Patent ID: 7615700
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A training device for use by a player with a brass instrument having an instrument body, a tubular mouthpiece receiver having an opening in one end thereof and a mouthpiece adapted to be received within said receiver, said mouthpiece having one end where a player's lips meet the mouthpiece and an elongated shank at the opposite end for insertion through said opening into said receiver, said training device, comprising: a substantially planar shield having an upper side and an underside and an aperture formed in said shield extending between said upper side and said underside; at least two elongate, flexible and resilient prongs extending generally perpendicularly from the periphery of said aperture along the underside of said shield, said prongs having a length not exceeding the length of said mouthpiece shank; said training device being adapted to be inserted prongs first into said receiver, whereby when said training device is fully inserted a gap is defined between the underside of said shield and said one end of said receiver and said mouthpiece shank is inserted through said aperture for concentric positioning within said receiver with said prongs spacing said shank from the inner walls of said receiver.