composed of a thermoplastic material is formed on the interior wall of the pipe and the circumferential surfaces of tone holes of the pipe. The thermoplastic material is selected from generally-known plastic materials such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, ABS resin, and POM resin. This prevents the inside of the pipe from being excessively expanded due to a player's moist breath in playing the woodwind instrument; hence, it is possible to prevent cracks or flaws from occurring on the pipe. In addition, this structure is superior in manufacturability and suited to mass production. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090114077 | Wind instrument provided with a resonating buffer - A wind instrument provided with a resonating buffer comprises a wind tube including a mouthpiece provided on the forwardmost end thereof, an outlet mounted on the rearwardmost end thereof, and a curved portion arranged between the mouthpiece and the outlet thereof, at least one resonating buffer attached between the curved portion and the outlet of the wind tube. So that the sound waves become gentle and clam and flow forward to the outlet, thereby eliminating interruption and overcoming cacophony. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090320667 | FINGERING MECHANISM FOR WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS - A fingering mechanism for a woodwind instrument that comprises a first key that actuates both a first tone hole, corresponding to the first key, and another remote tone hole. By closing the first key corresponding to the first tone hole, the first tone hole is closed only if a second tone hole that is closer to a mouthpiece, with respect to an air column in a tube of the instrument, than the first tone hole is closed as well. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20130239773 | Mouthpiece for Woodwind Instrument with Improved Baffle - A mouthpiece for a woodwind musical instrument includes an elongated airflow passage extending along a path between a front end and a rear end of the mouthpiece. A forward section of the passage includes a window defining an opening of the passage, a pair of generally opposed sidewalls along the window and a baffle connecting the sidewalls and positioned generally opposite the window. The baffle defines a first section and a second section with the first section and the second section each being generally parallel to the path of the elongated passage. The first section is a high baffle section and the second section is a low baffle section. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130239774 | Mouthpiece for Woodwind Instrument with Improved Tenon - A mouthpiece for a woodwind musical instrument includes a generally cylindrical body between a front end and a rear end and an elongated airflow passage extending along a path between the front end and the rear end. A window defines an opening of the passage generally adjacent the front end and the body includes a table upon which a reed may be mounted. The rear end has an enlarged generally cylindrical tenon section integrally formed therewith and the tenon section is larger than the cylindrical body. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20140130653 | CAM OPERATED LIGATURE - A cam operated ligature for securing a reed to a mouthpiece of a musical instrument. The cam operated ligature may include a band, configured to fit around the mouthpiece, and a cam lock lever rotatably attached to the band. When in use, the cam lock lever may be in a closed position, which secures the reed to the mouthpiece. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140305279 | ADAPTABLE LIGATURE FOR THE MOUTHPIECES OF WIND INSTRUMENTS - The present invention relates to a ligature for single-reed wind instruments that comprises a main multidirectional pivot system allowing the reed to vibrate freely while providing all possibilities of clamping force both to minimal contact and to extreme fit, and which adapts to table angle thereby optimizing the relationship between fitting and sound quality. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150371615 | MOUTHPIECE LIGATURE FOR WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS - Disclosed herein is a ligature providing secure contact between the reed and mouthpiece while at the same time allowing for faster adjustment of the reed location and contact point with respect to the mouthpiece cavity such that longer or shorter reed vibrations can be easily obtained if desired. The improved ligature is adaptable to fit a wide range of woodwind instrument mouthpieces. In addition, the ligature has limited points of contact with the mouthpiece, so as to eliminate or reduce abrasions to the mouthpiece assembly associated with the application of the ligature. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371616 | ADAPTABLE LIGATURE FOR THE MOUTHPIECES OF WIND INSTRUMENTS - The present invention relates to a ligature for single-reed wind instruments that comprises a main multidirectional pivot system allowing the reed to vibrate freely while providing all possibilities of clamping force both to minimal contact and to extreme fit, and which adapts to table angle thereby optimizing the relationship between fitting and sound quality. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160071502 | WIND INSTRUMENT SUPPORTS - An instrument support for a wind musical instrument includes a bracket configured to be attached to the wind musical instrument, a base section configured to rest on a trunk of a user, and one or more support members spanning a distance between the bracket and the base section. The instrument support further includes a first adjustment mechanism that can be used to adjustably and selectively fix a position of the one or more support members with respect to the bracket and a second adjustment mechanism that can be used to adjustably and selectively fix the distance between the bracket and the base section. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20140331849 | Bagpipe Drone Reed - A bagpipe reed has a tongue adjustor for biasing the reed tongue to adjust the amount of air consumed by the reed without altering the pitch of the reed. The tongue adjustor exerts pressure on the tongue without penetrating either the tongue or the body of the reed. The tongue adjustor may be carried by a tongue retaining collar. | 11-13-2014 |
| 084382000 | Clarinets | 29 |
| 20110146473 | TUNABLE CLARINET BARREL - The present invention relates to a tuneable clarinet barrel joint ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110239843 | UNIFIED OCTAVE/REGISTER KEY AND VENT FOR MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENTS - Apparatus and methods for its use are provided that relate to an octave/register key for musical wind instruments that combines (i) a vent formed by alignment of an opening of a core and a sidewall aperture of a sleeve, wherein the core is slidably and coaxially mounted within the sleeve, or a vent formed by alignment of sidewall apertures on an inner chamber slidably mounted within an outer chamber, and (ii) the mechanism to open and close such a vent. The device, upon actuation, vents the wind instrument air column to remove the fundamental pitch frequency, and can be mounted anywhere on the body of a musical wind instrument or onto any existing tone hole key of the instrument. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120272809 | WOODWIND INSTRUMENT AND AIRFLOW ADJUSTER - A woodwind instrument such as a clarinet includes a main tube including an upper tube and a lower tube and a correcting tone hole used solely for interval correction is formed in the lower tube. An airflow adjuster is installed in the correcting tone hole. The airflow adjuster is formed in an M shape by bending a film member at three positions. The airflow adjuster can properly arrange a turbulent airflow in the correction tone hole during performance and can reduce undesired sound generated from the correcting tone hole. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20150040738 | WIND INSTRUMENT BELL, WIND INSTRUMENT AND RING - A wind instrument bell includes a bell body and a ring. The bell body has a cylindrical shape, is configured to be connected to a wind instrument body, and has an outer circumferential surface having a recessed groove extending in a circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface. The ring has a C shape, has a first end and a second end being separated from each other, and is accommodated in the recessed groove in a state of being deformed so that the first and second ends separate from each other. | 02-12-2015 |
| 084383000 | Mouthpieces | 25 |
