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US 10,497,343 B2Granted
Reed for a musical instrument
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsRyuji Hashimoto, Ryo Shinoda
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Abstract
A reed includes: a reed main body having a plate shape, the reed main body including a fixed part fixed to a mouthpiece, and a vibrating part that extends from the fixed part and vibrates; and a sensor part that is disposed inside the vibrating part or on an inner surface of the vibrating part, the inner surface of the vibrating part facing the mouthpiece, the sensor part comprising an effective sensor portion that detects vibration of the vibrating part.
Claims10
A reed comprising:
- a reed main body having a plate shape, the reed main body comprising a fixed part fixed to a mouthpiece, and a vibrating part that extends from the fixed part and vibrates;
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- a sensor part that is disposed inside the vibrating part or on an inner surface of the vibrating part, the inner surface of the vibrating part facing the mouthpiece, the sensor part comprising an effective sensor portion that detects vibration of the vibrating part, and the effective sensor portion being fixed to the vibrating part.
A reed comprising:
- a reed main body having a plate shape, the reed main body comprising a fixed part fixed to a mouthpiece, and a vibrating part that extends from the fixed part and vibrates,
- wherein the vibrating part comprises a through hole that penetrates in a thickness direction of the reed main body, and through which a sensor part is inserted, the sensor part detecting vibration of the vibrating part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.