EP2189972A1 - Säule für Musikinstrument - Google Patents

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EP2189972A1
EP2189972A1 EP08169639A EP08169639A EP2189972A1 EP 2189972 A1 EP2189972 A1 EP 2189972A1 EP 08169639 A EP08169639 A EP 08169639A EP 08169639 A EP08169639 A EP 08169639A EP 2189972 A1 EP2189972 A1 EP 2189972A1
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G10D9/047—Valves; Valve controls for wood wind instruments

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  • the invention relates to a pillared element for fixing an operating element to a music instrument, in particular to a clarinet. Moreover, the present invention relates to a music instrument and a method of producing a music instrument comprising a pillared element. Moreover, the present invention relates to a mounting arrangement for mounting a pillared element to a music instrument.
  • keys are mounted to a corpus of the music instrument.
  • the keys are adapted for being operated by the fingertips in order to open and close tone holes in the corpus of the music instrument.
  • the keys are mounted to the corpus of the music instrument by pillars that are adapted for fixing the keys in a predetermined orientation to the corpus of the music instrument.
  • the alignment of the pillars with respect to the corpus of the music instrument has to be very exactly so that the keys attached to the pillars open and close the tone holes with a high precision.
  • the pillars are attached to the corpus of the music instrument by a screw fitting connection, e.g. a UNC 6-32 thread.
  • the coupling sections of the pillars that are adapted for holding the keys in a defined orientation, are machined, so that the keys may be attached in a predetermined alignment with respect to the music instrument, in particular to the tone holes. Due to different sizes of the tone holes and respectively due to different sizes of the keys, all coupling sections of the pillars have to be finished individually when the pillars are mounted to the corpus of the music instrument.
  • the amount of individual pillars may be for clarinets for instance around 35 - 40 pieces wherein each of the pillars may have to be finished individually.
  • a pillared element for fixing an operating element to a musical instrument, the musical instrument, a method of producing the musical instrument comprising the pillared element and a mounting arrangement for mounting the pillared element to the musical instrument according to the independent claims are provided.
  • a pillared element for fixing an operating element to a musical instrument may comprise a processed coupling section and a fixing section.
  • the processed coupling section is adapted for fixing the operating element in a predefined position with respect to the musical instrument.
  • the fixing section is adapted for being fitted into a receiving hole of the musical instrument by a press-fit connection.
  • a musical instrument comprising an operating element and the pillared element as described above for fixing the operating element to the musical instrument.
  • a method of producing a musical instrument comprising a pillared element, wherein the pillared element is adapted for fixing the operating element to the musical instrument.
  • the method comprises the step of processing a coupled section of the pillared element, wherein the processed coupling section of the processed pillared element is adapted for fixing the operating element in a predefined position with respect to the musical instrument.
  • a fixing section of the processed pillared element is mounted to a receiving hole of the musical instrument by a press-fit connection.
  • a mounting arrangement for mounting the above-described pillared element to the musical instrument is provided.
  • a mounting arrangement is adapted for fixing the pillared element to the respective receiving hole of the musical instrument.
  • pillared element a connection means may be described, by which the operating element may be fixed to the musical instrument.
  • the pillared element may consist of stiff and unbendable material, such as iron, steel, copper or hard plastic materials.
  • the coupling section of the pillared element is adapted for holding the operating elements in a defined geometrical direction.
  • the coupling section may therefore provide through-holes, contact surfaces or threaded holes for holding the operating elements in a defined manner.
  • the fixing section of the pillared element is adapted to form a press-fit connection with a receiving hole of the musical instrument.
  • musical instrument may describe musical instruments that provide tone holes that are opened and closed by operating elements and that comprise pillared elements to hold such operating elements.
  • the musical instrument may describe wind instruments, in particular clarinets.
  • the musical instrument may be formed with a cylindrical corpus that comprises a plurality of tone holes which may be opened and closed by the operating elements.
  • operating elements may describe all elements that are adapted for operating and closing the tone holes of the musical instrument.
  • the operating elements may be for instance keys or rods that connect a plurality of keys.
  • operating element may describe regulator devices and stabilizers of a key mechanism of a musical instrument.
  • the pillared elements including an unprocessed coupling section are screwed with a threading into a corpus of the musical instrument.
  • the threaded hole in the corpus may be worn out when the pillared elements are exchanged or if the screwing torque has been too high. Then, an exact positioning of the pillared element with respect to the musical instrument is not longer possible.
  • the pillared elements are screwed into the corpus of the clarinets and then, in a mounted status, the coupling sections of the pillared elements are processed.
  • the processing may be difficult because the handling of the pillared elements in a mounted status may be very difficult.
