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US3844193A
US3844193A US00427013A US42701373A US3844193A US 3844193 A US3844193 A US 3844193A US 00427013 A US00427013 A US 00427013A US 42701373 A US42701373 A US 42701373A US 3844193 A US3844193 A US 3844193A
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    • 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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  • this invention permits not only of widening the clarinet register but also of hearing notes considerably above the usual musical range, and in any case practically not feasible with the present clarinets of the BOEHM or HOELLER system.
  • the clarinet according tothis invention is h cterized .in haiitsJLEUEEQE BEEQHKQE I I holes or passages of different cross-sections, adapted to produce the fifth harmonic sounds or seventeenths notes of the fundamental sounds of the clarinet, corrected to comply with the tempered chord, with the assistance of a pair of stop valve keys permitting of selectively opening or uncovering these two air outlets, the existing so-called twelfth key being opened simultaneously.
  • these two additional air passages are so located that their upper edges are substantially flush with that of the shoulder limiting the penetration of the clarinet mouthpiece into the instrument tube or upper body.
  • the diameter of the major air outlet passage uncovered-by one of the keys for producing the low seventeenths ranges from 4.5 to 6 mm
  • the diameter of the minor air outlet passage uncovered by the other key for producing the upper seventeenths ranges from 1.5 to 3 mm.
  • FIGS. land 2 are twoelevational views, taken perpendicularly to each other, of the upper tube of a clarinet with the keys associated therewith;
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 are two elevational views, taken perpendicularly to each other, of the upper tube or body and of the barrel of a clarinet with the means for actuating one of the keys according to this invention;
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are two elevational views, taken perpendicularly to each other, of the lower body or tube of the clarinet, and
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-section taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 3.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 The clarinet illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4 is partially illustrated by showing its upper body or tube 1 on which the barrel 2 is mounted in the conventional manner.
  • the corresponding air outlet is controlled by means of a pair of keys 6, 7 carrying corresponding superposed stop valves 8, 9, respectively, so disposed that stop valve 9 engages directly the edge of said hole 4, and comprises in its portion nearest to the shoulder 3 a passage 9a of smaller size than said hole 4 and normally closed by the other stop valve 8.
  • the key 7 co-acts with a rocker 10 supporting the stop valve 9.
  • This key 7 pivoted to the barrel by means of a pin 11 is responsive to a spring (not visible in the drawing) urging said key against the rocker 10 with a force greater than that of another spring (also not shown in the drawings) urging the rocker 10 itself in the direction to open said'stop valve 9.
  • the key 6 fulcrumed to the barrelby means of a pin 12 is responsive to another spring 13 normally holding the stop valve 8 in engagement with stop valve 9 and also stronger than the spring urging stop valve 9 to its open position, for a reason to be explained presently.
  • the key 6 is controlled by means mounted to said upper clarinet body 1 and comprising a lever 15 having its finger-actuated portion 15a located in close vicinity of the existing twelfth key 16.
  • the lever 15 is fulcrumed to a pivot pin 15b and its armlSc constitutes the control member of the aforesaid twelfth key 16 of which the stop valve 17 is lifted or unseated when the control member 15a is depressed.
  • the arm 15c co-acts with the end of an arcuate lever 18 fulcrumed at 19 and engaging with its other end the key 6, so that the stop valve 8 is urged to its open position with said control member 15a is depressed.
  • the firstfour seventeenths of-this stave correspond to one portion of the-fundamental .sounds that can be will nevertheless hold the two stop valves 8 and 9 in their closed or seated positions due to the aforementioned preponderance of the force of its spring over the sounds that can be obtained by using the lower half of the clarinet body are also obtainable by using the same fingering as for these fundamental sounds.
