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US 10,923,087 B2Granted
Mellophone in real F
OwnerIon Baluinventor
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Abstract
A portable mellophone instrument having two interchangeable leadpipes and pitched in real F. The mellophone plays in the key of real F, and has a stable, deep, mellow sound. The mellophone allows French horn players to use their own mouthpiece to play the mellophone without an adapter, and allows trumpet players to play the mellophone using a familiar mouthpiece.
Claims14
A portable mellophone comprising:
- a bell;
- a first tubing segment connected to the bell;
- a second tubing segment connected to the first tubing segment;
- a third tubing segment connected to the second tubing segment;
- three piston valves connected to the first tubing segment, the second tubing segment and the third tubing segment, each of the three piston valves having a tuning slide;
- a removable lead pipe having a first end configured for mating with a selected mouthpiece without an adapter and a second end connected to the third tubing segment;
- wherein the first end of the removable lead pipe is at an angle relative to the third tubing segment;
- wherein the selected mouthpieces are selected from a conical funnel mouthpiece and a parabolic cup mouthpiece.
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A portable mellophone instrument comprising:
- a bell;
- a first piston valve;
- a second piston valve;
- a third piston valve;
- a first tubing segment having a first tubing loop segment, a second tubing loop segment, and a third tubing loop segment connected to the first piston valve;
- a second tubing segment, having a first tubing loop segment, a second tubing loop segment, wherein the second tubing segment longitudinally extends from the second piston valve;
- a third tubing segment, having a first tubing loop segment and a second tubing loop segment, wherein the tubing segment is connected to the third piston valve;
- a leadpipe having a first end and a second end wherein the first end of the leadpipe is connected to the third tubing segment and the second end of the leadpipe is adapted to receive a selected mouthpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.