Patent ID: 7439428

Claim:
An improved wind instrument comprising: a body section having a cylindrical bore therethrough wherein the cylindrical bore through said body section is centered about and coincident with a longitudinal axis of the piccolo and uniform in diameter throughout the entirety of said body section; a headjoint having a conical bore therethrough wherein said conical bore through said headjoint is centered about and coincident with said longitudinal axis of said instrument and wherein said bore substantially tapers from a diameter equal to the diameter of said cylindrical bore of said body section, at a point where said headjoint mates with said body section, to a diameter less than the diameter of said cylindrical bore of said body section at an opposing end of said headjoint, and wherein said longitudinal axis of said headjoint and said longitudinal axis of said body section are aligned and engaged; and, a footjoint section having a cylindrical bore therethrough wherein said cylindrical bore is centered about and coincident with said longitudinal axis of said instrument and uniform in diameter throughout the entirety of said footjoint section and wherein said body section mates with said footjoint section at an end of said body section opposing said end which mates with said headjoint section and wherein said longitudinal axis of said footjoint section is aligned with said longitudinal axis of said headjoint and said longitudinal axis of said body section and wherein said footjoint section is disposed such that during normal play of said improved piccolo, a low B key is normally closed and is opened only when low C is sounded.