141 |
Mute fob musical instruments |
US1325313D |
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US1325313A |
1919-12-16 |
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142 |
Mute for wind instruments |
US1307259D |
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US1307259A |
1919-06-17 |
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143 |
Mute for wind instruments. |
US1900031529 |
1900-09-29 |
US738472A |
1903-09-08 |
NEUMANN JULIUS J |
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144 |
SOUND DEFLECTOR FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS |
US15559166 |
2016-04-06 |
US20180075827A1 |
2018-03-15 |
Silvin Jancic |
A sound deflector for a wind instrument has a sound deflector plate and a device for the mounting thereof on the edge of a bell of the wind instrument. The device for mounting the deflector plate has an upper part and a lower part, which are respectively fastenable on the outer surface or the inner side of the bell edge. The upper and lower parts are connected to one another by means of a hinge. According to the invention, the lower part and upper part each have at least two nubs having rounded edges. When the upper and lower parts are brought together, the nubs of the upper part and lower parts are each arranged offset in relation to one another. The sound deflector enables fastening on instruments having bell edges of different shapes and curvatures or on music stands. The offset arrangement of the nubs on the mounting device enables a clamping fastening on a bell edge. The sound deflector according to the invention is therefore universally usable. |
145 |
MUTE EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING A BREATH PRESSURE AND AN ADAPTER THEREOF |
US15549950 |
2015-12-16 |
US20180033415A1 |
2018-02-01 |
Mitsuo YONEZU |
A mute equipment capable of controlling a breath pressure and reducing the volume of the sound during a performance state in normal manner, an adapter thereof and the wind instruments equipped with them, are characterized in that it the mute equipment capable of controlling a breath pressure is to be attached to the blowing section of the wind instruments, wherein the equipment has a hole to release the breath and a section of restricting a wind way width. The mute equipment capable of controlling a breath pressure may be further characterized in that the equipment has a section of adjusting a breath volume to adjust the size of the hole to release the breath. The mute equipment capable of controlling a breath pressure may be further characterized in that the section of adjusting a breath volume can use as the section of restricting the wind way width. |
146 |
Electronic mute for musical instrument |
US15583844 |
2017-05-01 |
US09875729B2 |
2018-01-23 |
Carl J. Allendorph |
Methods for using at least one musical instrument mute for electronic modification of sound emitted from a musical instrument. A mute body is positionable within a bell or horn of the musical instrument, and the body has a proximal end portion and is configured to at least partially occlude the bell or horn. A microphone is positioned at the proximal end portion of the mute body and is configured to transduce a sound produced by the musical instrument. A speaker is positioned in the mute body as well. A microcontroller is configured to receive a signal from the microphone and to electronically modify the sound of the instrument when emitted through the speaker. Some mutes also provide a communication transceiver, sensors, and input devices to remotely control and manipulate sound produced by the mute. |
147 |
Silencer for wind instrument |
US14313413 |
2014-06-24 |
US09583079B2 |
2017-02-28 |
Yuichiro Suenaga; Keizo Tatsumi |
A silencer for a wind instrument includes a hollow pipe whose one end is closed and serves as a closed end. The pipe includes an outer wall having at least one of at least one recessed portion and at least one protruding portion on a portion of the outer wall near the closed end. |
148 |
Signal processor for musical performance of wind instrument using a mute |
US14038271 |
2013-09-26 |
US09251774B2 |
2016-02-02 |
Ryo Shinoda; Hisako Takano |
A mute unit 20 is attached to a trumpet. Inside the mute unit 20, a microphone 21 is mounted, so that a sound collected by the microphone 21 is converted to an electric signal. The electric signal is supplied to a signal processor 30. The signal processor 30 processes the electric signal converted by the microphone 21 such that changes in frequency characteristic of the sound caused by the mute unit 20 are cancelled. The signal processor 30 then outputs the processed signal. |
149 |
Mute for brass instrument |
US13569370 |
2012-08-08 |
US08962961B2 |
2015-02-24 |
Hideyuki Masuda; Yuichiro Suenaga |
A mute detachably attached to a brass instrument includes a fixed part and a plurality of branch pipes, each including a main pipe and an auxiliary pipe. The branch pipes are unified together and inserted into a bell pipe of a brass instrument. The fixed part is attached to the tapered portion of a bell pipe and interposed between the interior of the bell pipe and the exterior of the main pipe. The branch pipe is designed such that the auxiliary pipe is connected to the main pipe at an interconnect part, at which an air flow propagating through the main pipe is partly branched into the auxiliary pipe. |
150 |
SILENCER FOR WIND INSTRUMENT |
US14313413 |
2014-06-24 |
US20140373698A1 |
2014-12-25 |
YUICHIRO SUENAGA; Keizo Tatsumi |
A silencer for a wind instrument includes a hollow pipe whose one end is closed and serves as a closed end. The pipe includes an outer wall having at least one of at least one recessed portion and at least one protruding portion on a portion of the outer wall near the closed end. |
151 |
Device for muting the sound of a musical instrument |
US13737305 |
2013-01-09 |
US08878036B2 |
2014-11-04 |
Emilia Winquist |