  • the pivot pin of this ring 20 carries a lug or arm 20a co-acting with linkage means so arranged that stop valve 9 is open when ring 20 is depressed, this action being obtained through the lowing means.
  • the lug'20a engages with its free end one end of a rocker 25 engaging in turn with its other end a lug 26a of a lever 26 pivotally mounted by means of its shaft or pivot pin 26b to the lower clarinet body, this lever 26 comprising another lug 26c engaging a lug 270 formed on a lever 27 pivotally mounted to the upper clarinet body 1 by means of its shaft or pivot pin 27b (see FIG. 4), this lever 27 carrying at its upper portion a lug or arm 27c partially surrounding the upper clarinet body so asto engage with its free end the key 7, as shown in FIG. 7.
  • the means contemplated according to the present invention enable the clarinettist of emitting the seventeenths of the fundamental sounds obtainable from the lower body or tube of the clarinet, with the same fingering as that necessary for producing these fundamental sounds, plus the actuation of the mechanism according to this invention, as set forth hereinabove, thus simplify considerably his task and enabling him to attain a higher degree of virtuosity.
  • This improvement is applicable to all existing clarinets, of the BOEHM or HOELLER system, and particularly to the simple or Albert E-flat clarinet, the C clarinet, the B-flat clarinet, the A-clarinet, the altoclarinet or basset horn, the tenor clarinet and F clarinet, the bass clarinet (modern the contrabass clarinet, double-bass clarinet or pedal clarinet, the Denner clarinet, etc.., by simply adapting the dimensions of the superposed major and minor holes, for all these instruments have different lengths and cross-sectional dimen sions.
  • Clarinet comprising a lower body and an upper body, a barrel, and a mouthpiece fitted in said barrel,
  • h actsnzs n that itg mpr sl s in saidha irq a Pair of air'outletpassages having different cross-sectional passage areas, adapted-to produce the fifth harmonic sounds or the seventeenths of the fundamental sounds of the clarinet, and two keys carrying stop valves for selectively opening said air outlet passages, the existing so-called key of twelfth being actuated simultaneously to its open position.
  • said barrel comprises a shoulder engaged by said mouthpiece in its innerrn9s t 9 r a l1l 1tin g position, and is characterized in that the two air outlet passages are so disposed as to have their upper edges substantially flush with the level of said mouthpiece abutment shoulder.
  • said one stop valve associated with said major air outlet passage is carried by a rocker urged by first spring means to its open position, the control key of said one stop valve being urged against said rocker by other spring means having a force greater than that of said first spring means, another key, carrying the stop valve superposed to said one stop valve, being also pressed against said one stop valve by a spring force greater than that of said first spring means.
  • Clarinet according to claim 4 characterized in that the key controlling the stop valve associated with the major air outlet passage is actuated from the lower ring of the group of three ring keys normally provided on the lower clarinet body and adapted to be actuated by the instrumentalists right hand, said lower ring being rendered independent of the other two by unidirectional coupling means provided therebetween and such that said lower ring can actuate said other rings without being actuated thereby.

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US4069734A (en) * 1976-11-09 1978-01-24 Colaianni Flammarion R Moisture trap for clarinets
US5241890A (en) * 1990-07-03 1993-09-07 Avraham Galper Speaker vent

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US2832250A (en) * 1954-07-12 1958-04-29 Leblanc Corp G Key mechanism for clarinets
US2951412A (en) * 1954-12-14 1960-09-06 Hammond Organ Co Electrical musical instrument with percussion apparatus
US3526165A (en) * 1968-09-23 1970-09-01 Jack W Robbins Clarinets

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US2832250A (en) * 1954-07-12 1958-04-29 Leblanc Corp G Key mechanism for clarinets
US2951412A (en) * 1954-12-14 1960-09-06 Hammond Organ Co Electrical musical instrument with percussion apparatus
US3526165A (en) * 1968-09-23 1970-09-01 Jack W Robbins Clarinets

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US4069734A (en) * 1976-11-09 1978-01-24 Colaianni Flammarion R Moisture trap for clarinets
US5241890A (en) * 1990-07-03 1993-09-07 Avraham Galper Speaker vent

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