# US 2017/0256243 A1 · Accessory weights and kits for a brass instrument neck > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0256243 A1 - Document ID: US20170256243A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/482,623 - Filed: 2017-04-07 - Published: 2017-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-03 - Assignees: Eric Satterlee - Inventors: Eric SATTERLEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170256243A1 ## CPC - G10D 7/08: Saxophones - G10D 9/02: Mouthpieces; Reeds; Ligatures - 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) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The weight of claim 1, wherein the weight assembly has a weight sufficient to reduce sympathetic vibration of the instrument during use. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The weight of claim 2, wherein the weight assembly has a weight in the range of 30 grams to 100 grams. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The weight of claim 2, wherein the weight assembly has a weight in the range of 50 grams to 70 grams. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The weight of claim 1, wherein a body of the weight is configured to extend from a mount on the cork sleeve towards the mouthpiece. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The weight of claim 5, wherein a body of the weight is configured to extend from a mount on the cork sleeve to be adjacent to the mouthpiece. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The weight of claim 1, wherein a body of the weight is configured to extend from a mount on the cork sleeve towards the mouthpiece, wherein in an installed position there is a gap between the mouthpiece and the weight. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The weight of claim 7, wherein the gap is configured to be between 2 mm and 10 mm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The weight of claim 7, wherein the gap is configured to be between 3 mm to 7 mm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The weight of claim 1, wherein a body of the weight is configured to extend from a mount on the cork sleeve towards the direction of the neck. ### Claim 11 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The brass instrument of claim 11, wherein the weight has a weight sufficient to reduce sympathetic vibration of the instrument during use. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The brass instrument of claim 12, wherein the weight has a weight in the range of 30 grams to 100 grams. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The brass instrument of claim 12, wherein the weight has a weight in the range of 50 grams to 70 grams. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The brass instrument of claim 11, wherein a body of the weight is configured to extend from a mount on the cork sleeve towards the mouthpiece. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The brass instrument of claim 15, wherein a body of the weight is configured to extend from a mount on the cork sleeve to be adjacent to the mouthpiece. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The brass instrument of claim 11, wherein a body of the weight is configured to extend from a mount on the cork sleeve towards the mouthpiece, wherein in an installed position there is a gap between the mouthpiece and the weight. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The brass instrument of claim 11, wherein a body of the weight is configured to extend from a mount on the cork sleeve towards the direction of the neck. ### Claim 20 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.