| 20090217798 | Mass-Loaded Ligature for Woodwind Instruments - A mass-loaded ligature is provided for use in a mouthpiece system for attaching a reed to a mouthpiece of a woodwind musical instrument. The ligature is constructed from a flexible strap of material, either metal or rubberized fabric, having two ends to which large masses are fixedly secured. The ends of the straps and masses are brought together to form a loop that is placed over the mouthpiece and reed. A threaded closure mechanism is used to tighten the ligature around the mouthpiece. The ends of the strap are folded over and crimped into slots in the masses to secure the masses to the strap. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090217799 | High-Performance Mouthpiece for Woodwind Instruments - An improved mouthpiece for use with single reed woodwind instruments is provided. The mouthpiece includes rounded portions of the top surfaces of the side rails and tip rail that surround a window of the mouthpiece that leads to an internal tone chamber. The rounded surfaces reduce turbulence in the air flow during the reed closure segment of the oscillatory cycle, improving tonality, response and intonation. The mouthpiece also includes a step or raised portion in the table portion of the mouthpiece adjacent the window. The step elevates the heel end of the reed. The raised heel end permits increased vibration of the heel end of the reed, improving performance. In addition, the mouthpiece includes a transition from the tone chamber to the central bore of the mouthpiece that minimizes lateral offset and the offset angle of the transition, reducing energy reflection that degrades performance. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090217800 | Ligature for Woodwind Instruments - A ligature is provided for use in a mouthpiece system for attaching a reed to a mouthpiece of a woodwind musical instrument. The ligature is constructed from a single layer of flexible strap of rubberized fabric, having two ends to which rigid bars are fixedly secured. The ends of the straps and rigid bars are brought together to form a loop that is placed over the mouthpiece and reed. A threaded closure mechanism is used to tighten the ligature around the mouthpiece. The ends of the strap are crimped into slots in the rigid bars to secure the masses to rigid bars. A cradle constructed from a rectangular piece of spring steel is attached to the flexible strap and is located on the interior of the loop to contact the reed along two lines. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100043621 | Ligature for Woodwind Instruments - A ligature is provided for use in a mouthpiece system for attaching a reed to a mouthpiece of a woodwind musical instrument. The ligature is constructed from a single layer of flexible strap, having two ends to which rigid bars are fixedly secured. The ends of the straps and rigid bars are brought together to form a loop that is placed over the mouthpiece and reed. A threaded closure mechanism is used to tighten the ligature around the mouthpiece. The ends of the strap are crimped into slots in the rigid bars to secure the flexible strap to the rigid bars. Slots or slits run along substantially the entire length of the flexible strap. Removable masses are attached to the ligature in contact with the rigid bars. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100269668 | "ECLIPSE LIGATURE" FOR SINGLE REED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - The subject invention pertains to a ligature for securing a single-beating reed to a mouthpiece of any single reed woodwind instrument. According to a specific embodiment, the subject ligature can be provided with two rounded ribs affixed to the interior of a three-fingered collar that is held together across a longitudinal split by tightening screws. One of the two rounded ribs is provided with a concavity opening into the interior of the collar in order to create a triangular negative space on a surface of a secured reed. This negative space allows for asymmetrical pressure to be exerted onto the reed, which can result in a freedom of vibration and may provide subtle improvements in tone, control, articulation, and richness in the core of sound. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110162508 | Ligature For Woodwind Instruments - A ligature is provided for use in a mouthpiece system for attaching a reed to a mouthpiece of a woodwind musical instrument. The ligature is constructed from overlapping layers of flexible strap to define pockets holding rigid bars. The ligature ends and rigid bars are brought together to form a loop that is placed over the mouthpiece and reed. A threaded closure mechanism is used to tighten the ligature around the mouthpiece. Within the interior of the loop, a rigid, weighted cradle is attached to the flexible strap by rivets. The cradle contains a plurality of identical cradle members stacked together in a laminated manner. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120085218 | LIGATURE FOR THE MOUTHPIECES OF SINGLE-REED WIND INSTRUMENTS - The invention relates to a ligature for the mouthpieces of single-reed wind instruments, consisting of a rigid closed ligature in the form of a slightly conical ring with a slightly convex wall, in which the ligature is made from ebony and is provided externally with two central circles on the convex part, as well as four upper circles and two smaller circles. The shape and material of the ligature provide a substantial improvement in terms of sound and greater strength in relation to a traditional ligature. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120152083 | Mouthpiece for Woodwind Instruments with Venturi Aperture - An improved mouthpiece for use with single reed woodwind instruments is provided. The mouthpiece includes a tapered shaped tone chamber that creates shaped-charge dynamics in the tone chamber air column to improve coupling of the air column to the reed. The tapered shape is obtained by varying the width of the tone chamber along the interior surfaces of the side walls from a top surface of the side rails to the bottom surface of the tone chamber. In addition, the width of the bottom surface is varied along a length of the tone chamber from a tip rail to the central bore of the mouthpiece. The transition from the top surfaces of the side rails to the interior surface of the tone chamber side walls is sloped to achieve a venturi effect between the top surfaces and the reed at the region of the tone chamber adjacent the tip rail. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120222539 | Fipple (mouthpiece) for a wind musical instrument and method of making a fipple for a wind musical instrument. - A fipple for a bladed edge or labium lip resonated musical wind instrument, such as a tin whistle, Irish whistle or recorder, is constructed with a windway, blade and mouth. The two-piece tip and body fipple facilitates precise and accurate machined geometries. These geometries include but are not limited to chamfered windway openings and curved labium lips for extra sympathetic harmonics or “tone color”. The two-piece design also facilitates the use of two different materials, the tip may be constructed from a material that is comfortable and safe to hold in a human mouth and the body or blade material may be constructed from a metallic material to maximize volume and wind efficiency. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120266736 | REED WARP MOUTHPIECE SYSTEM - A reed warp mouthpiece system includes a mouthpiece with a bottom side having a concave cavity, a table portion and a rectangular window exposing a tone chamber and extending from the table portion. A reed is disposed on the bottom side of the mouthpiece spanning the cavity and includes a heel portion extending over the table portion and a tapered portion extending from the heel portion and covering the rectangular window. A plurality of parallel slits is provided in the reed. A ligature surrounds the mouthpiece and reed to secure the reed to the mouthpiece. This ligature includes a flexible strap having opposing ends defining a flexible strap length and opposing edges running between the opposing ends and defining a width. The length passes around the mouthpiece and the reed and the width is equal to the heel portion length so that the flexible strap completely covers the heel portion. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130239775 | Mouthpiece for Woodwind Instrument with Improved Ligature - A mouthpiece for a woodwind musical instrument includes a generally cylindrical body, a passage extending through the body, a window defining an opening of the passage, and a table upon which a reed may be mounted such that a mounted reed extends across at least a portion of the window. A pair of ligatures are mounted on the mouthpiece with each ligature being configured to engage and secure the reed to the table. The ligatures are independently movable along the mouthpiece. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20140137718 | CLARINET MOUTHPIECE AND BARREL SYSTEM - A clarinet mouthpiece and tuning barrel system includes a mouthpiece with a central mouthpiece bore passing through the mouthpiece from a tone chamber to a rear portion of the mouthpiece opposite the tone chamber. The mouthpiece bore has a rectangular cross-sectional geometry extending along an entire length of the mouthpiece bore. This rectangular geometry includes two pairs of opposing parallel sides. Each pair of opposing sides is separated by a unique distance such that a ratio of unique distances for the two pairs of opposing parallel sides is ⅝. Also included is a tuning barrel attached to the rear portion of the mouthpiece. This barrel has a central barrel bore in communication with the mouthpiece bore that passes completely through the barrel. The barrel bore has an identical rectangular cross-sectional geometry to the mouthpiece bore cross-sectional geometry along an entire length of the barrel bore. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140260891 | CLAMP FOR A SAXOPHONE OR CLARINET MOUTHPIECE - A clamp includes a flexible, interior conical component in contact with a barrel and a rigid, exterior conical component in contact with the interior component. The interior component has a longitudinal cut over its entire length and has, at the part that contacts the barrel, two central recesses. The exterior component acts on the interior component, and has the same conicity as the interior component. The exterior component prevents unwanted opening of the interior component by exerting a pressure on the interior component. Both components have a central recess, which form, as a whole, a mouthpiece resonating box that provides greater sound volume and different timbres, depending on the size of the recess and on the material from which it is produced. The flexibility of the interior component prevents breaking of the barrel even though three interior rings thereof are placed in different planes. