Patent ID: 6225541
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
Key suspension for musical instruments comprising: a swiveling support (1); a key (3) closing a finger hole of the musical instrument, the key (3) being provided with a seal (7) sealing the finger hole and the key being adjustably fixed to the support (1); a screw (5) extending through a drilled hole (4) in the support (1) that is in alignment with the center of the key (3), the screw (5) being effectively connected with the key (3) with different positions producing different positions of the key (3) relative to the support (1), and the actuating end of the screw (5) being accessible from the side of the support opposite the key; wherein a vibration-damping transition piece (6a) is disposed between the screw (5) and the key (3); the support (1) displays a spherical-segment shaped curved section, with the center point of the imaginary sphere lying in the plane of the seal area; the drilled hole (4) displaying a larger diameter than the part of the screw (5) extending through the drilled hole (4); the screw (5) displaying a base plate adjacent to the support (1), the diameter of the base plate being larger than the diameter of the drilled hole (4); the surface of the base plate adjacent to the support (1) being curved in a spherical segment shape corresponding to the support (1).