Title:
管楽器
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5007842
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A hybrid saxophone (1) is a combination of an acoustic saxophone (2) and an electronic system (4), and the electronic system (4) includes key sensors (24b) for monitoring the keys (11a) and a tonguing sensor (23) for detecting the position of the tongue together with a breath sensor (23a) and a lip sensor (24), and the pieces of playing data are brought to an electronic tone generator (4a, 4b) for producing electric tones; the mouthpiece (20) of the acoustic saxophone (2) is replaced with another mouthpiece (20A), which does not supply the breath to the reed (22a), and a rotary type air-flow regulator (26) is provided in the mouthpiece (20A) so that the player feels the blowing same as that in the acoustic saxophone (2).
Inventors:
Onozawa
Kazuhiro Fujita
Kazuhiro Fujita
Application Number:
JP2009174903A
Publication Date:
August 22, 2012
Filing Date:
July 28, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Yamaha Corporation
International Classes:
G10H1/00; G10D7/06; G10D9/00; G10D9/02; G10D9/06; G10H1/055; G10H1/32; G10H1/34; G10H7/00
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent business corporation Prospec patent office