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150027294 | SIMULATED MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENT - A simulated musical wind instrument takes the form of a tin whistle or recorder to channel a player's breath toward one or more sensors. In one embodiment, the simulated tin whistle includes a mouthpiece and a stem, and both may be realistically configured. The mouthpiece receives and channels a person's breath towards one or more pressure sensors while the stem includes additional sensors that are selectively touched by a player's fingers to non-audibly generate a musical song, in the simulated musical wind instrument, the mouthpiece may include various openings, sensors and other electronics for generating the non-audible music. Further, the mouthpiece may include a keyed locking member for referencing the mouthpiece when attaching it to the stem. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150107439 | Bass Clarinet With Low E Tone Hole Not on the Bell - A low E-flat bass clarinet with low E tone hole not on the bell is provided. The clarinet includes a mouthpiece coupled to a neck. The clarinet further includes an upper joint coupled to the neck on one end and coupled to a lower joint on an opposing end, the upper and lower joints comprising tone holes and associated key mechanisms mounted thereon, and further having thereon a finger spatula terminating in a cam end positioned adjacent to the lower end of the lower joint. The clarinet also includes an low E joint coupled to a lower end of the lower joint, the low E joint having a low E tone hole. Further, the clarinet includes a bell coupled to the lower end of the low E joint, the bell having no low E tone hole and no low E key mechanism located thereon. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20090126552 | Method of Producing Parts for Woodwind and Brass Musical Instruments Using Briarwood - The invention relates to a method of producing parts for woodwind and brass musical instruments using briarwood, either from the root or branch thereof, said wood being kept moist from the moment it is cut until it is boiled in water for 16 hours, dried in anaerobic conditions and cured under cover for at least six months and for up to two or more years. The following parts can be thus produced: mouthpiece, tongue, clarinet barrel, flute head or bell. The aforementioned parts, which are not affected by humidity, better produce and carry the sound. In addition, a wide range of sounds is possible, such as jazz, classical, soloist, orchestra and band. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090193956 | Wind instrument ligature - A musical instrument ligature using at least one stalk which act as the contact points between the ligature and the reed when it is clamped onto the mouthpiece of a wind instrument. The stalks are preferably positioned so as to be non-parallel to each other thereby effecting varying contact points between the ligature and the reed. The ligature is slid over the mouthpiece of an instrument and tightened as desired using a set of butterfly screws and nuts positioned at the ends of the metallic band forming the ligature. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090288544 | UNIVERSAL LIGATURE SUITABLE FOR MANY INSTRUMENTS - A mouthpiece assembly includes a tubular member and a ligature for attaching a reed to the tubular member. The ligature is structured to be infinitely adjustable in size as selected by a musician to fit many different sized woodwind mouthpieces. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090301284 | Oriented polymer reeds for woodwind instruments - A synthetic reed for use in reed-blown wind instruments such as the clarinets, saxophones, oboes and bassoons may be made from an oriented thermoplastic material such as uniaxially oriented polypropylene. The reed may have a profile that is thinner near the tip and in the vamp than the profile of a cane reed of equivalent playing strength, and may be machined from an oriented polymer blank has a higher longitudinal modulus than that of said cane reed of equivalent playing strength. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20110017044 | BASSOON REED WITH TUBULAR UNDERSLEEVE - A bassoon reed including first and second reed cane members and a tubular undersleeve within, and a method of manufacture therefor is disclosed. The first and second reed cane members each have inside and outside surfaces, proximal and distal end portions and two opposite longitudinal edges. The reed cane members are secured together in edge-to-edge fashion along the distal end portions. The tubular undersleeve is within and supports the distal end portions therearound. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20120227566 | REED FOR A SAXOPHONE - The reed for a saxophone according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that one to six concave grooves are formed from a file mark | 09-13-2012 |
| 20150013522 | MOUTHPIECE LIGATURE FOR WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS - Disclosed herein is a ligature providing secure contact between the reed and mouthpiece while at the same time allowing for faster adjustment of the reed location and contact point with respect to the mouthpiece cavity such that longer or shorter reed vibrations can be easily obtained if desired. The improved ligature is adaptable to fit a wide range of woodwind instrument mouthpieces. In addition, the ligature has limited points of contact with the mouthpiece, so as to eliminate or reduce abrasions to the mouthpiece assembly associated with the application of the ligature. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150059552 | REED AFFIXING DEVICE FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS - Disclosed herein is a reed affixing device for a wind instrument. The device includes a puller means disposed on an upper portion of the mouthpiece in a longitudinal direction thereof and having a puller, with hollow portions formed in the puller in the longitudinal direction of the mouthpiece. A string-shaped cord passes through the hollow portions in the form of a unidirectional spiral from a side of the puller to wind around the reed and the mouthpiece at several times, and is secured to first and last hollow portions formed, respectively, in both ends of the puller. An affixing means is fastened to a side of the puller means to secure the reed to the mouthpiece. A pair of sound adjusting members is provided on opposite sides of the reed to be in close contact with the cord that is wound several times, thus adjusting a tone of sound. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20160140937 | DEVICE, MOUTHPIECE, AND REED FOR A WIND INSTRUMENT - The invention relates to a device for a wind instrument, comprising a mouthpiece ( | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160171958 | SLANTED BORE MOUTHPIECE | 06-16-2016 |
| 084383000 | Reeds | 10 |
| 20090217798 | Mass-Loaded Ligature for Woodwind Instruments - A mass-loaded ligature is provided for use in a mouthpiece system for attaching a reed to a mouthpiece of a woodwind musical instrument. The ligature is constructed from a flexible strap of material, either metal or rubberized fabric, having two ends to which large masses are fixedly secured. The ends of the straps and masses are brought together to form a loop that is placed over the mouthpiece and reed. A threaded closure mechanism is used to tighten the ligature around the mouthpiece. The ends of the strap are folded over and crimped into slots in the masses to secure the masses to the strap. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090217799 | High-Performance Mouthpiece for Woodwind Instruments - An improved mouthpiece for use with single reed woodwind instruments is provided. The mouthpiece includes rounded portions of the top surfaces of the side rails and tip rail that surround a window of the mouthpiece that leads to an internal tone chamber. The rounded surfaces reduce turbulence in the air flow during the reed closure segment of the oscillatory cycle, improving tonality, response and intonation. The mouthpiece also includes a step or raised portion in the table portion of the mouthpiece adjacent the window. The step elevates the heel end of the reed. The raised heel end permits increased vibration of the heel end of the reed, improving performance. In addition, the mouthpiece includes a transition from the tone chamber to the central bore of the mouthpiece that minimizes lateral offset and the offset angle of the transition, reducing energy reflection that degrades performance. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090217800 | Ligature for Woodwind Instruments - A ligature is provided for use in a mouthpiece system for attaching a reed to a mouthpiece of a woodwind musical instrument. The ligature is constructed from a single layer of flexible strap of rubberized fabric, having two ends to which rigid bars are fixedly secured. The ends of the straps and rigid bars are brought together to form a loop that is placed over the mouthpiece and reed. A threaded closure mechanism is used to tighten the ligature around the mouthpiece. The ends of the strap are crimped into slots in the rigid bars to secure the masses to rigid bars. A cradle constructed from a rectangular piece of spring steel is attached to the flexible strap and is located on the interior of the loop to contact the reed along two lines. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100043621 | Ligature for Woodwind Instruments - A ligature is provided for use in a mouthpiece system for attaching a reed to a mouthpiece of a woodwind musical instrument. The ligature is constructed from a single layer of flexible strap, having two ends to which rigid bars are fixedly secured. The ends of the straps and rigid bars are brought together to form a loop that is placed over the mouthpiece and reed. A threaded closure mechanism is used to tighten the ligature around the mouthpiece. The ends of the strap are crimped into slots in the rigid bars to secure the flexible strap to the rigid bars. Slots or slits run along substantially the entire length of the flexible strap. Removable masses are attached to the ligature in contact with the rigid bars. