Improvements in Wind Instruments of the Clarionet, Flageolet, Flute, and other Analogous Types.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1889
Improvements in Wind Instruments of the Clarionet, Flageolet,
Flute, and other Analogous Types.
I CHARLES GERARD CONN, Manufacturer of Band Instruments, residing at
Elkhart, in the County of Elkhart, State of Indiana, United States of America,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My improvement relates to wind instruments of the clarionet, flute and other
analogous types, and consists in constructing the body of the instrument of two
concentric cylinders, preferably of metal. The passages to form connection of the
air vibrations with the atmosphere with instruments as ordinarily constructed of a
solid shell of wood, are formed simply by radial holes, but in my improvod form
they are formed of short radial tubes extending through the space between the
concentric tubes of which the body of the instrument is constructed.
In the accompanying drawings Figure I is a longitudinal section of the body
of a clarionet embodying my invention.
Figure Il is a transverse section of the same on the line II, II figure I.
Figure III is a detail longitudinal section showing the parts detached.
A represents the inner shell or tube of the instrument forming the wind passage,
and B the outer shell or tube concentric therewith, both preferably made of metal
and tightly connected at the extremities of each section of the instrument, as shown
at C, D; the customary slide joint being formed by shoulders E F in the outer
tube or body B, leaving the internal bore smooth and unobstructed, as in instru-
ments having the customary solid wooden body. The radial passages for connecting
the interior air vibrations with the outer atmosphere which in use are stopped at
will by the use of the fingers, or by keys of ordinary construction, are formed
of tubes tightly connected at their inner and outer ends with the concentric
tubes A, B, respectively, and formed to provide smooth passages for the air
without obstructions either in their own surfaces or in the inner surface of the
tube A.
In all other respects the instrument may be constructed in any of the usual
forms with customary finger holes and key holes arranged in any manner.
The invention is applicable to clarionets and to like wind instruments, and to
flageolets, and also to flutes, fifes and instruments of this class.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
:-
1. A wind instrument formed with a hollow body of two concentric tubes with
radial air passages to form connections from the interior of the body with the outer
air, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination of the inner tube or body A, and the outer tube or body B
tightly connected together at the extremities of the sections of the instrument to
provide the customary joint, as described.
3. The combination of the inner tube or body A, and the outer tube or body B

page_text: tightly connected at their ends, and the radial tubes G forming air passages to
communicate from the interior of the instrument to the outer air, as and for the
purposes explained.
Dated this 27th day of August 1889
C. G. CONN.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, Agents.