Brass Musical Instruments with Modifiable Tonality
AssigneeGetzen Company
InventorChristan Griego
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Abstract
In a brass musical instrument having two substantially parallel adjacent braces between portions of the instrument windpath tubing, the improvement comprising a cross-brace extending in planes substantially parallel to a plane of the parallel braces and having two opposed edges each with two spaced contact regions secured to a respective one of the parallel braces and a recessed region between the contact regions, thereby allowing elimination of other windpath bracing and providing a beneficial site for sound-modifying components.
Claims23
In a brass musical instrument having two substantially parallel adjacent braces between portions of the instrument windpath tubing, the improvement comprising a cross-brace extending in planes substantially parallel to a plane of the parallel braces and having two opposed edges each with two spaced contact regions secured to a respective one of the parallel braces and a recessed region between the contact regions, thereby allowing elimination of other windpath bracing and providing at least one site for securement of at least one sound-modifying component.
A cross-brace for bracing the windpath tubing of a brass musical instrument, the cross-brace comprising a unitary substantially flat metallic body having two opposed edges each with two spaced contact regions for non-removable attachment to a portion of the brass instrument and a recessed region between the contact regions, thereby allowing elimination of other windpath bracing and providing at least one site for securement of at least one sound-modifying component.
In a brass musical instrument having windpath braces between portions of the instrument windpath tubing, the improvement wherein at least one brace is a unitary substantially flat metallic body having two edges with contact regions for non-removable attachment to a portion of the brass instrument and a region between the contact regions which provides at least one site for securement of at least one sound-modifying component.
In a brass musical instrument having windpath braces between portions of the instrument windpath tubing, the improvement wherein at least one windpath brace is a sound-modifying brace which includes at least one through-hole for adjustable securement of a sound-modifying pillar, a pillar being adjustably secured in such through-holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.