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100269668 | "ECLIPSE LIGATURE" FOR SINGLE REED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - The subject invention pertains to a ligature for securing a single-beating reed to a mouthpiece of any single reed woodwind instrument. According to a specific embodiment, the subject ligature can be provided with two rounded ribs affixed to the interior of a three-fingered collar that is held together across a longitudinal split by tightening screws. One of the two rounded ribs is provided with a concavity opening into the interior of the collar in order to create a triangular negative space on a surface of a secured reed. This negative space allows for asymmetrical pressure to be exerted onto the reed, which can result in a freedom of vibration and may provide subtle improvements in tone, control, articulation, and richness in the core of sound. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110162508 | Ligature For Woodwind Instruments - A ligature is provided for use in a mouthpiece system for attaching a reed to a mouthpiece of a woodwind musical instrument. The ligature is constructed from overlapping layers of flexible strap to define pockets holding rigid bars. The ligature ends and rigid bars are brought together to form a loop that is placed over the mouthpiece and reed. A threaded closure mechanism is used to tighten the ligature around the mouthpiece. Within the interior of the loop, a rigid, weighted cradle is attached to the flexible strap by rivets. The cradle contains a plurality of identical cradle members stacked together in a laminated manner. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120085218 | LIGATURE FOR THE MOUTHPIECES OF SINGLE-REED WIND INSTRUMENTS - The invention relates to a ligature for the mouthpieces of single-reed wind instruments, consisting of a rigid closed ligature in the form of a slightly conical ring with a slightly convex wall, in which the ligature is made from ebony and is provided externally with two central circles on the convex part, as well as four upper circles and two smaller circles. The shape and material of the ligature provide a substantial improvement in terms of sound and greater strength in relation to a traditional ligature. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120152083 | Mouthpiece for Woodwind Instruments with Venturi Aperture - An improved mouthpiece for use with single reed woodwind instruments is provided. The mouthpiece includes a tapered shaped tone chamber that creates shaped-charge dynamics in the tone chamber air column to improve coupling of the air column to the reed. The tapered shape is obtained by varying the width of the tone chamber along the interior surfaces of the side walls from a top surface of the side rails to the bottom surface of the tone chamber. In addition, the width of the bottom surface is varied along a length of the tone chamber from a tip rail to the central bore of the mouthpiece. The transition from the top surfaces of the side rails to the interior surface of the tone chamber side walls is sloped to achieve a venturi effect between the top surfaces and the reed at the region of the tone chamber adjacent the tip rail. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120222539 | Fipple (mouthpiece) for a wind musical instrument and method of making a fipple for a wind musical instrument. - A fipple for a bladed edge or labium lip resonated musical wind instrument, such as a tin whistle, Irish whistle or recorder, is constructed with a windway, blade and mouth. The two-piece tip and body fipple facilitates precise and accurate machined geometries. These geometries include but are not limited to chamfered windway openings and curved labium lips for extra sympathetic harmonics or “tone color”. The two-piece design also facilitates the use of two different materials, the tip may be constructed from a material that is comfortable and safe to hold in a human mouth and the body or blade material may be constructed from a metallic material to maximize volume and wind efficiency. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120266736 | REED WARP MOUTHPIECE SYSTEM - A reed warp mouthpiece system includes a mouthpiece with a bottom side having a concave cavity, a table portion and a rectangular window exposing a tone chamber and extending from the table portion. A reed is disposed on the bottom side of the mouthpiece spanning the cavity and includes a heel portion extending over the table portion and a tapered portion extending from the heel portion and covering the rectangular window. A plurality of parallel slits is provided in the reed. A ligature surrounds the mouthpiece and reed to secure the reed to the mouthpiece. This ligature includes a flexible strap having opposing ends defining a flexible strap length and opposing edges running between the opposing ends and defining a width. The length passes around the mouthpiece and the reed and the width is equal to the heel portion length so that the flexible strap completely covers the heel portion. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130239775 | Mouthpiece for Woodwind Instrument with Improved Ligature - A mouthpiece for a woodwind musical instrument includes a generally cylindrical body, a passage extending through the body, a window defining an opening of the passage, and a table upon which a reed may be mounted such that a mounted reed extends across at least a portion of the window. A pair of ligatures are mounted on the mouthpiece with each ligature being configured to engage and secure the reed to the table. The ligatures are independently movable along the mouthpiece. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20140137718 | CLARINET MOUTHPIECE AND BARREL SYSTEM - A clarinet mouthpiece and tuning barrel system includes a mouthpiece with a central mouthpiece bore passing through the mouthpiece from a tone chamber to a rear portion of the mouthpiece opposite the tone chamber. The mouthpiece bore has a rectangular cross-sectional geometry extending along an entire length of the mouthpiece bore. This rectangular geometry includes two pairs of opposing parallel sides. Each pair of opposing sides is separated by a unique distance such that a ratio of unique distances for the two pairs of opposing parallel sides is ⅝. Also included is a tuning barrel attached to the rear portion of the mouthpiece. This barrel has a central barrel bore in communication with the mouthpiece bore that passes completely through the barrel. The barrel bore has an identical rectangular cross-sectional geometry to the mouthpiece bore cross-sectional geometry along an entire length of the barrel bore. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140260891 | CLAMP FOR A SAXOPHONE OR CLARINET MOUTHPIECE - A clamp includes a flexible, interior conical component in contact with a barrel and a rigid, exterior conical component in contact with the interior component. The interior component has a longitudinal cut over its entire length and has, at the part that contacts the barrel, two central recesses. The exterior component acts on the interior component, and has the same conicity as the interior component. The exterior component prevents unwanted opening of the interior component by exerting a pressure on the interior component. Both components have a central recess, which form, as a whole, a mouthpiece resonating box that provides greater sound volume and different timbres, depending on the size of the recess and on the material from which it is produced. The flexibility of the interior component prevents breaking of the barrel even though three interior rings thereof are placed in different planes. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150027294 | SIMULATED MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENT - A simulated musical wind instrument takes the form of a tin whistle or recorder to channel a player's breath toward one or more sensors. In one embodiment, the simulated tin whistle includes a mouthpiece and a stem, and both may be realistically configured. The mouthpiece receives and channels a person's breath towards one or more pressure sensors while the stem includes additional sensors that are selectively touched by a player's fingers to non-audibly generate a musical song, in the simulated musical wind instrument, the mouthpiece may include various openings, sensors and other electronics for generating the non-audible music. Further, the mouthpiece may include a keyed locking member for referencing the mouthpiece when attaching it to the stem. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150107439 | Bass Clarinet With Low E Tone Hole Not on the Bell - A low E-flat bass clarinet with low E tone hole not on the bell is provided. The clarinet includes a mouthpiece coupled to a neck. The clarinet further includes an upper joint coupled to the neck on one end and coupled to a lower joint on an opposing end, the upper and lower joints comprising tone holes and associated key mechanisms mounted thereon, and further having thereon a finger spatula terminating in a cam end positioned adjacent to the lower end of the lower joint. The clarinet also includes an low E joint coupled to a lower end of the lower joint, the low E joint having a low E tone hole. Further, the clarinet includes a bell coupled to the lower end of the low E joint, the bell having no low E tone hole and no low E key mechanism located thereon. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20090126552 | Method of Producing Parts for Woodwind and Brass Musical Instruments Using Briarwood - The invention relates to a method of producing parts for woodwind and brass musical instruments using briarwood, either from the root or branch thereof, said wood being kept moist from the moment it is cut until it is boiled in water for 16 hours, dried in anaerobic conditions and cured under cover for at least six months and for up to two or more years. The following parts can be thus produced: mouthpiece, tongue, clarinet barrel, flute head or bell. The aforementioned parts, which are not affected by humidity, better produce and carry the sound. In addition, a wide range of sounds is possible, such as jazz, classical, soloist, orchestra and band. