Patent ID: 7544874

Claim:
A key assembly for saxophone, the key assembly comprising: an elongated body adapted to be pivotal relative to a saxophone body and having a key formed directly on one end of the elongated body for selectively closing a hole in the saxophone body in response to pivotal movement of the elongated body; a casing formed directly on the other end of the elongated body and having a top opening and a side opening respectively defined in a top face and a side face of the casing; a sliding block being a rectangular cube with a top face, a bottom face and four side faces respectively perpendicular to the top and the bottom faces, movably received in the casing from the top opening of the casing and having multiple positioning holes defined and arranged on one of the side of the sliding block in a line; only one key finger button integrally formed on top of the sliding block so as to move simultaneously with the sliding block; and a locking block threadingly extendable into the casing from the side opening and having a locking pin formed on one end thereof to be extendable into a corresponding one of the positioning holes of the sliding block so as to secure position of the sliding block as well as the key finger button relative to the elongated body.