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US 6,271,449 B1Granted
Musical instrument
AssigneeLatin Percussion, Inc.
InventorsRaymond Enhoffer, Richard Simons, Andrzej Krol, Kenneth Benjamin, Martin Cohen
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Abstract
There is provided a musical instrument having a tubular body and a handle. The tubular body has an annular wall that defines a sound chamber. The handle is designed to shelter the hand of the player or serve as a mounting for use with a mounting cradle. The thickness of the tubular wall and the dimensions of the sound chamber may be modified to produce various sound qualities and pitches. Preferably, the musical instrument produces the characteristic sound of the traditional “clave.”
Claims20
A musical instrument comprising:
- an annular wall disposed around a central axis, said annular wall having an upper section, a pair of side sections, and an opposing lower section spaced from said upper section by said pair of side sections, said annular wall defining a tubular sound chamber having substantially open ends;
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- a handle adapted to be connected to said lower section, said handle being adapted to be gripped by a hand,
- wherein said tubular body substantially shields said hand when the instrument is struck.
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A plastic clave comprising:
- an annular wall disposed around a central axis, said annular wall having an upper section, a pair of side sections, and an opposing lower section spaced from said upper section by said pair of side sections, said annular wall defining a tubular sound chamber having substantially open ends and a substantially elliptical shape along a cross section transverse to said central axis and;
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- a handle integrally connected to said lower section, said handle being adapted to be gripped by a hand,
- wherein said tubular body substantially shields said hand when said upper section is struck, and wherein striking said upper section with said striker produces a sound characteristic of a traditional wooden clave.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.