Patent ID: 7608768

Claim:
A saxophone comprising: an injection molded main frame defining a bore and having a plurality of tone holes formed therein, each tone hole having a predetermined shape and dimension, the main frame comprising a plurality of intercouplable injection molded parts; an injection molded detachable neck couplable to the injection molded main frame and comprising a plastic polymer; and a substantially injection molded keyworks assembly couplable to the main frame, the keyworks assembly comprising: a plurality of rods, each of the plurality of rods having an off-circular length transverse cross-sectional shape; and a plurality of injection molded tone hole cover structures couplable to the plurality of rods, each of the plurality of tone hole cover structures comprising: a lid having a shape and dimension corresponding to a tone hole; and an end ring having a hole which shape matches the transverse cross-sectional shape of at least one of the plurality of rods, wherein a displacement of one of the plurality of rods can displace a lid within the plurality of tone hole cover structures to vary a tone hole between an open state and a closed state.