Patent ID: 6921853

Claim:
Mouthpiece assembly for a reed instrument, including: a mouthpiece ( 10 ) provided with: a chamber ( 26 ), including a baffle ( 26 a ), a wall opposite the baffle or ramp and two side walls ( 26 b ), and a bore ( 27 ), for allowing air to flow and sound waves to circulate towards the pipe of the instrument, and a first original face, including a curved portion ( 20 b ), arranged laterally on either side of the chamber ( 26 ) and forming the end of said walls ( 26 b ), and a substantially flat portion ( 20 a ) arranged above the chamber ( 26 ) and the bore ( 27 ), in the extension of the curved portion ( 20 b ), a reed ( 12 ) including a stock ( 30 ), intended to be secured to the mouthpiece, a vamp ( 32 ) intended to vibrate, and a table ( 28 ), extending over its entire length and forming one of the surfaces of the stock ( 30 ) and the vamp ( 32 ), arranged to be supported, via the portion of its table ( 28 ) associated with the stock ( 30 ) against the flat portion ( 20 a ) of the first face, and a ligature, for assuring the assembling of the reed ( 12 ) on the mouthpiece ( 10 ), wherein the mouthpiece ( 10 ) and the reed ( 12 ) define between them an opening ( 48 ) allowing air to penetrate, to generate sound vibrations, the air then flowing into the chamber ( 26 ) and into the bore ( 27 ), in a generally longitudinal direction, characterized in that it further includes, present during the production of sound, a removable insert ( 14 ) taking the form of a patch, gripped between the mouthpiece face ( 20 ) and the reed table ( 28 ), and arranged so as to define, with the first face, a second virtual face, as a function of the forms of the first face ( 20 ), the insert ( 14 ) and the position of said insert ( 14 ) on the first face ( 20 ).