Patent ID: 7700863
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A keyless wind instrument, comprising: a hollow tube having an open lower or distal end; a mouth hole formed in an upper or proximal portion of the tube; only eight finger holes arranged in a first set of holes and a second set of holes; the first set of holes consisting of three adjacent and consecutive holes formed in the tube for application of an index finger, a middle finger and a ring finger of an upper hand of a user; and a second set of holes consisting of five adjacent and consecutive, semitone holes formed in the tube for application of a thumb, an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger and a pinky finger of a lower hand of the user, the second set of holes being separated from the first set of holes by a space along the tube and being positioned further from the mouth hole than the first set of holes, whereby at least all notes on two chromatic octaves are readily obtainable; a first finger support for the thumb of the upper hand attached to and extending away from the tube at a position between the mouth hole and the first set of holes; and a second finger support for the pinky finger of the upper hand attached to and extending away from the tube at a position spaced from the first finger support to be closer to the lower end than the first finger support, the first finger support and the second finger support providing for support of the wind instrument by the thumb and pinky finger of the upper hand.