Brass-wind musical instrument mouthpiece
OwnerJoseph W. Marcinkiewiczinventor
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Abstract
A brass-wind musical instrument mouthpiece. A plurality of nodal enhancers is provided externally about the portion of the mouthpiece between its rim and shank. In an exemplary embodiment for a trumpet, a total of six rings and seven interspersed grooves in the outer wall of the cup barrel region of the mouthpiece are integrally provided. Better intonation is also achieved with the present invention.
Claims19
A brass-wind musical instrument mouthpiece, having a longitudinal axis and sequentially located along said axis, a rim, a barrel having an internal cup, the cup having a throat at a lowest, central, inner extremity thereof, a shank having a backbore coupled to the throat, and a transition region coupling the barrel to the shank, comprising:
- the barrel coupling the rim and the transition region and encompassing the cup and throat by forming an exterior wall of the mouthpiece between the rim and the transition region, the exterior wall having a series of annular alternating rings and grooves forming nodal enhancers such that said nodal enhancers increase number and structure of harmonics produced by using the mouthpiece and, in succession from said rim to said transition region, the grooves having non-linearly varying depth dimensions into the exterior wall.
A method of enhancing musical tones produced via a brass-wind musical instrument mouthpiece, the mouthpiece having an integrated rim, cup, shank, barrel region forming an external wall between a lower extremity of the rim and a transition region coupled to an upper extremity of the shank, the method comprising the step of:
- varying the external wall thickness of the barrel region non-linearly to form a series of circumferential, alternating rings and grooves in calculated regions such that nodal enhancement of said musical tones is produced by said mouthpiece.
A brass-wind musical instrument mouthpiece, having a longitudinal axis, the mouthpiece comprising:
- sequentially positioned along said longitudinal axis,
- a rim for interfacing the mouthpiece to a player's lips,
- an interior cup beginning at the rim and continuing into the mouthpiece,
- a barrel, having an outer wall surrounding the cup,
- an exterior transition region wall, and
- a shank, having a backbore therethrough, wherein the backbore is in open communication with a lowest extremity of the cup through a venturi, wherein
- said barrel has a series of nodal enhancers, including said outer wall having non-linearly varying, diametric thicknesses circumferentially located with respect to said axis between said rim and said transition region wall such that said nodal enhancers increase number and structure of harmonics produced by using the mouthpiece.
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