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090193956 | Wind instrument ligature - A musical instrument ligature using at least one stalk which act as the contact points between the ligature and the reed when it is clamped onto the mouthpiece of a wind instrument. The stalks are preferably positioned so as to be non-parallel to each other thereby effecting varying contact points between the ligature and the reed. The ligature is slid over the mouthpiece of an instrument and tightened as desired using a set of butterfly screws and nuts positioned at the ends of the metallic band forming the ligature. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090288544 | UNIVERSAL LIGATURE SUITABLE FOR MANY INSTRUMENTS - A mouthpiece assembly includes a tubular member and a ligature for attaching a reed to the tubular member. The ligature is structured to be infinitely adjustable in size as selected by a musician to fit many different sized woodwind mouthpieces. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090301284 | Oriented polymer reeds for woodwind instruments - A synthetic reed for use in reed-blown wind instruments such as the clarinets, saxophones, oboes and bassoons may be made from an oriented thermoplastic material such as uniaxially oriented polypropylene. The reed may have a profile that is thinner near the tip and in the vamp than the profile of a cane reed of equivalent playing strength, and may be machined from an oriented polymer blank has a higher longitudinal modulus than that of said cane reed of equivalent playing strength. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20110017044 | BASSOON REED WITH TUBULAR UNDERSLEEVE - A bassoon reed including first and second reed cane members and a tubular undersleeve within, and a method of manufacture therefor is disclosed. The first and second reed cane members each have inside and outside surfaces, proximal and distal end portions and two opposite longitudinal edges. The reed cane members are secured together in edge-to-edge fashion along the distal end portions. The tubular undersleeve is within and supports the distal end portions therearound. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20120227566 | REED FOR A SAXOPHONE - The reed for a saxophone according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that one to six concave grooves are formed from a file mark | 09-13-2012 |
| 20150013522 | MOUTHPIECE LIGATURE FOR WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS - Disclosed herein is a ligature providing secure contact between the reed and mouthpiece while at the same time allowing for faster adjustment of the reed location and contact point with respect to the mouthpiece cavity such that longer or shorter reed vibrations can be easily obtained if desired. The improved ligature is adaptable to fit a wide range of woodwind instrument mouthpieces. In addition, the ligature has limited points of contact with the mouthpiece, so as to eliminate or reduce abrasions to the mouthpiece assembly associated with the application of the ligature. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150059552 | REED AFFIXING DEVICE FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS - Disclosed herein is a reed affixing device for a wind instrument. The device includes a puller means disposed on an upper portion of the mouthpiece in a longitudinal direction thereof and having a puller, with hollow portions formed in the puller in the longitudinal direction of the mouthpiece. A string-shaped cord passes through the hollow portions in the form of a unidirectional spiral from a side of the puller to wind around the reed and the mouthpiece at several times, and is secured to first and last hollow portions formed, respectively, in both ends of the puller. An affixing means is fastened to a side of the puller means to secure the reed to the mouthpiece. A pair of sound adjusting members is provided on opposite sides of the reed to be in close contact with the cord that is wound several times, thus adjusting a tone of sound. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20160140937 | DEVICE, MOUTHPIECE, AND REED FOR A WIND INSTRUMENT - The invention relates to a device for a wind instrument, comprising a mouthpiece ( | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160171958 | SLANTED BORE MOUTHPIECE | 06-16-2016 |
| 084384000 | Flutes | 22 |
| 20080289475 | FOSTER EXTENSION FOR FLUTES - A flute attachment which improves and enhances the harmonic capability of a flute by lengthening the resonant chamber of the standing wave. The instant invention ‘fine tunes’ the harmonic range of the flute by taking into account the end point of the fundamental length of the sounding oscillations of an air column without negating the frequency which has been predetermined by the original terminus of the physical scale length of the flute. The sound wave length within a flute terminates slightly beyond the physical length of the flute tube and this difference in length is known as the ‘end correction’. The instant invention captures the node which extends beyond the flute tubing and balances and reinforces the propagation of upper partials throughout the sounding range of the instrument. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080302229 | Conical piccolo - The subject invention is an improved conical piccolo comprising various new fingering mechanisms and configurations, as well as an additional tone hole opening. The improved conical piccolo allows a user to easily play all six standard trills produced by the cylindrical flute fitted with the c sharp trill key, including the third octave G to A trill. Moreover, the improved conical piccolo simplifies the fingering required by a user to play the third octave G to A trill. Moreover, the subject invention allows the user of piccolo to play two additional trills, namely the first and second octave C to D trills, with improved intonation and response. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080314226 | ELECTRONIC WIND INSTRUMENT - Electronic wind instrument includes a body section, and a blowing unit pivotably supported on the body section. The blowing unit includes a lip plate section that abuts with a lower lip part of a human player, and a blowing detection section that detects a flow rate of a breath blown by the human player. The blowing unit, which is pivotable about a longitudinal shaft of the body section, includes retaining elements that retain the blowing unit at a predetermined pivoting position, and scale marks for indicating a pivoting position of the blowing unit retained by the retaining elements. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090049977 | SINGLE HOLED FLUTE - What is disclosed is a musical instrument that may be a single holed flute that has the tonal characteristics of a flute, but offers an infinite scale of available notes and pitch modification between the high and low limits of the single holed flute's tone production. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090241753 | ACOUSTIC, HYPERACOUSTIC, OR ELECTRICALLY AMPLIFIED HYDRAULOPHONES OR MULTIMEDIA INTERFACES - An instrument in which an acoustic or otherwise measurable disturbance or change is made in physical matter is disclosed. In one embodiment an oscillatory vortex shedding phenomenon is formed in water, in association with each of a plurality of finger holes. Water flows past a branch point where it can either flow over a labium, edge or the like in a resonant pipe, or out a finger hole, the finger hole being the path of lesser resistance to the water. Obstruction of the finger hole forces the water past an underwater sound production mechanism. Blocking water from coming out of a given hole produces a given note, which, in some embodiments, is electrically amplified by a hydrophone. In one embodiment there is a further processing of each hydrophone signal. Embodiments with various kinds of acoustic or optical pickups are also disclosed. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090293701 | End blown flute having an acoustic air space - The present invention is directed to musical instruments that are based on the operation of an air reed and, in particular, encompasses end-blown flutes comprising an acoustic air space and a fluid air space. The communication between the acoustic and fluid air spaces is positioned so as to minimally interfere with the flow of air introduced, i.e., blown, into the fluid space and enables the instrument to produce rich, in-tune tones across a three octave range. The acoustic air space is formed by a hollow tuning chamber positioned opposite the air reed. In alternate embodiments, the invention encompasses a head-joint of a musical instrument, which head joint comprises a an acoustic space and a fluid space. The head joint of the invention may be used to replace or in place of the head joint or mouthpiece of common musical instruments of the woodwind family, e.g., the Western flute, saxophone, clarinet, oboe, nay, shakuhachi, or recorder. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100018380 | Acoustically Pleasing Headjoint Stopper for a Transverse Flute - A headjoint stopper is arranged for mounting within the headjoint of a transverse flute of the type that includes an embouchure hole, a crown fitting, and an inside wall having a circumference. The headjoint stopper includes a front shoulder which is located closer to the embouchure-hole and a back shoulder located closer to the crown fitting. The front and back shoulders each contact the entire circumference of the inside wall to provide a seal between the headjoint and the headjoint stopper at the front and back shoulders. A midsection is located between the said front and back shoulders. The midsection does not contact the inside circumference of the headjoint to create a resonance chamber between the headjoint stopper and the inside wall of the headjoint to improve the sonic qualities of the instrument while preserving the sound characteristics of the existing headjoint. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100107851 | FIPPLE FLUTE MADE ACTIVE BY A BRASS INSTRUMENT MOUTHPIECE - In a fipple flute, an instrument body includes an outer surface defining an interior resonating cavity. An airway extends from the outer surface into the resonating cavity and includes an adaptor which joins a brass instrument mouthpiece with a fipple flute. The tone produced from the brass instrument mouthpiece along with the separate tone generated by the fipple whistle allows the player the ability to create new sounds and harmonies | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110226114 | OCARINA KIT - A kit or puzzle for making an ocarina is provided having six planar pieces representing the top, bottom, front and two sides of a cuboid-shaped chamber, wherein the side pieces have arms that extend past the front of the chamber to support a planar mouthpiece having a windway directed at a labium positioned in the forward edge of the top piece forming the chamber. Finger holes in the top piece allow different notes to be played in the assembled ocarina. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110296972 | FLUTE HEADJOINT - A flute headjoint includes a chimney, a lip plate and a tube body formed from a refractory metal. The refractory metal can include tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, tungsten, rhenium, alloys of these metals and combinations thereof. The chimney and lip plate are attached to the tube body without the use of solder. In certain embodiments, the chimney and lip plate are attached to the tube body with bands. The use of refractory metals in the construction of the tube body may provide enhanced headjoint performance, and because the lip plate and chimney are not soldered to the tube body the components may be formed using a computer modeling and milling process that provides for accurate and consistent production of headjoint components. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120011987 | PICCOLO - A piccolo includes a cylindrical headjoint with an embouchure, a stopper including an adjustable seal disposed in a free end of the cylindrical headjoint, and a conical body having tone holes. The tone holes include a single tone hole corresponding to c | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120234156 | FLUTE SUPPORT - An apparatus is worn on a finger of a user while playing the flute. The apparatus comprises a stabilization pad, an inner support pad, and an outer support pad. The stabilization pad is disposed at a first end of the apparatus and is positionable to abut at least one of the finger and a palm of the user. In contrast, the outer support pad is disposed at a second end of the apparatus and is positionable to project outward from the finger of the user. The inner support pad and the outer support pad are operative to at least partially support the flute. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130152764 | Chromatic Tambin and Related Methods - The disclosed tambin generally features: a hollow tubiform body that is generally conical; a plug for blocking the wide end of the body; an embouchure that is adjacent to the wide end of the body; and six finger holes that are spaced along the body toward its pointed end. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130160632 | NOVEL AUTOMATIC EMBOUCHURE - The invention is an automatic embouchure comprising a device body, one or more latches, a primary connection means, one or more secondary connection means, an air flow modulator, a lip plate cover, a lip position panel, a left air channel guide rail and a right air channel guide rail, one or more latch canals, an air flow channel and, optionally a lower lip receptacle. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130247745 | CONTINUOUS PITCH WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A musical instrument includes a resonating pipe having a first slot defined along a length of a longitudinal axis of the resonating pipe and a sliding rod that slides along a length of the first slot and closes the first slot such that the sliding rod selectively covers and provides an air seal to the first slot, such that a pitch of sound produced varies according to a length of closure of the first slot. A mouthpiece is coupled to the resonating pipe to enable the player to create a resonating column of air in the resonating pipe and control the pitch of the instrument by controlling the coverage of the sliding rod over the first slot. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140013925 | FLUTES - A lip plate for a flute, the lip plate including an air guide positionable adjacent an embouchure hole of the flute when the lip plate is attached to the flute wherein the air guide is adapted for directing a stream of air from a user's mouth in a direction relative to the embouchure hole to enable the flute to be played. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140190332 | DEVICE FOR MUTING THE SOUND OF A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - The present application is directed to a muting device for muting the sound of musical instruments such as wind instruments, and more particularly, flutes. The muting device is configured to mute the sound of a wind instrument by restricting the airflow through the blowhole of the wind instrument without changing the pitch of the sound produced by the wind instrument. The muting device may restrict the airflow through the blowhole of the wind instrument by means of a woven or knitted mesh fabric placed over the blowhole of the wind instrument. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20150040739 | Musical Instrument - A wind instrument includes a body defining a body with a plurality of tone holes. A plurality of keys are attached to the body, each key of the plurality of keys further including a key pad that is configured to selectively seal at least one of the plurality of tone holes to produce notes of different pitch. In one example, the body includes one monolithic piece of a metal extrusion having a “D”-shaped cross-section that provides a substantially flat upper surface and a lower curved surface. In another example, a biasing member includes a pair of magnets associated with each key, each pair of magnets including a first magnet attached the body and second magnet attached to one of the keys. A position of at least one of the first and second magnets is selectively adjustable relative to the other. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150294654 | Piccolo - A piccolo having a flute body ( | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150371614 | Piccolo - A piccolo comprising a conical-bore headjoint, and a cylindrical-bore main body having toneholes of particular size disposed at particular intervals along the length of the body. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160019872 | Flute Support - An apparatus comprises a flute, a base, and a thumb rest. The base is attached to the flute and defines a channel. The thumb rest is inserted into the channel and defines an elongate body. The thumb rest is positioned such that a flutist may rest a right thumb against the thumb rest while using conventional fingering to play the flute. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160093275 | Piccolo - A piccolo comprising a conical-bore headjoint, and a cylindrical-bore main body having toneholes of particular size disposed at particular intervals along the length of the body. | 03-31-2016 |
| 084385000 | Saxophones | 9 |
| 20080202314 | Injection Molded Saxophone - An injection molded saxophone. A main frame of the saxophone comprises a number of injection molded parts. The injection molded parts are namely a neck, an upper body, a main body, a left bell and bow and a right bell and bow. The injection molded parts are preferably made from a substantially plastic polymer. The neck comprises an octave vent for allowing moisture removal. At least one of the injection molded parts has a number of holes formed therein. A keyworks assembly is couplable to the main frame. The keyworks assembly comprises a number of tone hole cover structures, a number of keys and a number of rods. Each tone hole cover structure comprises a lid shaped for covering its corresponding hole. Each tone hole cover structure has an end ring with an end hole that is shaped and dimensioned to fit with an external profile of one of the number of rods. Operation of the rod varies at least one hole between the open state and the closed state to thereby vary pitch of generated sound. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100229709 | SAXOPHONE NECK SYSTEM - A saxophone neck system uses interchangeable component parts to modify and optimize sound and resistance. The saxophone neck system may allow a saxophone player the ability to change components to achieve variations in sound and to use the components with various manufacturers' instruments and mouthpieces. With the use of various internal shapes and dimensions placed in a specific combination, the player can create a desired sound. Additionally, the saxophone neck system may eliminate neck cork compression discrepancies from different manufacturers by offering different diameters of the body of the initiator portion of the saxophone neck system to fit any saxophone mouthpiece. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110120284 | NECK BRACE AND OCTAVE KEY - A novel neck for a musical instrument with a bent neck includes an elongated brace contacting a neck tube only at two points. An octave key is also provided for the neck. The octave key is pivotably supported on the brace and contacts the neck tube only at one point. The neck is designed to reduce the dampening effect of a brace and octave key by providing only a small contact surface area on the neck tube. