ES2270698A1 - Tunable chanter for bagpipe, has mobile shank equipped in positioning hole of reed, and three independent parts assembled together to form single object to lengthen or reduce tuning function - Google Patents

Abstract

The chanter has three independent parts assembled together to form a single object to lengthen or reduce a tuning function, where the chanter is made of wood material. A mobile shank is equipped in a positioning hole of a reed.

Description

Punteiro (pointer) tunable.

The present invention relates to a punteiro (pointer) for Galician, Asturian or Scottish bagpipe and other similar construction in which remarkable improvements are achieved, by using a sharpened pointer (pointer), which allows to adjust the tuning without manipulating the pallet or straw every time we need to tune the pointer (pointer).

Background of the invention

They are known punteiros (pointers) in which a mobile tudel is incorporated that is located in the hole of pallet placement, which raises the disadvantage that in tuning adjustment it is necessary to remove the punteiro from the bagpipe to regulate such tuning. In addition, the tudel to which we mention, metal fabrication, has a negative impact in the timbre and brightness of the sound of the punteiro (pointer). This tudel It has been successfully tested only in punteiros (pointers) Asturian

However, experience has shown that it is possible to improve the characteristics of the punteiro (pointer) mentioned in this section, and consequently a new punteiro has been devised (pointer) whose characteristics are the object of this invention.

Description of the invention

The punteiro (pointer) tuneable for bagpipes Galician, Asturian, Scottish, or others of similar construction, It consists of several independent parts that are assembled to form single body or punteiro (pointer) adjustable in size. These parts are perfectly defined in the drawings that are attached.

The punteiro (pointer) tunable formed by three parts in the description of the invention patent 200200509, it can be modified in different aspects producing an improvement in the tuning of the instrument.

We can divide the body into several pieces sound, as many as sound holes have the punteiro and technically possible, as shown in drawing number (one).

We incorporate a series of systems into the patent which I will now describe:

The breaking system in different parts of the punteiro (pointer) tunable, is the application of the system primary of the punteiro (pointer) tunable to the different holes of the sound body allowing to fracture this sound body in two, three or more parts depending on the needs of the instrument, drawing (1).

Another system used in this patent is the drawing displacement system (2).

It consists of an external sound body where sound holes are larger than real sound holes which are located in the internal sound body; Through the internal sound body displacement through the sound body external we move the real sound holes up or down modifying its tuning; this system can be applied to a sound hole, to a group of holes or to the entire instrument.

Within this system by displacement we apply a second mode drawings (3) where the holes real sounds are found in the external sound body and those of larger size are located in the internal sound body, allowing us move the internal sound body into the external sound body without affecting the real sound holes, which allows us decide which notes we want to move and which ones we don't; this system as The above applies to a note to a group of notes or to the entire instrument

The third system incorporated is that of pins, applicable to a note, to a set of notes or to the entire instrument These pins can use a spring system or similar; for proper operation it is recommended the decomposition of the sound hole (which we are going to apply the pin) in two or more sound holes, keeping always the main sound hole open, applying the pin over others, drawings (4 and 5).

We can also use a mobile ring that when turn open the secondary sound holes drawing (4), this ring revolves around the sound body opening or closing sound holes.

Brief description of the drawings

In drawing (1) we can observe a system of rupture applied to the entire instrument, we present a disassembled punteiro, next to it the same assembled punteiro and a section of this assembled and disassembled.

In drawing (2) we develop a system by displacement, where an external punteiro of large holes and an internal pointer of smaller holes, the internal punteiro slides through the external punteiro thus displacing the placement of the notes on these two pages we apply the same representation of the instrument as in the system previous.

In the drawings (3) we can observe the second system by displacement where the variant with the first system is in which the external holes are smaller than the internal ones which allows us to slide the internal punteiro through the external punteiro without displacing the real sound holes, in these two sheets we make the same representation of the instrument as in the systems
previous.

In the drawings (4 and 5) we represent the pin systems by means of a sharpened punteiro fragment that we draw whole and sectioned.

In the drawing (6) we draw the realization favorite of the punteiro refinable where we apply the different systems explained above.

Description of a preferred embodiment

In the drawing (6) we represent a graph of the preferred embodiment of the punteiro (pointer) tunable applying the different systems explained above, it is important to consider what is stated in the patent 200200509, and also point out that the smaller the cameras of air that are made in the unions of the different pieces that form the tuneable pointer, the better the loudness of the instrument will be and more precise tuning, so we must reduce to the maximum possible the walls of the spikes or incoming parts.

Claims (1)

1. Punteiro (pointer) tunable characterized by: A division into different parts of the instrument that allows to shorten it, lengthen it, move holes, and cover or uncover holes with pins depending on the tuning needs that are required at all times.