Piccolo flute
US4714000A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 1986 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10D7/026
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A piccolo flute, in particular a piccolo transverse flute of the family of the "orchestra Boehm flutes", having a head part with a mouth hole, also called an embouchure hole, a closure cap with an adjustable seal on its free frontal end and a body part with finger holes and a key mechanism. The terminal finger hole is located on the free frontal end. The body part has only one C hole. The invention provides a novel hole setting scheme for a concert pitch tuning of a'=440 Hz. The axis of the C hole encloses with the longitudinal center plane of the body part containing the majority of the finger holes an angle of 120.degree. to 130.degree..
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