Device, mouthpiece, and reed for a wind instrument

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9472173
APP PUB NO 20160140937A1
SERIAL NO

14899916

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The invention relates to a device for a wind instrument, comprising a mouthpiece (1) which encloses a sound chamber (12) and which has a window (2) connected to the sound chamber (12), and comprising a reed (6) which comprises a plastic material, which has a shaft portion (8) connected over its surface to a support (5) of the mouthpiece (1), and a movable free end portion (9) that can be placed on bordering surfaces (4; 4′, 4″, 4′″) of the window (2). The reed (6) has sealing means (14) on a support surface (10) facing the boundary surfaces (4; 4′, 4″, 4′″) of the window (2) and/or the mouthpiece (1) has sealing means on at least one of the boundary surfaces (4; 4′, 4″, 4′″) of the window (2) in order to seal an air flow between the reed (6) and the mouthpiece (1). The invention also relates to a mouthpiece (1) and a reed (6) for such a device.

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TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT WIENAUSTRIA VIENNA VIENNA VIENNA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Wassermann, Johann Vienna, AT 4 12

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