Oriented polymer reeds for musical instruments
US6087571A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 12, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10D9/035
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A synthetic reed for use in reed-blown wind instruments such as the clarinets, saxophones, oboes and bassoons may be made from an oriented thermoplastic material such as uniaxially or biaxially oriented polypropylene. The reed may be machined from an oriented-polymer blank which in turn has been cut or stamped from an oriented-polymer sheet of the appropriate thickness.
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