Patent ID: 6664455
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A tone hole pad holding assembly for use in opening and closing a tone hole of a wind instrument with a pad assembly, comprising:a metal cup having a bottom portion and a wall portion, the wall portion having an inside diameter; a circular metallic base inside said metal cup, said metallic base having a diameter substantially the same as the inside diameter of the wall portion of said metal cup, a stem portion formed integrally with said metal base and having an internal female screw, a plurality of holes at regular intervals between said stem portion and a periphery of said metallic base, and a beveled portion formed on a peripheral portion of a rear surface of said metallic base; and a metallic holder inside said metal cup having an outer diameter the same as the inside diameter of said wall portion of said metal cup, a wall portion with a lip and a ring-shaped concave portion formed in a peripheral portion of said metallic holder, said concave portion having an inside diameter smaller than the tone hole.