  • the pillared elements may not be fabricated automatically in a separate fabrication machine of the musical instrument. I.e., when the pillared elements are already screwed in the corpus of the musical instrument, the processing of the coupling section of a pillared element has to be processed manually with conventional fabrication methods.
  • the coupling sections of the pillared elements may be processed before mounting the pillared elements to the corpus of the musical instrument. Furthermore, due to the press fit connection of the fixing section of the pillared element to the corpus of the musical instrument, the alignment and the adjustment of the pillared element with respect to the musical instrument may be more precise. Irregularities in the position of the pillared element due to a worn out threading, for instance, may be obsolete. Furthermore, if the pillared elements are processed before the fixation of the pillared elements to the musical instruments, the pillared elements may be separately fabricated in an automatic machine, such as a numerically controlled machine (CNC-Machine). Thus, the fabrication or the processing of the coupling section of the pillared element may be more precise and may be fabricated faster due to the possibility of a mechanized processing method.
  • CNC-Machine numerically controlled machine
  • the fixing section is formed for being fixed with a predetermined alignment to a musical instrument.
  • predetermined alignment it may be described that the position of the fixing section of the pillared element in its height or in its angle position with respect to the musical instrument may be predetermined.
  • the predetermined alignment of the fixing section of the pillared element may be provided by the press-fit connection. Thus, an easy and precise fixation of the fixing section may be provided.
  • the fixing section comprises a threaded pin and a threaded bushing.
  • the threaded pin is screwable into the threaded bushing, wherein the threaded bushing is adapted for being press-fitted into the receiving hole.
  • the pillared elements may be adjusted precisely in the receiving hole of the musical instrument by pressing the pillared element with its threaded bushing with a predetermined position into the receiving hole.
  • the pillared element is exchangeable in an easier way due to the threaded connection of the threaded pin in the threaded bushing. If the press-fit connection between the fixing section of the pillared element and the receiving hole is released often times, the press-fit connection would be worn out. I.e.
  • the threaded pin may be released oftentimes while the threaded bushing remains in the receiving hole.
  • the press fit connection will not be released during an exchange of the pillared element inclusively its threaded pin.
  • the pillared element With the threaded connection between the threaded pin and the threaded bushing of the fixing section of the pillared element, the pillared element may be screwed out from the threaded bushing often times without wearing out the press-fit connection between the threaded bushing and the receiving hole.
  • an exact alignment of the pillared element with respect to the musical instrument may be provided and simultaneously an easy exchangeability of the pillared element with respect to the musical instrument may be provided.
  • the thread of the threaded pin and the threaded bushing is a metric thread, such as a M3 thread.
  • standardized pillared elements may be threaded into the threaded bushing of the pillared element so that for instance pillared elements of different manufacturers may be used.
  • the threaded bushing is made of a material that is more harder respectively that provides a higher hardness in comparison to the threaded pin, so that the life cycle of the threaded bushing would be elongated.
  • an adhesive means for fixing the fixing section to the musical instrument may be provided.
  • the fixing section may be kept in the aligned position with respect to the musical instrument by the adhesive means.
  • a displacement of the fixing section of the pillared element with respect to the musical instrument due to agitation or during the operation of the musical instrument may be prevented.
  • a desired releasing of the fixing section may be still be possible.
  • a digital mapping data of a prototype of the pillared element are generated. Then, the pillared element is processed on the basis of the digital mapping data of the prototype. Thus, because the pillared elements may be processed before the pillared element is connected to the musical instrument, the processing of the pillared element may be conducted. Thus, a bulk production of the pillared elements may be provided. For instance, a CNC-machine may be used to produce a plurality of pillared elements, wherein the CNC-machine is fed by the digital mapping data of the prototype pillared element. Thus, the production time may be reduced and the coupling section may be in particular produced more precisely.
  • a plurality of processed pillared elements may be mounted to a mounting device.
  • the plurality of the processed pillared elements may be adjusted to each other in the mounting device.
  • a plurality of processed and adjusted pillared elements is then mounted with its respective fixing sections to the receiving holes of the musical instrument by the mounting device.
  • the mounting device may be a holder for a plurality of pillared elements, i.e. to which holder the pillared elements may be mounted in a predetermined position.
  • the mounting device may guide the adjusted pillared elements into the receiving holes of the musical instrument at the same time and in the predefined position.
  • the pillared elements have not to be connected to the musical instrument one by one but may be connected simultaneously by the mounting device.
  • the production time of the musical instrument may be shortened.
  • the mounting arrangement further comprises a fixing device, a press device and a moving device.
  • the fixing device is adapted for holding the musical instrument, in particular the corpus of the musical instrument, in a predefined holding position with respect to the mounting arrangement.
  • the press device is adapted for holding the pillared element.