The present application is directed to a muting device for muting the sound of musical instruments such as wind instruments, and more particularly, flutes. The muting device is configured to mute the sound of a wind instrument by restricting the airflow through the blowhole of the wind instrument without changing the pitch of the sound produced by the wind instrument. The muting device may restrict the airflow through the blowhole of the wind instrument by means of a woven or knitted mesh fabric placed over the blowhole of the wind instrument. |
152 |
Signal Processor for Musical Performance of Wind Instrument Using a Mute |
US14038271 |
2013-09-26 |
US20140090544A1 |
2014-04-03 |
Ryo SHINODA; Hisako TAKANO |
A mute unit 20 is attached to a trumpet. Inside the mute unit 20, a microphone 21 is mounted, so that a sound collected by the microphone 21 is converted to an electric signal. The electric signal is supplied to a signal processor 30. The signal processor 30 processes the electric signal converted by the microphone 21 such that changes in frequency characteristic of the sound caused by the mute unit 20 are cancelled. The signal processor 30 then outputs the processed signal. |
153 |
MUTE FOR BRASS INSTRUMENT |
US13569370 |
2012-08-08 |
US20130036895A1 |
2013-02-14 |
Hideyuki MASUDA; Yuichiro SUENAGA |
A mute detachably attached to a brass instrument includes a fixed part and a plurality of branch pipes, each including a main pipe and an auxiliary pipe. The branch pipes are unified together and inserted into a bell pipe of a brass instrument. The fixed part is attached to the tapered portion of a bell pipe and interposed between the interior of the bell pipe and the exterior of the main pipe. The branch pipe is designed such that the auxiliary pipe is connected to the main pipe at an interconnect part, at which an air flow propagating through the main pipe is partly branched into the auxiliary pipe. |
154 |
Mute |
US13178474 |
2011-07-07 |
US08269087B1 |
2012-09-18 |
Donald A. Davis |
A mute for a horn-type musical instrument is disclosed. The mute having a freely resonating body including an opening therein to permit air flow into the body, the body having n number of first facets wherein n is an integer from 3 to 99 and having o number of second facets wherein o is an integer from 1 to 99. The mute changes the timbre of the sound generated by the instrument, yet maintains the majority of the volume of sound prior to placement of the mute into the bell. |
155 |
Mute attached to brass instrument without change of pitch of sound |
US557455 |
1995-11-14 |
US5569864A |
1996-10-29 |
Shinji Hamanaga; Yoshihiko Matsukuma |
A mute attached to a brass instrument has an inner surface shaped in such a manner that standing waves of representative harmonic tones have respective final nodes therein close to final nodes of the standing waves generated without the mute, and the pitch of the sound is hardly changed between a performance with the mute and a performance without a mute. |
156 |
Mute |
US326759 |
1994-10-20 |
US5488893A |
1996-02-06 |
Roger Lewis; Susan Shockey |
The present invention is directed to a mute for use in a musical instrument. The mute is generally frusto-conical in shape, and includes a plurality of ribs integrally formed with the mute. The mute also includes a plurality of plugs which are threadably adjustable relative to the mute. Each plug is independent of one another, and may be adjusted to independent heights. |
157 |
Acoustic practice mute |
US89180 |
1993-07-12 |
US5309808A |
1994-05-10 |
James K. Tarrant |
Disclosed is an acoustic practice mute for brass musical wind instruments having a bell end which is of simple construction, light weight, acoustically transmits muted or dampened sound to the ears of the player without any electrical or membrane amplification, in which the sound transmitted is not distorted or changed from a natural sound, in which the volume of sound to the player's ears can be regulated, and which can be used by the player as a normal mute. |
158 |
Mute for horn-type instruments |
US555113 |
1990-07-19 |
US4998959A |
1991-03-12 |
Thomas Purdie |
A mute for a horn-type musical instrument is disclosed. The mute comprises a resonating dish which has an opening therein to permit air flow through the dish and a slit extending from the opening to facilitate resonance of the dish. The dish is adapted to fit over the outside of the bell of the instrument on the bell wire by adjustable fitting means. The mute changes the timbre of the sound generated by the instrument, yet maintains the majority of the volume of sound prior to placement of the mute onto the bell. |
159 |
Multiple and storable wind instrument mute holder |
US695677 |
1985-01-28 |
US4611722A |
1986-09-16 |
Carl W. Teig |
An easily storable mute holder for securely holding a multiple number of wind instrument mutes and for removably mounting to a music stand is disclosed. The mute holder has a cylindrical member, having circular plates welded thereto, for accommodating a bolt which passes through centrally located apertures of the plates. A burr located at the bottom end of the bolt permits the bolt to traverse the entire length of the cylindrical member while stopping only to provide a threaded protrusion beyond the aperture of the upper plate to accommodate a locking nut. The bolt protrusion permits the stacking of arms or extensions having open-ended loops to securely hold the mutes. Spring clips are attached to distant portions of the cylindrical member to removably and adjustably mount the mute holder to the music stand. |
160 |
Instrumental mute |
US96313 |
1979-11-21 |
US4273022A |
1981-06-16 |
Robert E. Bell |
An instrumental mute is provided which is capable of use as a `straight,` `cup` or `wah-wah` type mute in muting sounds produced by wind instruments. The apparatus comprises a vessel 1 internally divided into first and second adjacent chambers 9 and 10 respectively, support means 5 enabling the vessel to be secured within an instrument bellmouth and including a cylindrical portion allowing communication between the chambers 9 and 10, the vessel 1 being displaceable along an extension 12 by rotation about screw thread 18, to open or close the instrument bellmouth. |