US 10,380,978 B2 · Flute headjoint

Abstract

A flute headjoint includes a cylindrical pipe section (2), an embouchure hole (3) bounded by a reinforcing element (4), a crown (6) terminating the pipe section (2) situated to the left of the embouchure hole (3), and a concave tuning plug (8) disposed in the pipe section (2) in a sonic chamber (5) situated under the embouchure hole (3). The cylindrical pipe section (2) is longer compared to conventional configurations, the crown (6) is open, the tuning plug (8, 12, 15, 23) is a cylindrical body with its face situated facing the embouchure hole (3) having a sunken three-dimensional configuration made as a combination of regular or irregular arcuate and flat faces. A balance weight (40) is positioned in the resonator cavity (5a) between the tuning plug (8, 12, 15, 23) and the crown (6). Pipe section (2) includes an additional extension piece (42, 43) which is removable

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Dependent claims

Flute headjoint comprising a cylindrical pipe section (2) having a free end (7), an embouchure hole (3) in the pipe section (2) bounded by a reinforcing element (4), a crown (6) terminating the pipe section (2) at an end opposite the free end (7) and a concave tuning plug (8, 12, 15, 23) disposed in the pipe section (2) in a sonic chamber (5) defined in the pipe section (2) under the embouchure hole (3), characterised in that the crown (6) is open in the direction of the pipe section (2) of the flute, the tuning plug (8, 12, 15, 23) is a cylindrical body having a face situated facing the embouchure hole (3), the face having a sunken three-dimensional configuration of a combination of regular or irregular arcuate faces, and the headjoint having a balance weight (40) in a resonator cavity (5a) defined in the pipe section (2) between the tuning plug (8, 12, 15, 23) and the crown (6).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Flute headjoint

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