Accessory weights and kits for a brass instrument neck
AssigneeEric Satterlee
InventorEric SATTERLEE
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Abstract
Accessory weights and kits for brass instruments to reduce sympathetic vibration of a brass instrument having an instrument neck directed towards the instrument at a first end and connected to a mouthpiece at a second end; wherein the connection of the mouthpiece to the neck second end can be by a friction fit of a cork sleeve having a collar fixed to an outer surface of the neck second end; and a weight connected to the neck second end also by a friction fit to cork sleeve, wherein sympathetic vibration of a brass instrument is reduced while in use by between 10 and 50 percent.
Claims19
A weight for a brass instrument, comprising:
- an instrument neck directed towards the instrument at a first end and connected to a mouthpiece at a second end;
- wherein the connection of the mouthpiece to the neck second end is by a friction fit of a cork sleeve having a collar fixed to an outer surface of the neck second end;
- and
- a weight connected to the neck second end also by a friction fit to cork sleeve, wherein sympathetic vibration of a brass instrument is reduced while in use by between 10 and 50 percent.
A brass instrument, comprising:
- an instrument neck directed towards the instrument at a first end and connected to a mouthpiece at a second end;
- wherein the connection of the mouthpiece to the neck second end is by a friction fit of a cork sleeve having a collar fixed to an outer surface of the neck second end;
- and
- a weight connected to the neck second end also by a friction fit to cork sleeve, wherein sympathetic vibration of a brass instrument is reduced while in use by between 10 and 50 percent.
A mouthpiece for a brass instrument, comprising:
- a shank having a bore for attachment to an instrument neck;
- wherein the attachment of the mouthpiece to the neck second end is by a friction fit from a cork sleeve having a collar fixed to an outer surface of the instrument neck;
- and
- the mouthpiece weighted to reduce sympathetic vibration of a brass instrument is reduced while in use by between 10 and 50 percent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.