Device for muting the sound of a musical instrument
OwnerEmilia Winquistinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present application is directed to a muting device for muting the sound of musical instruments such as wind instruments, and more particularly, flutes. The muting device is configured to mute the sound of a wind instrument by restricting the airflow through the blowhole of the wind instrument without changing the pitch of the sound produced by the wind instrument. The muting device may restrict the airflow through the blowhole of the wind instrument by means of a woven or knitted mesh fabric placed over the blowhole of the wind instrument.
Claims17
A device for muting the sound of a wind instrument having a body and a blow hole, the device comprising:
- a frame configured to clip on the body of the wind instrument and extend around the blowhole of the wind instrument, the frame having a width and a length;
- a mesh fabric attached to the frame, the mesh fabric spanning across some portion of the width of the frame and some portion of the length of the frame such that when the device is clipped onto the body of the wind instrument, the mesh fabric extends over and covers the blowhole of the wind instrument.
A device for muting the sound of a wind instrument having a body and a blow hole, the device comprising a mesh fabric configured in an elongated tubular shape;
- wherein the elongated tubular shape of the mesh fabric is adapted to be slipped over and stretched taut over the body of the wind instrument to cover the blow hole for practice, and removed from the wind instrument thereafter.
A device for muting the sound of a wind instrument having a body and a bloc hole, the device comprising:
- a mesh fabric;
- and
- two or more clips configured to clip onto the body of the wind instrument and secure the mesh fabric to the body of the wind instrument while the mesh fabric is stretched taut over the blow hole of the wind instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.