  • the press device is adapted to press the pillared element into the receiving hole of the musical instrument for generating a press-fit connection between the pillared element and the musical instrument.
  • the moving device moves the press device with respect to the predefined holding position of the musical instrument in the fixing device.
  • the fixing device may hold the musical instrument or the corpus of the musical instrument in the defined position with respect to the press device.
  • the press device may hold the pillared element in the predetermined position, wherein the press device is adapted for moving the fixed pillared element in the direction to the receiving hole. Then, the press device may transmit a pressing force to the pillared element, so that the pillared element may be pressed into the receiving hole of the musical instrument with the predefined position, i.e. with a predetermined adjustment with respect to the musical instrument.
  • the press device is adapted for generating the press-fit connection between the pillared element and the musical instrument.
  • the press device may comprise a supporting device that is adapted for supporting a plurality of different sizes of pillared elements.
  • the moving device may move the fixing device in such a way, that the fixing device is e.g. movable along a musical instrument, so that the fixing device may reach the receiving holes of the musical instrument. Thus, a detachment and a relocation of the clamped musical instrument for instance may not be necessary.
  • the press device may be operated automatically.
  • the press device may be controlled for instance by a computer device or another control unit, so that no manual control of the press device is necessary.
  • the press proceedings may be more precisely and faster.
  • the press device is adapted to be controlled by a computerized numerical control method.
  • the press device may be for instance a CNC-machine and may be controlled by standardized computerized numerical control data (CNC data).
  • CNC data may achieved by mapping a prototype or by sending CNC data from a CAD-tool (Computer Aided Design Program), such as Catia, ProEngineer, SolidWorks or AutoCat.
  • CAD-tool Computer Aided Design Program
  • the mounting arrangement further comprises a sensor device for sensing a relative position of the press device with respect to the musical instrument.
  • the moving device is thus movable according to the relative position sent by the sensor device.
  • the mounting arrangement may be provided fully automatically in such a way, that the sensor may measure a location of the fixing device, the press device and/or the moving device with respect to each other.
  • the musical instrument may be clamped by the fixing device in any geometrical order, for instance, wherein the sensor device senses the alignment of the musical instrument and provides the control data to the moving device or press device for instance. Then, the moving device moves the press device according to the sensed sensor data.
  • the fabrication method may be provided faster.
  • Embodiments of the invention are not bound to specific materials, so that many different materials may be used.
  • the corpus may be made from a variety of materials including wood, plastic, hard rubber, metal, resin and ivory.
  • the majority of clarinets used by professional musicians may be made from African hardwood, M'Pingo or grenadilla, Honduran rosewood or even cocobolo. Other woods, notably boxwood, were used.
  • Inexpensive instruments may be made of plastic resin, such as ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene).
  • Fig. 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of the pillared element 100.
  • the pillared element 100 may fix an operating element to a musical instrument 500 (see Fig. 5 ).
  • the pillared element 100 comprises a processed coupling section 101 and a fixing section 102.
  • the processed coupling section 101 is adapted for fixing the operating element in a predefined position with respect to the musical instrument 500.
  • the fixing section 102 is adapted for being fitted into a receiving hole 501 of the musical instrument 500 by a press-fit connection.
  • the processed coupling section 101 may consist of plane contact surfaces, joint surfaces, through-holes or threaded holes.
  • the fixing section 102 may be adapted to be fitted into a receiving hole 501 (see Fig. 5 ) of a musical instrument 500 (see Fig. 5 ).
  • the diameter of the fixing section 102 may be adapted for providing a press-fit connection to the receiving hole. I.e. the diameter of the fixing section 102 may be larger than the diameter of the receiving hole 501.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a further schematic view of the pillared element 100.
  • the pillared element 100 provides a processed coupling section 101 and the fixing section 102.
  • the fixing section is formed in such a way, that the surface of the fixing section 102 is inconstant and provides knobs or burls 201, so that an improved press fit connection may be provided.
  • the burls 201 are formed on the outer surface of the fixing section 102.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a side view of a pillared element 100 wherein it is outlined that the processed coupling section 101 may be defined by certain parameters.
  • the processed coupling section may provide a predefined through-hole.
  • the contact surface of the processed coupling section may be defined by a first angle ⁇ or a second angle ⁇ with respect to a horizontal plane and thus with respect to the musical instrument.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates a further exemplary embodiment of the pillared element 100, wherein the pillared element comprises a threaded pin 401 and a threaded bushing 402.
  • the threaded bushing 402 may provide on its outer surface burls to improve the press fit connection to the receiving hole 501.
  • the threaded pin 401 may provide a thread as is adapted for being screwed into the thread of the threaded bushing 402.
