A method of using a game call, the method comprising:
- providing a game call comprising:
- a body having a top side, a bottom side, a right side and a left side and a transverse axis between the right and left sides, an open proximal end and an open distal end and a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal ends, wherein the body has a hollow interior extending through the call from the proximal end to the distal end;
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- a diaphragm inside the hollow interior;
- wherein the body is flexible and resilient and further comprises:
- a lower interior surface that is transversely curved and longitudinally curved;
- a longitudinal air passageway extending between the open proximal end and the open distal end, including between said diaphragm and said lower interior surface;
- wherein the method comprises:
- placing the proximal end in a user's mouth so that the distal end protrudes from the user's mouth, and inhaling air through the game call into the user's mouth, so that air flows through the air passageway and vibrates the diaphragm to produce game call sounds;
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- compressing the game call by applying force against the top and bottom sides, so that the lower interior surface moves toward the diaphragm to modify the produced game call sounds;
- wherein the diaphragm is in a frame that is held by a cassette received inside the hollow interior so that the diaphragm is parallel to the longitudinal axis, the diaphragm is attached to the frame on three sides of the diaphragm, and wherein the cassette has a main plate with an aperture, wherein the diaphragm in the frame rests on a ledge of the main plate so that the diaphragm extends over the aperture so that air in the air passageway flows through the aperture and along the diaphragm;
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- wherein the method further comprising assembling the game call by resting the diaphragm in the frame on the ledge of the main plate, and inserting the cassette longitudinally into the body through the open proximal end, and wherein the game call further comprises a rigid arch that extends above the diaphragm, the rigid arch being selected from the group consisting of:
- a portion of the frame that is a rigid frame arch that extends above and across the diaphragm, and a portion of the cassette that is a rigid cassette arch that extends above and across the diaphragm, wherein said rigid arch pushes up against an upper inner surface of the body during said inserting to flex the body so that there is room for the cassette and diaphragm to slide into the body.