Clarinet tone hole adapters
OwnerLeah M. Kamholzinventor
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Abstract
Adapters that cover or narrow the apertures of clarinet tone holes may be used to make it easier for players with small fingers or reduced finger mobility to achieve air-tight seals of the tone holes. An adapter may be formed, for example, by a disk that is adhered to a top surface of a tone hole with an air-tight seal. The disk defines a hole through the plane of the disk that reduces the diameter of the clarinet tone hole.
Claims20
A method of facilitating clarinet playing, comprising reducing the diameter of one or more tone holes on the clarinet by adhering an adapter to a top surface of a turret of a tone hole of the clarinet with an air-tight seal wherein the adapter consists of a flat disk having rigid or semirigid material and an adhesive on an underside of the disk that adheres the adapter to the top surface of the turret of the tone hole, the disk comprising an aperture defining a central void in the disk.
A method of facilitating clarinet playing the method comprising reducing a diameter of a tone hole of the clarinet, wherein the tone hole diameter reduction comprises removably adhering an adapter to a top surface of the tone hole, the adapter consisting of a flat disk and an adhesive on an underside of the flat disk that adheres the adapter to the top surface of the tone hole, and wherein when the adapter is removably adhered to the top surface of the tone hole, a temporary tone hole formed by a central void defined in the adapter is provided for the tone hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.