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20130145920 | WATER LEAKAGE PREVENTION TOOL, SAXOPHONE, AND WIND INSTRUMENT - A saxophone includes a roughly U-shaped first pipe | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130186257 | HINGE TUBE AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a hinge tube which is disposed in a musical instrument to connect to keys and valves of the musical instrument. The hinge tube forms at least one recess portion on a periphery of the hinge tube. Thereby, the positions on which the valves and the keys disposed are able to be identified easily, and the valves and the keys are fixed to the hinge tube more firmly to improve the stability of the musical instrument. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20160035327 | SOPRANO SAXOPHONE - A soprano saxophone having a combination of modern palm key designs with the bore and left had lower keys of an earlier soprano saxophone design placed along the main body thereof in a manner whereby a saxophonist experienced with other types of saxophones can easily play the soprano saxophone. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20120167744 | KEY CUP ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR A WIND INSTRUMENT - A key cup adjustment device for a wind instrument has a hinge rod and a key cup assembly. The key cup assembly is mounted on the hinge rod and has at least one solid arm, a key cup, at least one adjusting arm and at least one abutting unit. The at least one solid arm is mounted securely between the hinge rod and the key cup. The at least one adjusting arm is mounted securely on the at least one solid arm and corresponds to the key cup. The at least one abutting unit is connected to the at least one adjusting arm and can be adjusted to abut the key cup. Therefore, the key cup can close a corresponding tone hole tightly and pitches produced by wind instruments are accurate. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20090217801 | Foldable saxophone stand - A foldable saxophone stand has a base, multiple feet, a support, a lower bracket and an upper bracket. The feet and the support are mounted pivotally on the base. The lower bracket and the upper bracket are mounted pivotally on the support. Therefore, the feet, the support, the upper and lower bracket can be folded or unfolded easily and no elements of the foldable saxophone stand should be removed. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090301285 | SUPPORT FOR STRAIGHT WIND INSTRUMENTS - The instrument relates to a support provided with a first tubular guide element ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 084385000 | Woodwind supports | 2 |
| 20080202314 | Injection Molded Saxophone - An injection molded saxophone. A main frame of the saxophone comprises a number of injection molded parts. The injection molded parts are namely a neck, an upper body, a main body, a left bell and bow and a right bell and bow. The injection molded parts are preferably made from a substantially plastic polymer. The neck comprises an octave vent for allowing moisture removal. At least one of the injection molded parts has a number of holes formed therein. A keyworks assembly is couplable to the main frame. The keyworks assembly comprises a number of tone hole cover structures, a number of keys and a number of rods. Each tone hole cover structure comprises a lid shaped for covering its corresponding hole. Each tone hole cover structure has an end ring with an end hole that is shaped and dimensioned to fit with an external profile of one of the number of rods. Operation of the rod varies at least one hole between the open state and the closed state to thereby vary pitch of generated sound. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100229709 | SAXOPHONE NECK SYSTEM - A saxophone neck system uses interchangeable component parts to modify and optimize sound and resistance. The saxophone neck system may allow a saxophone player the ability to change components to achieve variations in sound and to use the components with various manufacturers' instruments and mouthpieces. With the use of various internal shapes and dimensions placed in a specific combination, the player can create a desired sound. Additionally, the saxophone neck system may eliminate neck cork compression discrepancies from different manufacturers by offering different diameters of the body of the initiator portion of the saxophone neck system to fit any saxophone mouthpiece. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110120284 | NECK BRACE AND OCTAVE KEY - A novel neck for a musical instrument with a bent neck includes an elongated brace contacting a neck tube only at two points. An octave key is also provided for the neck. The octave key is pivotably supported on the brace and contacts the neck tube only at one point. The neck is designed to reduce the dampening effect of a brace and octave key by providing only a small contact surface area on the neck tube. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20130145920 | WATER LEAKAGE PREVENTION TOOL, SAXOPHONE, AND WIND INSTRUMENT - A saxophone includes a roughly U-shaped first pipe | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130186257 | HINGE TUBE AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a hinge tube which is disposed in a musical instrument to connect to keys and valves of the musical instrument. The hinge tube forms at least one recess portion on a periphery of the hinge tube. Thereby, the positions on which the valves and the keys disposed are able to be identified easily, and the valves and the keys are fixed to the hinge tube more firmly to improve the stability of the musical instrument. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20160035327 | SOPRANO SAXOPHONE - A soprano saxophone having a combination of modern palm key designs with the bore and left had lower keys of an earlier soprano saxophone design placed along the main body thereof in a manner whereby a saxophonist experienced with other types of saxophones can easily play the soprano saxophone. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20120167744 | KEY CUP ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR A WIND INSTRUMENT - A key cup adjustment device for a wind instrument has a hinge rod and a key cup assembly. The key cup assembly is mounted on the hinge rod and has at least one solid arm, a key cup, at least one adjusting arm and at least one abutting unit. The at least one solid arm is mounted securely between the hinge rod and the key cup. The at least one adjusting arm is mounted securely on the at least one solid arm and corresponds to the key cup. The at least one abutting unit is connected to the at least one adjusting arm and can be adjusted to abut the key cup. Therefore, the key cup can close a corresponding tone hole tightly and pitches produced by wind instruments are accurate. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20090217801 | Foldable saxophone stand - A foldable saxophone stand has a base, multiple feet, a support, a lower bracket and an upper bracket. The feet and the support are mounted pivotally on the base. The lower bracket and the upper bracket are mounted pivotally on the support. Therefore, the feet, the support, the upper and lower bracket can be folded or unfolded easily and no elements of the foldable saxophone stand should be removed. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090301285 | SUPPORT FOR STRAIGHT WIND INSTRUMENTS - The instrument relates to a support provided with a first tubular guide element ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 084385000 | Pads | 1 |
| 20080202314 | Injection Molded Saxophone - An injection molded saxophone. A main frame of the saxophone comprises a number of injection molded parts. The injection molded parts are namely a neck, an upper body, a main body, a left bell and bow and a right bell and bow. The injection molded parts are preferably made from a substantially plastic polymer. The neck comprises an octave vent for allowing moisture removal. At least one of the injection molded parts has a number of holes formed therein. A keyworks assembly is couplable to the main frame. The keyworks assembly comprises a number of tone hole cover structures, a number of keys and a number of rods. Each tone hole cover structure comprises a lid shaped for covering its corresponding hole. Each tone hole cover structure has an end ring with an end hole that is shaped and dimensioned to fit with an external profile of one of the number of rods. Operation of the rod varies at least one hole between the open state and the closed state to thereby vary pitch of generated sound. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100229709 | SAXOPHONE NECK SYSTEM - A saxophone neck system uses interchangeable component parts to modify and optimize sound and resistance. The saxophone neck system may allow a saxophone player the ability to change components to achieve variations in sound and to use the components with various manufacturers' instruments and mouthpieces. With the use of various internal shapes and dimensions placed in a specific combination, the player can create a desired sound. Additionally, the saxophone neck system may eliminate neck cork compression discrepancies from different manufacturers by offering different diameters of the body of the initiator portion of the saxophone neck system to fit any saxophone mouthpiece. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110120284 | NECK BRACE AND OCTAVE KEY - A novel neck for a musical instrument with a bent neck includes an elongated brace contacting a neck tube only at two points. An octave key is also provided for the neck. The octave key is pivotably supported on the brace and contacts the neck tube only at one point. The neck is designed to reduce the dampening effect of a brace and octave key by providing only a small contact surface area on the neck tube. