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US 5,309,806 AGranted
Woodwind musical instrument
OwnerJohn C. Stavashinventor
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Abstract
Modifications are made to the bore and to one tone hole of the instrument marketed as the Flutophone.sup.R. These modifications greatly improve the intonation and extend the range of that instrument by enabling the production of a series of harmonic intervals which are not parallel to the ascending pitches of the fundamental scale.
Claims6
In an ocarina bore whistle flute comprising a fipple head and a globular bore having tone holes;
- the improvement comprising fill means to reduce said bore in a bore region above said tone holes to values lying in the range of 0-7" to 0.8",
- said fill means improving the intonation of at least one tone of said ocarina bore whistle flute.
In an ocarina bore whistle flute comprising a fipple head,
- a globular bore having tone holes and having a small end,
- a chromatic tone hole,
- a bell flare, and
- a web separating said small end of said globular bore from said bell flare, said web having a web hole therein,
- the improvement comprising a web insert having a web insert hole therein, said web insert being located adjacent to said web,
- whereby said web hole is extended, by the thickness of said web insert, to at least twice its original depth, and
- fill means for eliminating said chromatic tone hole.
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In a wind instrument bore having at least a first and a second tone hole, and producing musical tones,
- the improvement comprising modifying the diameter of said bore in at least a first and a second place such that a second harmonic can be produced when said first tone hole is open, and said second tone hole is closed, which lies at a different interval above its fundamental than does a second harmonic which can be produced when both said first and second tone holes are open, but said second harmonics are diatonic or chromatic tones in tune with the other tones produced by said bore.
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