Music – Instruments – Wind
Patent
1986-01-29
1987-12-22
Hix, L. T.
Music
Instruments
Wind
G10D 702
Patent
active
047140003
ABSTRACT:
A piccolo flute, in particular a piccolo transverse flute of the family of the "orchestra Boehm flutes", having a head part with a mouth hole, also called an embouchure hole, a closure cap with an adjustable seal on its free frontal end and a body part with finger holes and a key mechanism. The terminal finger hole is located on the free frontal end. The body part has only one C hole. The invention provides a novel hole setting scheme for a concert pitch tuning of a'=440 Hz. The axis of the C hole encloses with the longitudinal center plane of the body part containing the majority of the finger holes an angle of 120.degree. to 130.degree..
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patent: 1376004 (1921-04-01), Christensen
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Benade, The Journal of The Acoustical Society of America, On Woodwind Instrument Bores, vol. 31, No. 2, Feb. 1959, pp. 137-146.
Nederveen, Acustica, Calculations on Locations and Dimensions of Holes in a Clarinet, vol. 14, No. 4, 1964, pp. 227-234.
Brown Brian W.
Hix L. T,.
Koch Robert J.
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