Mouthpiece for wind instrument with single reed

Details Mouthpiece for wind instrument with single reed Mouthpiece for wind instrument with single reed

1986-04-11

1987-03-24

Franklin, Lawrence R.

Music

Instruments

Wind

G10D 902

Patent

active

046516166

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a mouthpiece for a clarinet or other wind instrument using a single reed with a tone chamber covered by the reed.
In the perception which lies at the foundation of the present invention, no substantial improvement in tone can be achieved by making changes to each individual component part, but the sound of any musical instrument, such as the wind instrument concerned here, is only really improved by working on the basis of an integrated approach. This should be understood as implying that, according to the invention, an essential relationship exists between the vibratory element and the resonance element. It is then also of critical importance that both elements concur in a harmonious way. In the absence of this, an instrument can not have the tone quality which is in principle possible.
According to the invention, a mouthpiece for a clarinet, saxophone or suchlike instrument with a single reed now displays the feature that the tone chamber has, grosso modo, the form of a constricted teardrop, that the reed at the point of construction of that chamber displays at least one hole, and that in the transitional zone between the tone chamber and the resonance tube there is located a, placed on a stalk and embodied as a polyhedron, acoustic member.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2397593 (1946-04-01), Brilhart
patent: 2525523 (1950-10-01), Chance
patent: 3202032 (1965-08-01), Strathmann

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