Wind instrument having pads for closing tone holes with mechanical assistance and supporting system used therein

Abstract

A saxophone (10) has a complicated key mechanism (16) for selectively closing and opening tone holes (11A), and fingering on touch buttons and keys (15) is not easy for children, handicapped persons and old players; a supporting system (24) is combined with the saxophone (10) so as to assist a human player in fingering, and includes sensors (23), actuators (24a) and a controlling unit (25); while the human player is fingering on the touch buttons and keys (15), the sensors (23) inform the controlling unit (25) of changes of the depressed touch buttons and depressed keys, and the controlling unit (25) supplies driving signals (S2) to the actuators (24a) associated with the tone holes (11 A) to be closed so as to permit the human player easily and quickly to play music tunes.

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technical field

[0001] The present invention relates to wind instruments formed with sound holes which are closed with padded cups / padded keys, and more particularly to wind instruments played with an assist system and assists which can be combined with wind instruments system. Background technique

[0002] A saxophone and a clarinet are typical examples of wind instruments, each equipped with a key mechanism for closing and opening sound holes formed in the main body of the saxophone and the main body of the clarinet. The player blows air into the body through the mouthpiece and changes the pitch by selectively closing and opening the sound holes with the padded cover / padded keys. If the player puts light pressure on the padded case / padded key, the sound hole will be partially closed by the padded case / padded key and air will pass through the gap between the chimney and the pad And leak. Leaking air makes the tone unstable, and the player also perceives the noise of the ...

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