Oriented polymer reeds for woodwind instruments
US7902443B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 4, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2028 |
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 oriented polypropylene. The reed may have a profile that is thinner near the tip and in the vamp than the profile of a cane reed of equivalent playing strength, and may be machined from an oriented polymer blank has a higher longitudinal modulus than that of said cane reed of equivalent playing strength.
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