Musical Instrument Patent of the Week – June 8, 2009
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United States Patent Hsieh |
Patent No: US 7,544,874 Date of Patent: June 9, 2009 |
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Height Adjustable Key Assembly For A Saxophone
A key assembly for a saxophone includes an elongated body adapted to be pivotal relative to a saxophone body and having a key formed on one end of the elongated body for selectively closing a hole in the saxophone body in response to the pivotal movement of the elongated body, a casing formed on the other end of the elongated body, a sliding block movably received in the casing from the top opening of the casing and having multiple positioning holes defined in a side face thereof, a key finger button to move simultaneously with the sliding block and a locking block threadingly extendable into the casing and having a locking pin to be extendable into one of the positioning holes of the sliding block so as to secure position of the sliding block as well as the key finger button relative to the elongated body.
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Other Musical Instrument Patents for the week
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Utility Patents |
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Waveform generating apparatus and waveform generating program |
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Music-piece classifying apparatus and method, and related computer program |
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Playback mode control device and playback mode control method |
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Tone generation processing apparatus and tone generation assignment method therefor |
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Musical performance apparatus |
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Musical keyboard instrument |
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Keyboard apparatus of electronic keyboard instrument |
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Adjusting assembly for a drum support in a marching band |
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Height adjustable key assembly for a saxophone |
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Modified tremolo device for stringed musical instrument |
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Guitars |
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Support sling for stringed musical instruments of the violin family |
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Music box movement and method of operation thereof |
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Design Patents |
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Message player with pendant heart |
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Contoured guitar |
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Patent Application Publications |
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Video Editing Matched To Musical Beats |
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Electronic Musical System And Control Method For Controlling An Electronic Musical Apparatus Of The System |
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Electronic Keyboard Instrument |
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Ensemble System |
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Motion Data Generation Device, Motion Data Generation Method, And Recording Medium For Recording A Motion Data Generation Program |
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Electronic Musical System And Control Method For Controlling An Electronic Musical Apparatus Of The System |
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Violin With Structural Integrity |
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Comments
By David McClaughry on June 15th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Adjusting the action on your saxophone has never been easier!
Now you can play as fast as Coltrane…..maybe.
By GarykPatton on June 16th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Hello. I think the article is really interesting. I am even interested in reading more. How soon will you update your blog?