Musical wind instrument

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1990-08-02

1992-07-28

Hix, L. T.

Music

Instruments

Wind

G10D 710

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051332388

ABSTRACT:
A musical instrument which may be used to play a complete major scale without coordinated mouth and finger operations has a single mouthpiece, an outer tubing assembly or horn connected to the mouthpiece and terminating in a bell, and an inner tubing assembly or horn mounted concentrically within the outer horn. The inner horn has an open, upstream end located inside the outer horn and either an open or a closed downstream end projecting outwardly from the belled end of the outer horn. If open, the downstream end of the inner horn is either belled or tubular. The inner horn preferably is in the form of a straight tube which is closed at its outer end by a cap but may be opened or belled.

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Montague, "The World of Romantic and Modern Musical Instruments", The Overlook Press, Woodstock, N.Y. 1981, pp. 76-81 and 92-94, Title and Copyright Page.
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