French horn

Details French horn French horn

2000-02-03

2001-03-27

Nappi, Robert E. (Department: 2837)

Music

Instruments

Wind

C084S391000, C084S392000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06207884

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a French horn and, more particularly, to an improved French horn which is adjustable to be played by either an adult or a child.
2. Description of Related Art
The French horn, one of the brass wind instruments, is popular for its favorable and resounding tone that it produces. As shown in
FIG. 5
, such a conventional horn typically includes a mouthpipe (
90
) fixedly connected to a coiled tubular body (
92
) with a plurality of keys (
94
) arranged at a side of valves (
96
) for controlling a flow of air through the horn. Because neither the mouthpipe (
90
) nor the keys (
94
) are adjustable in their positions relative to the coiled tubular body (
92
), it is difficult for a child to play the conventional horn.
Therefore, it is an objective of the invention to provide an improved French horn to mitigate and/or obviate the aforementioned problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide an improved French horn which is adjustable to be played by either an adult or a child.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved French horn which has a thumb hook, a little finger hook and a forefinger rest, each being adjustable to the left hand of a user who holds the French horn mainly with the left hand.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.


REFERENCES:
patent: 3933078 (1976-01-01), Veneklasem
patent: 3938419 (1976-02-01), DeRosa
patent: 4083287 (1978-04-01), Suzuki
patent: 4993303 (1991-02-01), Clark
patent: 5076130 (1991-12-01), Nicolai

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