Mouthpiece for single reed musical instruments

专利名称：Mouthpiece for single reed musical

instruments

发明人：David S. Guardala,Jeffrey S. Powell申请号：US07/818556申请日：19920109公开号：US05293805A公开日：19940315

摘要：An improved mouthpiece for use with single reed woodwinds to enable thegeneration of improved sound quality from the standpoint of enhanced harmonic tonegeneration. The configuration of the mouthpiece in the area overlying the opening whichunderlies the vibrating end of the reed is significantly modified relative to prior artconstruction to enable the reed to vibrate a column of inducted air as the same passesthrough a relatively narrow channel, following which the column enters a channel ofsubstantially greater cross-section before exiting to the neck of the instrument. Ascontrasted with the prior art construction in which the area immediately above thevibrating portion of the reed defines an air column of greater cross-section, the

constricting of the column at the point in which vibration is imparted generates additionalharmonics which significantly affect the quality of the tone. The cross-sectional area ofthe channel is substantially enlarged by modifying the area from circular to ellipticalshape resulting in a configuration which is higher than it is wide prior to communicatingwith the neck or tuning barrel of the instrument.

申请人：DAVE GUARDALA MOUTHPIECES, INC.

代理人：Charles E. Temko

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