Sound tube having a cap, the cap thereof, and musical instrument including the sound tube

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10685635-B2
Application number	US-201816138130-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2018
Priority date	Mar 22, 2016
Publication date	Jun 16, 2020
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020

Abstract

A musical instrument includes a plurality of sound tubes that reduces the pitch of low-order harmonics included in the sound generated by the sound tube. Each sound tube can include a tubular sounding body and a cap weighing within a range inclusive from 210-300 g disposed at one end of the tubular sounding body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sound tube of a musical instrument, the sound tube comprising:
a tubular sounding body; and
a cap weighing inclusive between 210-300 g disposed at one end of the tubular sounding body to reduce the pitch of low-order harmonics included in the sound generated by the sound tube, and including:
a center through hole;
a first portion provided with a length L 1 that extends into an interior of the one end in a longitudinal direction of the tubular sounding body; and
a second portion provided with a length L 2 that extends in the longitudinal direction of the tubular sounding body exposed to outside of the tubular sounding body,
wherein L 2 /L 1 is at least 0.5.

2. The sound tube according to claim 1 , wherein L 2 /L 1 is 0.5-1.0.

3. The sound tube according to claim 1 , wherein L 2 /L 1 is 0.68-0.92.

4. The sound tube according to claim 2 , wherein the center through hole is provided with a diameter of at least 6 mm.

5. The sound tube according to claim 1 , wherein the through hole is provided with a diameter that increases gradually, in the longitudinal direction of the tubular sounding body, from one end of the cap toward an opposite end of the cap.

6. The sound tube according to claim 1 , wherein the tubular sounding body includes a pair of through holes spaced in the longitudinal direction of the tubular sounding body from an end of the first portion.

7. A cap attachable to a sound tube including a tubular sounding body for a musical instrument, for reducing the pitch of low-order harmonics included in the sound generated by the sound tube, the cap comprising:
a first portion configured to extend into an interior of one end of the tubular sounding body; and
a second portion provided with an outer diameter that is larger than that of the first portion, and extending outside of the tubular sound body in a state where the cap is attached to the one end; and
a center through hole extending through both the first portion and the second portion,
wherein a total weight of the first portion and the second portion is inclusive between 210 to 300 g,
wherein the first portion is provided with a length L 1 that extends into an interior of the one end in a longitudinal direction of the tubular sounding body, in a state where the cap is attached to the tubular sounding tube,
wherein the second portion is provided with a length L 2 that extends in the longitudinal direction of the tubular sounding body exposed to outside of the tubular sounding body, in a state where the cap is attached to the tubular sounding tube, and
wherein L 2 /L 1 is at least 0.5.

8. The cap according to claim 7 , wherein L 2 /L 1 is 0.5-1.0.

9. The cap according to claim 7 , wherein L 2 /L 1 is 0.68-0.92.

10. The cap according to claim 8 , wherein the center through hole is provided with a diameter of at least 6 mm.

11. A cap attachable to a sound tube including a tubular sounding body for a musical instrument, for reducing the pitch of low-order harmonics included in the sound generated by the sound tube, the cap comprising:
a first portion configured to extend into an interior of one end of the tubular sounding body;
a second portion provided with an outer diameter that is larger than that of the first portion, and extending outside of the tubular sound body in a state where the cap is attached to the one end; and
a center through hole extending through both the first portion and the second portion,
wherein a total weight of the first portion and the second portion is inclusive between 210 to 300 g,
wherein the through hole is provided with a diameter that increases gradually, in the longitudinal direction of the tubular sounding body in a state where the cap is attached to the tubular sounding body, from one end of the cap toward an opposite end of the cap.

Assignees

• Yamaha Corp

Inventors

• Inoue Hideyuki

Classifications

• G10D13/08

  Multi-toned musical instruments with sonorous bars, blocks, forks, gongs, plates, rods or teeth · CPC title

• G10K1/10

  Sounding members; Mounting thereof; Clappers or other strikers · CPC title

• G10K1/07 Primary

  mechanically operated; Hand bells; Bells for animals · CPC title

• G10K1/08

  Details or accessories of general applicability · CPC title