Mouthpiece for brass-wind instruments
OwnerJoseph J. Shepleyinventor
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Abstract
A mouthpiece for a musical instrument having a body member with a tapered tubular backbore at one end engageable to fit a musical instrument and a cup and rim at its opposite end, each of which is detachably maintained together to form the mouthpiece. The cup is provided with a plurality of annular internal sections to create a predetermined resistance to air flow through the mouthpiece thereby controlling the tone produced with a change of the axial length of the sections resulting in a change in resistance and accordingly the tone.
Claims6
A mouthpiece for a musical instrument, said mouthpiece comprising:
- a body member having a tapered tubular backbore at one end engageable to fit a musical instrument and a cup and rim at its opposite end;
- said cup including a plurality of annular internal sections providing a predetermined resistance to air flow through the mouthpiece controlling the tone produced thereby with a change of the axial length of said sections resulting in a change in said resistance and accordingly said tone, each section being disposed at an angle of approximately 15.degree. difference with respect to the angularity of sections adjacent thereto.
A mouthpiece for a musical instrument, said mouthpiece comprising:
- a body member having a longitudinal axis and a tapered tubular backbone at one end engageable to fit a musical instrument and a cup and rim at its opposite end;
- said cup including at least three annular internal sections providing a predetermined resistance to air flow through the mouthpiece controlling the tone produced thereby with a change of the axial length of said sections resulting in a change in said resistance and accordingly said tone, the annular internal sections each being circular and progressively increasing in angularity relative to the longitudinal axis from the backbore to the rim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.