Adapter for finger appendage of brass instrument
AssigneeWichita State University
InventorJohn Hunsicker
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Abstract
An adapter for the finger appendage of a brass instrument has an adapter body. An outboard side and an inboard side of the adapter body are spaced apart along a width. The adapter includes a fitting portion defining the outboard side of the adapter body and a spacer portion defining the inboard side of the adapter body. The fitting portion defines a mounting opening configured to receive the first portion of the adapter body to mount the adapter body on the finger appendage such that the spacer portion is received in the finger gap and the inboard side of the adapter body opposes the second portion of the finger appendage to define a reduced gap having a width that is less than the width of the finger gap.
Claims20
An adapter for a finger appendage of a brass instrument, wherein the finger appendage comprises a first portion and a second portion spaced apart by a finger gap having a width between the first portion and the second portion, the adapter comprising an adapter body having an outboard side and an inboard side spaced apart along a width of the adapter body, the adapter including a fitting portion defining the outboard side of the adapter body and a spacer portion defining the inboard side of the adapter body, the fitting portion defining a mounting opening configured to receive the first portion of the adapter body to mount the adapter body on the finger appendage such that the spacer portion is received in the finger gap and the inboard side of the adapter body opposes the second portion of the finger appendage to define a reduced gap having a width that is less than the width of the finger gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.