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US 2024/0290302 A1Published application
Reed, mouthpiece and blowing part
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsKatsuya UCHIDA, Tetsuro SHOJI
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Abstract
In an embodiment, the reed 10 includes a base part 150 and a vamp 153. The base part 150 has a planar portion 151 and a heel 157 at a first end of the base part 150. The vamp 153 extends from a second end of the base part 150, opposite the heel 157. The vamp 153 includes a sloping shape ending in a tip 100 which is inclined relative to the planar portion 151 when the vamp 153 is viewed from the planar portion 151.
Claims16
A reed comprising:
- a base part including a planar portion and a heel at a first end of the base part;
- and
- a vamp extending from a second end of the base part, opposite the heel, the vamp having a sloping shape ending in a tip, which is inclined relative to the planar portion, when the vamp is viewed along a first direction from the first end to the second end of the base part with the planar portion facing upward.
A mouthpiece comprising:
- a table;
- a side rail extending from the table, the side rail having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end;
- and
- a tip rail extending from the second end of the side rail,
- wherein the first end of the side rail connects the table,
- wherein the tip rail having a sloping shape inclined relative to the table, when the tip rail is viewed along a first direction from the first end to the second end of the side rail with the table facing upward.
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A blowing part comprising:
- a reed including a tip;
- and
- a mouthpiece including a tip rail,
- wherein a first distance between the tip and the tip rail at a first position near a center of the tip along a width direction is different from a second distance between the tip and the tip rail at a second position near an end of the tip along the width direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.