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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Guy Legere, Barrie, CA;
Mark Kortschot, Unionville, CA;
Inventors:
Guy Legere, Barrie, CA;
Mark Kortschot, Unionville, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A synthetic reed for use in reed-blown wind instruments such as the clarinets, saxophones, oboes and bassoons may be made from an oriented thermoplastic material such as uniaxially oriented polypropylene. The reed may have a profile that is thinner near the tip and in the vamp than the profile of a cane reed of equivalent playing strength, and may be machined from an oriented polymer blank has a higher longitudinal modulus than that of said cane reed of equivalent playing strength.