Patent ID: 6696629
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A keyless, fully chromatic, saxophone capable of playing in all keys and having a range of two octaves, the saxophone comprising:a) a soprano saxophone mouthpiece, comprising a reed; b) a body, comprising a straight or curved tube, the tube having a wide end, a narrow end, a diameter, a length, and a key to which the keyless saxophone is pitched, the key determined by the length; wherein the body defines a conically shaped bore and a plurality of tone holes, the body is coupled to the mouthpiece at the narrow end of the tube, and the diameter of the tube increases along the length of the tube, such that, when a player blows through the mouthpiece, the reed vibrates, creating a standing wave in the tube, and a note of a standard twelve-tone chromatic scale is created.