Patent ID: 6259010
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
An improved piccolo comprising:a body section having a cylindrical bore therethrough wherein the cylindrical bore through said body section is centered about and coincident with a longitudinal axis of the piccolo and uniform in diameter throughout the entirety of said body section;a headjoint having a conical bore therethrough wherein the conical bore through said headjoint is centered about and coincident with the longitudinal axis of the piccolo and varied in diameter from a diameter equal to the diameter of said body section's cylindrical bore at one end of said headjoint to a diameter less than the diameter of the cylindrical bore of said body section at other end of said headjoint whereby the longitudinal axis of said headjoint and the longitudinal axis of said body section are aligned and engaged such that the end of said headjoint having a conical bore diameter equal to the diameter of said body section cylindrical bore are matingly interfaced one to the other; anda metal-to-metal stepped interface tenon wherein said metal-to-metal stepped interface tenon comprises a stepped headjoint metal collar having an outer mating surface and an inner mating surface and a stepped body section metal collar having an outer mating surface and an inner mating surface wherein the headjoint metal collar and the body section metal collar slidingly engage, forming an airtight seal at the mating headjoint and body section inner mating surfaces.