Abstract: A telescoping horn, comprising a flared bell portion and a mouthpiece portion. The mouthpiece portion is slideable into the bell portion from an extended position into a telescope position along a common axis. There are means on both portions for limiting the amount of telescoping movement, as well as for limiting the amount of extended motion so that the horn portions remain in engagement with each other in both positions.

Abstract: A swing training device usable by a golfer comprises an elongated lightweight shaft adapted to be swung by a golfer to produce either a desirable accelerated or insufficiently accelerated swing, corresponding respectively to a desirably or insufficiently accelerated swing of a golf club, relative to a golf ball; and sound producing structure associated with the shaft to produce a distinctive audible sound when the shaft is swung so as to define a desirably accelerated swing.

Abstract: A deer call 10 having a pair of opposing convex half shells 11 and 12 attached one to the other and having a concave inner surface, together form a longitudinal air passage. A pair of venturi bars 16, one each transversely disposed on each half shell 11 and 12 form a venturi within the air passage. A doubled band reed 15 is disposed within the venturi, essentially parallel to both venturi bars 16. The doubled band reed 15 is constructed from a polyethylene plastic sheet being folded in half and heat sealed along the folded edge 18. The heat sealed edge 18 is located within the venturi on the upstream end, while the pair of unconnected edges 19 are located on the downstream end.

Abstract: The invention provides a new whistle, intended for sports referees, and for small boat emergency use, where a loud piercing sound is required without the possibility of loss of sound by "over-blowing" or by sticking of the freely-moving ball used in conventional whistles. The profile of the new whistle preferably is of flat-topped "mandolin" shape in side elevation, so that it is familiar and readily acceptable by established users, and yet includes three separate fipple-type whistle elements in a single whistle body, each with its own air column chamber and vibration-producing knife edge, at least two of which chambers are of slightly different lengths, so as to produce complex harmonics and beats that increase the piercing quality and audibility of the sound. This is done by providing two elements side-by-side and parallel to one another, with the third also parallel and below (or above in an inverted shape) the other two protruding into the space between them.

Abstract: A hand-operated game call having a sound chamber, a handle including a horn at one end of the chamber, a bellows at the other end of the chamber and openings in both chamber ends; the chamber including a diaphragm normally closing each chamber, each diaphragm having a normally taut edge engaging an opening chord edge, the chord edge including a lip on the outside of the wall for preventing the diaphragm from overlapping the wall during vibration.

Abstract: Process for the manufacture of a wind instrument which, for varying the pitch, is provided with keys (6), which in turn are provided with compliant seal inlays (7), and wind instrument constructed in this manner, e.g., transverse flute, saxophone, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, piccolo. The seal inlays of the keys of the wind instrument, which are applied against the rim (5) of the holes (3) determining the pitch, are fitted to the rim of the holes to be closed by means of a nonrigid elastic plastic which is solidified in situ. During the molding, the keys are braced in the position corresponding to their closed position in the finished instrument by a brace which is removed after the molding or by a flexible covering which remains after the molding on the nonrigid elastic solidified plastic.

Abstract: The disclosed panpipe has adjustable plug means for closing and sealing the otherwise open tube bottoms at adjustable distances from the open tube tops, for tuning the panpipe tubes. The plug means includes a plunger seal fitted inside the tube, a manual adjustor rotatably mounted at the bottom of the tube, and threaded means connecting the plunger seal and manual adjustor together. Rotation of the manual adjustor finely shifts the axial position of the plunger seal in the tube. The plunger seal has a flexible sealing ring that can be loosened to slide freely within the tube, and that can be tightened to radially deform sealingly and mechanically against the tube inside. Means accessible via the open tube tops allow each threaded member to be manually rotated from the exterior of its tube, to tighten or loosen the associated sealing ring and set or release the plunger seal as adjusted axially relative to the tube.

Abstract: A wildlife call including a hollow tube having an open sound-escape end and an opposite open mouthpiece includes a resonating membrane associated with the mouthpiece which is arranged in a planar condition and oriented at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the mouthpiece. For support of the membrane in such an arrangement, the mouthpiece includes a head portion which protrudes axially of the tube and opposite the sound-escape end and which defines a continuous edge that bounds a substantial portion of the opening of the mouthpiece when the mouthpiece is viewed axially and theretoward. The mouthpiece further includes an end wall covering a substantial portion of the mouthpiece opening not covered by the continuous edge, arranged generally within a radial plane of the tube, and defining a substantially free edge extending across the mouthpiece. The resonating membrane is thus arranged angularly to the plane of the end wall.

