# US 9,040,794 B1 · Piccolo

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- Number: US 9,040,794 B1
- Document ID: US9040794B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 14/307,935
- Filed: 2014-06-18
- Granted: 2015-05-26
- Earliest claimed: 2014-06-18
- Applicants: Kanichi Nagahara
- Inventors: Kanichi Nagahara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9040794B1

## CPC

- G10D 7/026: with air currents blown into an opening arranged on the cylindrical surface of the tube, e.g. transverse flutes, piccolos or fifes
- G10D 9/10: Resonating bodies, e.g. tubes
- G10D: STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (organs, harmoniums or similar wind musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments in which tones are generated by electromechanical means G10H)

## Abstract

A piccolo comprising a conical-bore headjoint, and a cylindrical-bore main body having toneholes of particular size disposed at particular intervals along the length of the body.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A piccolo comprising:
a cylindrical body having a cylindrical bore therethrough;
a headjoint removably attached to the cylindrical body, the headjoint having a conical bore, the conical bore having a same diameter as the cylindrical bore at a first end attaching to the cylindrical body, and a smaller diameter at an opposite end, the headjoint further defining an embouchure; and
wherein the body further comprises a plurality of toneholes having the following respective distances from tonehole center from a lower end of the body, in inches:
D#7 trill.-8.507
D7 trill-8.161
C#6-7.754
C6-7.206
B5-6.820
A#5-6.390
A5 upper-5.952
A5 lower-5.511
G#5-5.477
G5-5.032
F#5-4.498
F5-3.966
E5-3.424
D#5-2.812
D5-2.192
C#5-1.591
C5-0.877;
wherein the distance of each tonehole center from the end of the body having a distance tolerance of approximately +/−0.020 inches.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The piccolo of claim 1 wherein the plurality of toneholes have the following diameters, in inches:
D#7 trill.-0.245
D7 trill-0.245
C#6-0.215
C6-0.296
B5-0.296
A#5-0.320
A5 upper-0.320
A5 lower-0.320
G#5-0.320
G5-0.342
F#5-0.386
F5-0.386
E5-0.386
D#5-0.425
D5-0.425
C#5-0.425
C5-0.425;
wherein the diameter of each of the plurality of toneholes may have a tolerance of +/−0.5%.

### Claim 3

A piccolo having a range between B5 to D#7 comprising:
a cylindrical body having a cylindrical bore therethrough;
a headjoint removably attached to the cylindrical body, the headjoint having a conical bore, the conical bore having a same diameter as the cylindrical bore at a first end attaching to the cylindrical body, and a smaller diameter at an opposite end, the headjoint further defining an embouchure; and
wherein the body further comprises a plurality of toneholes wherein at least one of the plurality of toneholes has a tonehole center at a distance a lower end of the body, in inches selected from the group consisting of:
D#7 trill.-8.507
D7 trill-8.161
C#6-7.754
C6-7.206
B5-6.820
A#5-6.390
A5 upper-5.952
A5 lower-5.511
G#5-5.477
G5-5.032
F#5-4.498
F5-3.966
E5-3.424
D#5-2.812;
D5-2.192;
C#5-1.591;
C5-0.877;
wherein the distance of the at least one of the plurality of toneholes comprises tonehole center from the end of the body having a distance tolerance of approximately +/−0.020 inches.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The piccolo of claim 3 wherein the at least one of the plurality of toneholes has a diameter selected from the following diameters, in inches:
D#7 trill.-0.245
D7 trill-0.245
C#6-0.215
C6-0.296
B5-0.296
A#5-0.320
A5 upper-0.320
A5 lower-0.320
G#5-0.320
G5-0.342
F#5-0.386
F5-0.386
E5-0.386
D#5-0.425
D5-0.425
C#5-0.425
C5-0.425;
wherein the diameter of the one of the plurality of toneholes may have a tolerance of +/−0.5%.