US3554072A - Wind instrument possessing at least three valves - Google Patents

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US3554072A
US3554072A US850068A US3554072DA US3554072A US 3554072 A US3554072 A US 3554072A US 850068 A US850068 A US 850068A US 3554072D A US3554072D A US 3554072DA US 3554072 A US3554072 A US 3554072A
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G10D7/10—Lip-reed wind instruments, i.e. using the vibration of the musician's lips, e.g. cornets, trumpets, trombones or French horns

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  • a first auxiliary rotary valve is operably connected with said WIND INSTRUMENT POSSESSING AT LEAST first rotary valve and a second auxiliary rotary valve is THREE VALVES operably connected with said second rotary valve.
  • the first 3 Claims, 3 Drawing g auxiliary rotary valve and the second auxiliary rotary valve are [52] US. Cl 84/390, coaxiany arranged with respect said first rotary valve and 8489?, said second rotary valve, respectively, both said auxiliary ro- [51] Int.
  • the present invention relates broadly to musical instruments and, more specifically, is directed to a new and improved metallic wind instrument, more commonly referred to as a brass wind instrument, which is of the type incorporating at least three valves.
  • Proposals have been made to overcome such defects in a brass wind instrument having three valves in that there is provided for one of the valve slides an auxiliary valve equipped with an auxiliary valve slide or compensating loop, the auxiliary valve increasing'the air; path of the valve slide and being controllable by means of one of the three valves or pressers, Further, the aforementioned controllable auxiliary valve provided with the'compensating loop is arranged in such a fashion that upon simultaneous actuation'ot both'the first and third valves as well as alsoallthree valves the compensating loop is rendered operable and, therefore, the length of the air path of the instrument is increased for the purpose of achieving a purer sound or tone of the instrument when using the aforementioned valve combinations.
  • Still a further significant object of the'present invention is to provide an improved construction of wind instrument which, when being played, gives a purer tone.
  • the invention has for one of its primary objectives to overcome the previously mentioned drawbacks of the prior art instruments by means of a wind instrument having a first, second and third rotary valve and a respective first, second and third valve slide associated with each such rotary valve for changing the total valve slide length in accordance with a whole, a half and a l':& tone progression. More precisely, such prior art drawbacks can be obviated by means of the teachings of the invention in that, a first auxiliary rotary valve is fixedly connected with the first rotary valve and a second auxiliary rotary valve is fixedly connected with the second rotary valve and each is arranged coaxially there adjacent. The auxiliary valves are arranged behind one another between sections of the third valve slide.
  • Each of both auxiliary valves has associated therewith a compensating loop.
  • the compensating loops each possess such a length that upon actuation of the first valve and the first auxiliary valve together with the third valve, due to connecting in the first compensating loop with the third valve slide, and also upon actuation of the second valve and the second auxiliary valve together with the third valve, due to connecting in of the second compensating loop with the third valve slide, there results a purer tone or intonation.
  • a double valve or two-story or tiered valve arrangement as such is represented by the combination of the first rotary valve with the auxiliary valve, is known to the art for other purposes.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic elevational view of a portion of the inventive brass wind instrument equipped with the valves and valve slides, partially in sectional view, taken substantially .along the line H of FIG. 2; I FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the arrangement shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the instrument shown in FIG. taken substantially along the line III-ll
  • reference numeral 1 represents the valve slide which communicates with the mouthpiece of the brass wind instrument.
  • reference numeral 2 denotes the valve slide which defines the outlet to the main tuning slide, and reference numerals 3, 4 and 5 represent the first, second and third rotary valves, respectively.
  • a first valve slide 6 is associatedwith the first rotary valve 3 in order to change the total valve slide length by a wholetone
  • a second valve slide 7 associated with the second rotary valve 4 serves to change the total'valve slide length by a halftone.
  • the valve slide 8, 9, 10 associated with the third valve 5 and serving to change the total valve slide length by 1% tones possesses the three valve slide sections 8, 9 and 10.
  • a first auxiliary rotary valve 11 is fixedly connected with the first rotary valve 3 and a second auxiliary rotary valve, 12 is fixedly connected with the second rotary valve 4.
  • the first auxiliary rotary valve 11 as well as the second auxiliary rotary valve 12 are each substantially coaxially arranged adjacent their respective first rotary valve 3 and second rotary valve 4. as best seen by referring to FIG. 2.
  • the first auxiliary rotary. valve II is connected between the valve slide sections 9 and 10
  • the second auxiliary rotary valve 12 is connected between the valve slide sections 8 and 9.
  • a first compensating loop or auxiliary valve slide 13 is associated with the first auxiliary rotary valve II, the length of which is dimensioned such that upon actuation of the first valve 3 and the first auxiliary'valve I] together with the third valve 5 there. results a purer tone or intonation.
  • a second compensating loop or auxiliary valve slide 14 is associated with the second auxiliary rotary valve 12 and which is dimensionedsuch that upon actuation of the second valve 4 and the second auxiliary valve 12 together withthe third valve 5 there also results a purer tone or intonation.
  • the movable means or element that is to say the rotary portion of the double or two-story second rotary valve arrangement 4, l2 and the double or two-story first rotary valve arrangement 3. II are advantageously formed of titanium, specific weight 4.2, and the single or one-story third rotary valve 5 of brass, specific weight 8.6.
  • the required actuation force and the requirediforce .of the return spring for allthree-valves is approximately the In so doing,the length of these compensating loops should be chosen in an analogous manner heretofore described.
  • a brass wind instrument comprising a first, second and third rotary valve, a first, second and'third valve slide associated with said first, second and third rotary valve, respectively, for changing the totalvalve slide length in accordance with a whole, a half and 1% tones, a first auxiliary rotary valve fixedly connected with said first rotary valve, a second auxiliary rotary valve fixedly connected with said second rotary valve, said first auxiliary rotary valve and said second auxiliary rotary' valve being coaxially arranged with. respect to said'first .rotarytvalve and said second rotary valve, respectively.
  • both of said auxiliary rotary valves being connected in series between .sections-ofsaid third valve slide,-a respective compensating .loopprovidedtforeach said first and secondauxiliary rotary valves, saidcompensating loops eachpossessingsuch a length that upon actuation of said first rotaryvalveand saidfirst auxiliaryvrotary valve together with saidzthird rotary valve, due to connecting in of said'first compensating: loop, with said third valve slide,.and also upon actuationof said second rotary valve and said second auxiliary rotary valve togethenwith said third rotary valve, due to connecting in of said second com- ;pensating loop with said third valve-slide, there results a pure tone.

