Fingering guide and performance accessory for woodwind instruments
OwnerFrank Butenschon, IIIinventor
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Abstract
An instructional aid support and protective accessory for use with woodwind instruments which includes an elongated body portion which extends in substantially parallel and covering relationship with respect to the tone holes and/or keys of the instrument and to which is mounted a fingering guide having a plurality of spaced channels therein which are used to positively control the horizontal and vertical finger positioning relative to the tone holes and/or keys of the instrument.
Claims16
A finger guide assembly for woodwind instruments having first and second end portions and an intermediate body portion aligned along an elongated axis, the body portion having opposite ends of a given diameter, a plurality of spaced tone hole openings disposed along the body portion of the instrument, said finger guide assembly comprising an elongated platform member having first and second ends, mounting means for supporting said platform member in spaced relationship above the tone hole openings along the body portion of the instrument, a finger guide means mounted to said platform member, said finger guide means having a plurality of spaced partitions extending from said platform member toward the body portion of the instrument and defining a plurality of spaced slots therebetween, each of said slots being disposed above one of said tone hole openings whereby said slots permit a person's fingers to be inserted therein so as to be in overlying relationship with respect to said tone hole openings and said partition means preventing the accidental displacement of the individual's fingers relative to the tone hole openings.
A finger guide assembly for woodwind instruments which have a maximum width dimension and first and second end portions and a central body, the central body having upper and lower portions, a mouthpiece located along the first end portion of the instrument, a plurality of first spaced tone holes disposed along the upper portion of the central body of the instrument and a plurality of second spaced tone holes disposed along the lower portion of the central body of said instrument, said finger guide assembly comprising an elongated platform member having first and second ends, mounting members extending from said first and second ends, an opening in each of said mounting members, said openings being of a size to be cooperatively engaged with said instrument, said platform portion extending substantially along the length of said upper and lower portions of the central body of the instrument so as to be in overlying and spaced relationship with respect to said first and second plurality of tone holes, a finger guide means mounted to said platform member adjacent said upper and lower portions of said central body of the instrument, said finger guide means including spaced partition means defining slots therebetween in which a person's fingers may be selectively received, said slots being in overlying relationship with at least one end of said first and second tone holes whereby said slots insure the proper positioning of the fingers above the tone holes in the instrument and said platform limits the vertical movement of the fingers relative to the tone holes.
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