Class 84/387R - Brasses

Subclass of Class 84 - Music
Definition: Band instruments commonly called "brasses", whatever
No. of patents: 45
Last issue date: 04/27/2010

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Number	Title	Issue Date
7705227	Mouthpiece of brass instrument A mouthpiece of a brass instrument is provided. The mouthpiece of the brass instrument can cause lips to vibrate efficiently while having a throat of the size allowing to produce a loud sound so that the brass instrument is made easier to blow, durability is improve...	04/27/2010
7683246	Musical instrument playing actuator, play assisting mouthpiece, brass instrument, automatic playing apparatus, and play assisting apparatus A musical instrument playing actuator, includes an elastic diaphragm which has a through hole, wherein an annular projection portion is provided on the elastic diaphragm so as to project toward the diaphragm member, a diaphragm member which is arranged to oppose to ...	03/23/2010
7335831	Brass instrument A brass instrument with improved tonal characteristics that includes a tonal material attached to the brass instrument. The instrument may be a trumpet. The tonal material may have a Mohs hardness of greater than about 6, such as a semi-precious stone. Also disclose...	02/26/2008
7257888	Connector removal tool A tool for engaging a telecommunications connector within a slot so that a releasable latch of the connector is released by the tool. The tool may be used to remove a telecommunications connector from a mating opening of a receptacle or may be used to insert a conne...	08/21/2007
7179977	Colored polymer musical instrument mouthpiece A mouthpiece for a brass wind musical instrument is composed solely of a colored polymer material. Its size and shape may be determined by computer coordinate measurements from a conventional metal mouthpiece. The color is chosen to suit the particular purpose of th...	02/20/2007
7161077	Gradually progressive bore BB-flat, CC, E-flat, F, or B-flat valved musical wind instrument and valved B-flat/F inverted double musical wind instrument The present invention is for valved musical wind instruments in the musical keys of BB-flat, CC, E-flat, and F with progressive cylindrical mid-section bore or gradual conical mid-section bore expansion or a combination, not to exceed 0.85 inch bore within the first...	01/09/2007
7157636	Two-legged cymbal support for use with a cymbal assembly A two-legged cymbal support for a cymbal assembly includes two legs, two connecting ribs and two clamping devices. First distal ends of the two legs are pivotally connected to one of the clamping devices and second distal ends of the two legs are supported on the gr...	01/02/2007
6995307	Self-playing musical device Apparatus and methods for a self-playing musical device configured to present a realistic music service as part of a musical wind instrument. The device may be fitted inside the sound pipe of a musical instrument to play music. If desired, the device is shaped and c...	02/07/2006
6838603	Valve A valve particularly intended to act as a water key for a musical wind instrument comprises a ball 17 captively mounted inside a housing 15 and a spring 18 which biases the ball 17 into an inlet aperture 12 of the valve. An annular...	01/04/2005
6768045	Practice appliance A new and improved sound reflector and a mouthpiece mount. The mouthpiece mount is secured to the sound reflector to position a mouthpiece adjacent to and generally perpendicular of the reflector. ...	07/27/2004
6297436	Valve assembly for musical instruments A valve assembly including at least one valve body designed to be mounted on a musical instrument, such as but not limited to a trombone or like "brass" instrument and adapted to regulate air flow through the instrument, between at least a first path of a...	10/02/2001
6207884	French horn An improved French horn includes a coiled tubular body having a bell end, a curved inlet end and a plurality of valves formed thereon between the bell end and the inlet end for controlling a flow of air through the French horn. A mouthpipe has a mouthpiec...	03/27/2001
6162975	Method and apparatus for making trombone slide positions An apparatus for marking slide positions on a conventional trombone having an inner hollow slide slidingly journalled in an outer hollow slide includes a magnet sensor mountable on the outer hollow slide for sensing proximity of a magnet mounted within th...	12/19/2000
6153029	Producing of tapered bent tube A production of tapered bent tube wherein a U-cup with a full opening is pressed to form from a brass plate by a primary mold. The two ends of the full opening of the U-cup are of different calibers. The U-cup is subjected to tempering treatment to elimin...	11/28/2000
6118059	Pinky retaining device for a musical instrument A pinky retaining device for a trumpet or other valved instrument, a preferred embodiment of which is laterally and vertically adjustable with respect to the valves and angularly oriented so as to accommodate the natural position and constrain the natural...	09/12/2000
6093879	Bicameral scale musical instruments This application relates to various stepped pitch instruments crafted to a novel musical tuning system for the generated frequencies. As such, the tone selection devices are arranged to a distinct set of interval specifications when compared to the tone s...	07/25/2000
6087572	Adjustable receiver for brass musical instruments An adjustable receiver is provided for use on brass musical instruments. The adjustable receiver includes a barrel which is coupled to the end of the instrument leadpipe, and a receiving member which is telescopingly received within the barrel. Receiving ...	07/11/2000
6080924	Acoustical reflector An acoustical reflector (10) formed by a pair of assembled panels (17, 18), each of which including one or more mouths (45) spaced from one another in ring-like fashion about a centrally disposed opening (27) for the reflector (10), the panels (17, 18) ro...	06/27/2000
6060654	Acoustical apparatus sound system An acoustical ring and bell sound system 10 for use with a variety 101, 102, 103 of musical wind instruments 100; wherein, the sound system comprises an acoustical ring element 21 and an acoustical bell element 31 dimensioned to releasably engage the prox...	05/09/2000
6018114	Rotary valve of brass instrument A rotary valve is provided for a brass instrument to produce brass sounds of different pitches by changing over a tube length of a resonance tube. Herein, a rotor is inserted in a valve casing. The valve casing has a cylindrical shape whose both ends are ...	01/25/2000