  • a processed pillared element may be pressed together with its threaded bushing 402 into the musical instrument in a predetermined orientation.
  • the pillared element 100 may be exchanged for maintenance purposes, for instance, in an easy way and moreover may be screwed to the pillar threaded bushing 402 until the predetermined position is achieved again.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates a view of a corpus of a musical instrument 500 in which receiving holes 501 are provided.
  • the pillared elements 100 are attached to the receiving holes 501 of the musical instrument 500.
  • Fig. 5 furthermore illustrates, that each of the pillared elements 100 provides an individual orientation or an individual predefined position with respect to the musical instrument 500.
  • the pillared elements may be attached to the musical instruments and in a further step the coupling sections are processed.
  • the pillared elements are attached to the corpus of the musical instrument 500 with an already processed coupling section 101, i.e. the pillared elements 100 may be processed before mounting the pillared element 100 to the corpus of the musical instrument 500.
  • Fig. 6 illustrates a mounting arrangement 600 that comprises a fixing device 603, a press device 601 and a moving device 604.
  • the fixing device 603 is adapted for holding the musical instrument 500 in a predefined holding position with respect to the mounting arrangement 600.
  • the press device 601 is adapted for holding the pillared element 100.
  • the press device 601 is adapted for pressing the pillared element 100 into the receiving hole 501 of the musical instrument 500 for generating the press fit connection between the pillared element 100 and the musical instrument 500.
  • the moving device 604 moves the press device 601 with respect to the fixing device 603.
  • the press device 601 may provide a supporting device 602 to which the pillared element 100 may be attached to.
  • the pillared element 100 When moving the press device 601 in a direction to the musical instrument 500, the pillared element 100 enters the receiving hole 501 and will be fixed by the press-fit connection in the predefined position.
  • the supporting device 602 may furthermore hold a plurality of pillared elements 100 into the respective predetermined position, so that the press device 601 may fix a plurality of pillared elements 100 at the same time to the musical instrument 500.
  • a lever is shown for operating the press device 601 manually, but also an automatic control of the press device 601 is possible.
  • the press device 601 may be a hydraulic, pneumatic or electrical driven press.
  • the moving device 604 may move the press device 601 along the musical instrument 500, so that the press device 601 may fix the pillared element 100 to the musical instrument 500 in all possible locations.
  • the fixing device 603 may fix the musical instrument 500 rotatably, so that a predetermined rotary position of the musical instrument 500 with respect to the press device 601 may be adjusted.
  • a sensor device may be attached to the mounting arrangement 600, so that the relative position of the musical instrument 500 with respect to the press device 601 may be sensed and the relative position of the musical instrument 500 with respect to the press device 601 may be adjusted automatically on the basis of the sensed sensor data.
  • Fig. 7 illustrates an enlarged view of the mounting arrangement 600.
  • the supporting device 602 may furthermore comprise an adapter 701, so that a variety of different sized pillared elements 100 may be attached to.
  • the press device 601 may move the pillared element 100 for instance vertically into the direction of the musical instrument 500, so that the pillared element 100 may be pressed into the receiving holes 501.
  • Fig. 8 illustrates a perspective view of the mounting arrangement 600 for fixing the pillared element 100 to the musical instrument 500.

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US1586206A (en) * 1922-03-07 1926-05-25 Loomis Allen Center bearing for key mechanisms of wood-wind instruments
US2033772A (en) * 1934-07-27 1936-03-10 Conn Ltd C G Clarinet
FR1121158A (fr) * 1955-02-07 1956-07-24 Anciens Etablissements Martin Perfectionnement au montage de clés des instruments à vent
US4669351A (en) * 1983-08-08 1987-06-02 Toyama Gakki Seizo K.K. Woodwind instrument
EP0762379A1 (de) * 1995-09-08 1997-03-12 Buffet-Crampon S.A. Societe Dite: Blasinstrument mit Kugeln, die vor ihrer Befestigung vollständig bearbeitet sind, und sein Herstellungsverfahren

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1586206A (en) * 1922-03-07 1926-05-25 Loomis Allen Center bearing for key mechanisms of wood-wind instruments
US2033772A (en) * 1934-07-27 1936-03-10 Conn Ltd C G Clarinet
FR1121158A (fr) * 1955-02-07 1956-07-24 Anciens Etablissements Martin Perfectionnement au montage de clés des instruments à vent
US4669351A (en) * 1983-08-08 1987-06-02 Toyama Gakki Seizo K.K. Woodwind instrument
EP0762379A1 (de) * 1995-09-08 1997-03-12 Buffet-Crampon S.A. Societe Dite: Blasinstrument mit Kugeln, die vor ihrer Befestigung vollständig bearbeitet sind, und sein Herstellungsverfahren

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