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US3881388A (en) * 1973-12-11 1975-05-06 King Musical Instr Division Of Bifurcated valve structure
GB2209087A (en) * 1987-08-27 1989-04-26 Malcolm Skeels Valve assembly for a musical instrument
US5052261A (en) * 1983-11-23 1991-10-01 Martin Lessen Compensating valve system for brass instruments
WO1997016815A1 (en) * 1995-11-03 1997-05-09 Miller Robert M Rotary valve for musical instruments
WO2004107311A1 (de) * 2002-07-02 2004-12-09 Anton Paar Gmbh Zubehör- bzw. bestandteile- bzw. betätigungsteile für musikinstrumente
US9087495B2 (en) 2012-05-09 2015-07-21 Wilhelmus Karolus Sanders Valve system for brass instruments

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CH262300A (de) * 1947-11-06 1949-06-30 Brand Gottfried Blechblasinstrument mit drei Ventilen.
US2484408A (en) * 1945-09-13 1949-10-11 Claude F Hubley French horn

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US3881388A (en) * 1973-12-11 1975-05-06 King Musical Instr Division Of Bifurcated valve structure
US5052261A (en) * 1983-11-23 1991-10-01 Martin Lessen Compensating valve system for brass instruments
GB2209087A (en) * 1987-08-27 1989-04-26 Malcolm Skeels Valve assembly for a musical instrument
GB2209087B (en) * 1987-08-27 1991-10-09 Malcolm Skeels Valve assembly for a musical instrument
WO1997016815A1 (en) * 1995-11-03 1997-05-09 Miller Robert M Rotary valve for musical instruments
GB2322224A (en) * 1995-11-03 1998-08-19 Robert M Miller Rotary valve for musical instruments
US5798471A (en) * 1995-11-03 1998-08-25 Miller; Robert M. Rotary valve for musical instruments
GB2322224B (en) * 1995-11-03 1999-06-30 Robert M Miller Rotary valve for musical instruments
DE19681637C2 (de) * 1995-11-03 2003-04-10 Robert Miller Drehventil für Musikinstrumente
WO2004107311A1 (de) * 2002-07-02 2004-12-09 Anton Paar Gmbh Zubehör- bzw. bestandteile- bzw. betätigungsteile für musikinstrumente
US20070095194A1 (en) * 2002-07-02 2007-05-03 Marlene Moerth Accessories or actuating elements for, or components of, musical instruments
US9087495B2 (en) 2012-05-09 2015-07-21 Wilhelmus Karolus Sanders Valve system for brass instruments

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