Obturator for flute designed to improve the emission of certain notes
OwnerErnest J. Ferroninventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to an obturator designed to close the cavity provided next to the mouthpiece hole of a flute or similar instrument, which obturator comprises one auxiliary resonator issuing into the column of air and produced in the form of a chamber the length of which can be adjusted to improve the emission of at least one particular note of the instrument.
Claims16
A flute having a cavity next to a mouthpiece hole, and an obturator for closing said cavity, said obturator defining a resonator chamber communicating with said cavity and including means for adjusting the size of said resonator chamber, to improve the emission of at least one particular note produced by the instrument.
An obturator for closing a cavity next to the mouthpiece hole of a transverse flute, said obturator defining a resonator chamber communicating with the said cavity and including means for adjusting the size of said resonator chamber, to improve the emission of at least one particular note produced by the instrument.
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