Wire clamping ligature for use with a single reed mouthpiece for a musical instrument
US5398582A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 1993 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10D9/02
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A wire clamping ligature for use with single reed musical instruments such as clarinets and saxophones which includes two retaining wires extending circumferentially around the mouthpiece and reed of the instrument to affix the reed to the mouthpiece and yet allow normal musical vibration thereof wherein the retaining wires are approximately thirty thousandths of an inch (0.030 inches) and including two drawbars each attached to the opposite ends of the two retaining wires with an adjustable clamp secured therebetween. The adjustable clamp can comprise one or two threaded screws rotatably mounted in one drawbar and threadedly engaged with respect to the other drawbar to urge the drawbars together for tightening of the two retaining wires about the reed and mouthpiece for detachably affixing them together.
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