# US 2015/0027294 A1 · Simulated musical wind instrument > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0027294 A1 - Document ID: US20150027294A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/950,215 - Filed: 2013-07-24 - Published: 2015-01-29 - Earliest claimed: 2013-07-24 - Inventors: Thomas Johnson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150027294A1 ## CPC - G10D 7/12: Free-reed wind instruments - G10D 9/02: Mouthpieces; Reeds; Ligatures - G10H 1/055: by switches with variable impedance elements - G10H 2220/361: Mouth control in general, i.e. breath, mouth, teeth, tongue or lip-controlled input devices or sensors detecting, e.g. lip position, lip vibration, air pressure, air velocity, air flow or air jet angle - G10H 2240/211: Wireless transmission, e.g. of music parameters or control data by radio, infrared or ultrasound - G10D: STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (organs, harmoniums or similar wind musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments in which tones are generated by electromechanical means G10H) - G10H: ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE ## Abstract A simulated musical wind instrument takes the form of a tin whistle or recorder to channel a player's breath toward one or more sensors. In one embodiment, the simulated tin whistle includes a mouthpiece and a stem, and both may be realistically configured. The mouthpiece receives and channels a person's breath towards one or more pressure sensors while the stem includes additional sensors that are selectively touched by a player's fingers to non-audibly generate a musical song, in the simulated musical wind instrument, the mouthpiece may include various openings, sensors and other electronics for generating the non-audible music. Further, the mouthpiece may include a keyed locking member for referencing the mouthpiece when attaching it to the stem. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A simulated musical wind instrument comprising: a stem having a plurality of sensors positioned so that a player's fingers can selectively engage the sensors; and a mouthpiece having a fipple section, a stern engagement section and a windway that extends through the fipple section and the stem engagement section, the fipple section having an inlet for receiving the player's breath, the mouthpiece configured with a vent opening sized to regulate air pressure from the breath, the stem engagement section having a pressure sensor configured and located to sample the breath from the windway. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The simulated musical wind instrument of claim 1, further comprising a locking tab for coupling the mouthpiece to the stem. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The simulated musical wind instrument of claim 1, wherein the locking tab operates to reference the mouthpiece with the stern. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The simulated musical wind instrument of claim 1, wherein the pressure sensor is a diaphragm pressure sensor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The simulated musical wind instrument of claim 1, wherein the vent opening is further sized to permit access for cleaning the windway. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The simulated musical wind instrument of claim 1, wherein the pressure sensor is located beneath the windway. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The simulated musical wind instrument of claim 1, further comprising a power and data connection bracket located within the stem engagement section of the mouthpiece. ### Claim 8 A method of simulating a musical wind instrument, the method comprising: receiving air into a windway of a mouthpiece, the air initially received into a fipple section of the mouthpiece; compressing the air within the fipple section as the air travels down the windway; regulating the air through a vent located in the fipple section of the mouthpiece, the vent in fluid communication with the windway; sensing the air within a stem engagement section of the instrument, wherein sensing the air includes sampling the air from the windway to periodically measure a static air pressure of the windway; processing data from the measured, static air pressure; and transmitting the processed data to a computing device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising converting the processed data into audible musical notes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein compressing the air within the fipple section includes directing the air into a narrower portion of the windway. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein regulating the air through the vent includes discharging some of he air to an ambient environment through the vent. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein processing the data includes processing the data with a processor located within the instrument. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting the processed data includes transmitting the processed data wirelessly to the computing device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8. wherein receiving air into the windway includes receiving the air without emitting a musically audible sound. ### Claim 15 A mouthpiece for a simulated musical wind instrument, the mouthpiece comprising: a fipple section having an inlet for receiving a player's breath and further having a vent opening sized to regulate air pressure from the breath; a stem engagement section; a windway that extends through the fipple section and the stem engagement section; and a pressure sensor in the stem engagement section, the pressure sensor configured to sample the breath from the windway to obtain a static air pressure measurement. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The mouthpiece of claim 15, wherein a diameter of the windway narrows as the windway extends from the fipple section to the stem engagement section. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The mouthpiece of claim 15, further comprising a locking tab extending from he stem engagement section ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The mouthpiece of claim 15, wherein the pressure sensor is a diaphragm pressure sensor.