Device for obtaining quarter-tones and other micro-intervals on musical wind instruments with lateral holes
AssigneesCentre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique Musique IRCAM
InventorsJean Kergomard, Xavier Meynial
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Abstract
For each register of the instrument, the device comprises at least one auiary tube branched in the vicinity of the head of the instrument and a manual control mechanism making it possible to open or close the auxiliary tube at its first end in contact with the instrument or at its second end turned towards the outside. This device more particularly applies to flute mouthpiece instruments or reed instruments, such as clarinets, saxophones, oboes and bassoons.
Claims7
A device for obtaining quarter-tones and other micro-intervals on musical wind instruments with lateral holes, comprising for each register of the instrument at least one auxiliary tube branched in the vicinity of the instrument head, said at least one auxiliary tube having a first end in contact with said instrument and a second open end, and a manual control mechanism comprising means to selectively block each said at least one auxiliary tube adjacent said first end and to selectively open the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.