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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Inventor:
Yuichiro Suenaga, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 7/06 (2006.01); G10D 7/02 (2006.01); G10D 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 7/06 (2013.01); G10D 7/02 (2013.01); G10D 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wind instrument includes: a tube body; and a plurality of tone hole tubes each having an outer open end formed at the outer periphery of the tube body and an inner open end formed through the outer opening end and opening to the inside of the tube body, wherein at least one of the tube body and the tone hole tube is curved such that the plurality of outer open ends of the plurality of tone hole tubes are disposed so as to be in positions corresponding to respective fingers of the performer, and the plurality of inner open ends are connected at positions that cause the tube body to produce a predetermined pitch.