6018115	Low friction vented rotary valve for brass wind instruments A low friction vented rotary valve for a brass instrument is disclosed comprising a partially circumferential member providing a low friction engagement with the rotary casing. The partially circumferential member has first, second and third apertures the...	01/25/2000
6008443	Enhancements introduced into brass instruments and method for the manufacturing of parts for such instruments A brass instrument having a mouthpiece connected by a pipe to a valved body which is in turn connected to an output bending and a bell thereby defining an air duct. The bell and the output bending are formed of separate and detachable parts. The brass ins...	12/28/1999
5965832	Brass instrument improvement An improvement to the tone and responsiveness of brass instruments is achieved by holding preshaped pieces of damping material, preferably a waxy, hot-melt adhesive, pressed against surfaces of the instrument tubing sections such as valve casings and tubi...	10/12/1999
5920022	Musical instrument warmer A musical instrument warmer including a horn in combination with a cover for warming. A warming means is positioned around the horn for heating. The warming means is provided with an electrical power source for activation. Whereby, providing power to the ...	07/06/1999
5796022	Helical air path induction in wind instruments A wind instrument is described which includes an elongated tubular body and a helical member in the tubular body extending longitudinally therein for inducing a helical airflow in the tubular body from air blown into the mouthpiece. A helical member is al...	08/18/1998
5644095	Brass instrument improvement An improvement to the tone and responsiveness of brass instruments is achieved by holding preshaped pieces of damping material, preferably a waxy, hot-melt adhesive, pressed against surfaces of the instrument tubing sections such as valve casings and tubi...	07/01/1997
5503055	Wind instrument fabricated from metallic tubular parts with inwardly rounded ends A plurality of tubular members are incorporated in a wind instrument for forming an air passage, and each of the tubular members has a tubular portion and a guide portion larger in diameter than the tubular portion and rounding therefrom for forming a hol...	04/02/1996
5367938	Horn with intermediate tube network enlarged in inner diameter A full-double French horn comprises a mouth piece, a front tube member, an intermediate tube network associated with valves, a rear tube member and a bell for defining a vibrative column of air, and the inner diameter of the intermediate tube network affe...	11/29/1994
5351593	Musical wind instrument with inner horn assembly A musical instrument which may be used to play a complete major scale without coordinated mouth and finger operations has a single mouthpiece, an outer tubing assembly or horn connected to the mouthpiece and terminating in a bell, and an inner horn assemb...	10/04/1994
5133238	Musical wind instrument A musical instrument which may be used to play a complete major scale without coordinated mouth and finger operations has a single mouthpiece, an outer tubing assembly or horn connected to the mouthpiece and terminating in a bell, and an inner tubing asse...	07/28/1992
4993303	Hornette A brass wind instrument is disclosed which has substantially the same range as a French Horn but has a forward facing bell for greater projection. Further, the bell is substantially that of a tenor trombone. The instrument includes a rotary valve for changing ...	02/19/1991
4885971	Musical wind instrument A musical instrument which may be used to play a complete major scale without coordinated mouth and finger operations is formed as two or three horns having a single, shared mouthpiece, and pitched one or two half tones apart. One or both the of the horns...	12/12/1989
4872389	Detachable mouthpipe assembly A detachable mouthpipe assembly for releasably attaching a mouthpipe having a reduced end portion to a musical instrument having a receiving aperture for receiving the reduced end portion. The detachable mouthpipe assembly includes a substantially U-shape...	10/10/1989
4825742	Detachable fluidtight assembly system for two interengaging elements of the acoustic tube of a musical wind instrument A system for the detachable fluidtight assembly of two interengaging elements of the acoustic tube of a wind instrument. The system comprises two half-collars which at one end are connected together in the assembled position by a connection means, while a...	05/02/1989
4742755	Heating attachment for a musical instrument A heating attachment for the mouthpiece of a musical wind instrument for heating the mouthpiece during outdoor playing of the instrument in cold weather. The attachment includes a sleeve which is adapted to be mounted on the mouthpiece and which includes ...	05/10/1988
4559859	Musical instrument A musical wind instrument of the type in which the pitch of the note to be produced is initially created by a person blowing the instrument, the instrument being provided with at least one elongated tubular section forming a sound path with two ends. This...	12/24/1985
4516464	Valveless trumpet instrument Each of seven modified trumpet tubes is connected by a series of tubular "Y" connections to a single, conventional mouthpiece. Each modified tube is similar to a conventional trumpet except that its three manually-operated finger valves and associated val...	05/14/1985
4515060	Wind instrument with adjustable tone Wind instrument of the type with mouthpiece, single reed, double reed, lip, etc. . . , comprising a device for laterally perturbing the column of air, adapted to modify the volume of a given section of the column of air, and constituted by a piston slidab...	05/07/1985
4512233	Pitch adjuster A pitch adjuster for a valved brass instrument having a tuning slide crook for selectively operating the tuning slide crook between a normal position, a preselected inward position, and a preselected outward position, to raise or lower the note played. Th...	04/23/1985
4273020	Method of constructing trumpet or other brass instrument A method of constructing a trumpet or other brass instrument is disclosed wherein a zone of increased taper is formed on the cylindrical inner surface of the mouthpipe to provide an improved air column between the mouthpiece and valve sections of the inst...	06/16/1981

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