Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind instrument
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Application No.: US15754369Application Date: 2016-09-20
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Publication No.: US10199017B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Yuichiro Suenaga
- Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu-Shi
- Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu-Shi
- Agency: Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP
- Priority: JP2015-192843 20150930
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/077660 WO 20160920
- International Announcement: WO2017/057088 WO 20170406
- Main IPC: G10D7/06
- IPC: G10D7/06 ; G10D7/02 ; G10D9/00

Abstract:
A wind instrument includes: a tube body; and a plurality of tone hole tubes each having an outer open end formed at the outer periphery of the tube body and an inner open end formed through the outer opening end and opening to the inside of the tube body, wherein at least one of the tube body and the tone hole tube is curved such that the plurality of outer open ends of the plurality of tone hole tubes are disposed so as to be in positions corresponding to respective fingers of the performer, and the plurality of inner open ends are connected at positions that cause the tube body to produce a predetermined pitch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180254026A1 WIND INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2018-09-06
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