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20130145920 | WATER LEAKAGE PREVENTION TOOL, SAXOPHONE, AND WIND INSTRUMENT - A saxophone includes a roughly U-shaped first pipe | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130186257 | HINGE TUBE AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a hinge tube which is disposed in a musical instrument to connect to keys and valves of the musical instrument. The hinge tube forms at least one recess portion on a periphery of the hinge tube. Thereby, the positions on which the valves and the keys disposed are able to be identified easily, and the valves and the keys are fixed to the hinge tube more firmly to improve the stability of the musical instrument. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20160035327 | SOPRANO SAXOPHONE - A soprano saxophone having a combination of modern palm key designs with the bore and left had lower keys of an earlier soprano saxophone design placed along the main body thereof in a manner whereby a saxophonist experienced with other types of saxophones can easily play the soprano saxophone. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20120167744 | KEY CUP ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR A WIND INSTRUMENT - A key cup adjustment device for a wind instrument has a hinge rod and a key cup assembly. The key cup assembly is mounted on the hinge rod and has at least one solid arm, a key cup, at least one adjusting arm and at least one abutting unit. The at least one solid arm is mounted securely between the hinge rod and the key cup. The at least one adjusting arm is mounted securely on the at least one solid arm and corresponds to the key cup. The at least one abutting unit is connected to the at least one adjusting arm and can be adjusted to abut the key cup. Therefore, the key cup can close a corresponding tone hole tightly and pitches produced by wind instruments are accurate. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20090217801 | Foldable saxophone stand - A foldable saxophone stand has a base, multiple feet, a support, a lower bracket and an upper bracket. The feet and the support are mounted pivotally on the base. The lower bracket and the upper bracket are mounted pivotally on the support. Therefore, the feet, the support, the upper and lower bracket can be folded or unfolded easily and no elements of the foldable saxophone stand should be removed. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090301285 | SUPPORT FOR STRAIGHT WIND INSTRUMENTS - The instrument relates to a support provided with a first tubular guide element ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 084386000 | Pitch-changing devices | 1 |
| 20130276616 | Unified Octave Register Key and Vent for Musical Instruments - Apparatus and methods for its use are provided that relate to an octave/register key for musical wind instruments that combines (i) a vent formed by alignment of an opening of a core and a sidewall aperture of a sleeve, wherein the core is slidably and coaxially mounted within the sleeve, or a vent formed by alignment of sidewall apertures on an inner chamber slidably mounted within an outer chamber, and (ii) the mechanism to open and close such a vent. The device, upon actuation, vents the wind instrument air column to remove the fundamental pitch frequency, and can be mounted anywhere on the body of a musical wind instrument or onto any existing tone hole key of the instrument. | 10-24-2013 |
| 084380000 | Bagpipes | 1 |
| 20080223193 | WOODWIND INSTRUMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PIPE THEREOF - A pipe of a woodwind instrument (e.g., an upper joint of an oboe) having a through-hole running therethrough in its longitudinal direction is produced in such a way that a plastic lining layer composed of a thermoplastic material is formed on the interior wall of the pipe and the circumferential surfaces of tone holes of the pipe. The thermoplastic material is selected from generally-known plastic materials such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, ABS resin, and POM resin. This prevents the inside of the pipe from being excessively expanded due to a player's moist breath in playing the woodwind instrument; hence, it is possible to prevent cracks or flaws from occurring on the pipe. In addition, this structure is superior in manufacturability and suited to mass production. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090114077 | Wind instrument provided with a resonating buffer - A wind instrument provided with a resonating buffer comprises a wind tube including a mouthpiece provided on the forwardmost end thereof, an outlet mounted on the rearwardmost end thereof, and a curved portion arranged between the mouthpiece and the outlet thereof, at least one resonating buffer attached between the curved portion and the outlet of the wind tube. So that the sound waves become gentle and clam and flow forward to the outlet, thereby eliminating interruption and overcoming cacophony. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090320667 | FINGERING MECHANISM FOR WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS - A fingering mechanism for a woodwind instrument that comprises a first key that actuates both a first tone hole, corresponding to the first key, and another remote tone hole. By closing the first key corresponding to the first tone hole, the first tone hole is closed only if a second tone hole that is closer to a mouthpiece, with respect to an air column in a tube of the instrument, than the first tone hole is closed as well. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20130239773 | Mouthpiece for Woodwind Instrument with Improved Baffle - A mouthpiece for a woodwind musical instrument includes an elongated airflow passage extending along a path between a front end and a rear end of the mouthpiece. A forward section of the passage includes a window defining an opening of the passage, a pair of generally opposed sidewalls along the window and a baffle connecting the sidewalls and positioned generally opposite the window. The baffle defines a first section and a second section with the first section and the second section each being generally parallel to the path of the elongated passage. The first section is a high baffle section and the second section is a low baffle section. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130239774 | Mouthpiece for Woodwind Instrument with Improved Tenon - A mouthpiece for a woodwind musical instrument includes a generally cylindrical body between a front end and a rear end and an elongated airflow passage extending along a path between the front end and the rear end. A window defines an opening of the passage generally adjacent the front end and the body includes a table upon which a reed may be mounted. The rear end has an enlarged generally cylindrical tenon section integrally formed therewith and the tenon section is larger than the cylindrical body. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20140130653 | CAM OPERATED LIGATURE - A cam operated ligature for securing a reed to a mouthpiece of a musical instrument. The cam operated ligature may include a band, configured to fit around the mouthpiece, and a cam lock lever rotatably attached to the band. When in use, the cam lock lever may be in a closed position, which secures the reed to the mouthpiece. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140305279 | ADAPTABLE LIGATURE FOR THE MOUTHPIECES OF WIND INSTRUMENTS - The present invention relates to a ligature for single-reed wind instruments that comprises a main multidirectional pivot system allowing the reed to vibrate freely while providing all possibilities of clamping force both to minimal contact and to extreme fit, and which adapts to table angle thereby optimizing the relationship between fitting and sound quality. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150371615 | MOUTHPIECE LIGATURE FOR WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS - Disclosed herein is a ligature providing secure contact between the reed and mouthpiece while at the same time allowing for faster adjustment of the reed location and contact point with respect to the mouthpiece cavity such that longer or shorter reed vibrations can be easily obtained if desired. The improved ligature is adaptable to fit a wide range of woodwind instrument mouthpieces. In addition, the ligature has limited points of contact with the mouthpiece, so as to eliminate or reduce abrasions to the mouthpiece assembly associated with the application of the ligature. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371616 | ADAPTABLE LIGATURE FOR THE MOUTHPIECES OF WIND INSTRUMENTS - The present invention relates to a ligature for single-reed wind instruments that comprises a main multidirectional pivot system allowing the reed to vibrate freely while providing all possibilities of clamping force both to minimal contact and to extreme fit, and which adapts to table angle thereby optimizing the relationship between fitting and sound quality. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160071502 | WIND INSTRUMENT SUPPORTS - An instrument support for a wind musical instrument includes a bracket configured to be attached to the wind musical instrument, a base section configured to rest on a trunk of a user, and one or more support members spanning a distance between the bracket and the base section. The instrument support further includes a first adjustment mechanism that can be used to adjustably and selectively fix a position of the one or more support members with respect to the bracket and a second adjustment mechanism that can be used to adjustably and selectively fix the distance between the bracket and the base section. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20140331849 | Bagpipe Drone Reed - A bagpipe reed has a tongue adjustor for biasing the reed tongue to adjust the amount of air consumed by the reed without altering the pitch of the reed. The tongue adjustor exerts pressure on the tongue without penetrating either the tongue or the body of the reed. The tongue adjustor may be carried by a tongue retaining collar. | 11-13-2014 |
