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US 12,243,505 B2Granted
Wind instrument and key for wind instrument
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsHiraku Adachi, Tomoji Hirakata
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Abstract
A wind instrument includes a tubular body, a key, and an adjuster. The tubular body includes a tone hole. The key is mounted to the tube body, and includes a pad and an operation part. The pad is configured to cover the tone hole. The operation part is configured to move the pad away from the tone hole. The adjuster is configured to adjust a maximum distance the pad moves away from the tone hole by the operation part.
Claims8
A wind instrument comprising:
- a tubular body including a tone hole;
- a key mounted to the tubular body and comprising:
- a pad configured to cover the tone hole;
- and
- an operation part configured to move the pad away from the tone hole;
- and
- an adjuster configured to adjust a maximum distance the pad moves away from the tone hole by the operation part.
4 more elements
A key for a wind instrument and mountable to a tubular body including a tone hole, the key comprising:
- a pad configured to cover the tone hole in a state where the key is mounted to the tubular body;
- an operation part configured to move the pad away from the tone hole in the state where the key is mounted to the tubular body;
- and
- an adjuster configured to adjust a maximum distance the pad moves away from the tone hole by the operation part in the state where the key is mounted to the tubular body.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.