Abstract: A turkey caller comprising a body portion with a removable mouthpiece connected in an airtight manner to one end and a trumpet reciprocably mounted on the other end of the body portion. A plurality of axially aligned passageways extend through the mouthpiece, body portion, and trumpet with the passageway in the trumpet being the largest in diameter and the other passageways being successively smaller as they extend in communication with each other through the trumpet, body portion, and mouthpiece. Air is sucked into the trumpet to produce sounds simulating wild game, such as turkeys.

Abstract: The subject invention is a game call that is individually fitted to the user. One embodiment includes a molded plastic frame having an inverted "U" shaped channel in which a thermal plastic insert molded to fit the user's incisor teeth is retained. In a second embodiment, a thermal plastic strip is molded around part of the frame and is fitted between the user's incisor teeth and lip. The user may do the molding, which is carried out at relatively low temperatures. Adjoining either channel portion of the frame in the first embodiment, or the portion on which the molded strip is fitted in the second embodiment, is a planar arcuate shaped groove adapted to hold an elastic diaphragm. The call is held in the user's mouth with one surface of the diaphragm disposed adjacent the user's lip. As air is expelled from the user's mouth over the diaphragm, the user's lip modulates the airflow, thereby controlling the sound produced by the vibrating diaphragm.

Abstract: A musical instrument that produces whistle-type tones responsive to the impingement of sunlight or other source of electromagnetic radiation upon one or more radiation-absorbent porous-to-air, generally disc-shaped generator member or members disposed interiorly and in the lower half of a vertically oriented transparent or partially transparent tube with angled open ends. The generator member or members may be in the form of a wire mesh or gauze. In a preferred embodiment, Fresnel lenses are employed to focus sunlight on the generators contained within a plurality of tubes of differing lengths that are grouped together to form a musical instrument suitable for display in public places for the entertainment and scientific edification of the public.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hand held musical pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe, having a plurality of longitudinally spaced wall openings which are positioned and arranged to be selectively closed by finger action of the player. There is included a longitudinally slidable sleeve member positioned and arranged on the exterior of the pipe body for selective longitudinal positioning by one of the fingers of the player to at least partially cover or uncover one of the wall openings to thereby provide for a tone pitch change.

Abstract: A wind instrument having a mouthpiece connected to the inner end of a tube forming an elongated resonating chamber, the tube being provided with a slot along virtually its entire length, and an elongated flexible strip closure member having its inner end fixed to the tube adjacent to the mouthpiece and the strip overlying the slot, the outer end of the strip being fixed to the tube structure adjacent to its outer end. Resilient sealing means are provided between the lower face of the strip and the slot walls whereby the closure strip closes the chamber from the mouthpiece end to a selected point where the user digitally depresses the strip into sealing relation with the slot walls, thus creating a resonating chamber of selected length, as determined by the position of the user's finger.

Abstract: A game call, operable to simulate an elk call, including a whistle having a longitudinal bore and a top vent and provided with a mouthpiece and a hollow open-ended tube of flexible material in fluid communication with the bore of the whistle. The flexible tube is preferably attached to the whistle by means of an adapter which is mateable with a second adapter attached to the free end of the flexible tube to protectively enclose the whistle. The two adapters, when mated, form a convenient handle for carrying. The flexible tube is provided with a spiraled inwardly projecting rib and is of sufficient resiliency to be doubled back upon itself in substantial O-shaped configuration for varying pitch during operation and for convenient portability.

Abstract: A wind instrument having a mouthpiece connected to the inner end of a tube forming an elongated resonating chamber, the tube being provided with a slot along virtually its entire length, and an elongated flexible strip closure member having its inner end fixed to the tube adjacent to the mouthpiece and the strip overlying the slot, the outer end of the strip being fixed to the tube structure adjacent to its outer end. Resilient sealing means are provided between the lower face of the strip and the slot walls whereby the closure strip closes the chamber from the mouthpiece end to a selected point where the user digitally depresses the strip into sealing relation with the slot walls, thus creating a resonating chamber of selected length, as determined by the positions of the user's finger.

Abstract: A sounding toy for producing musical tones and other sounds includes a reciprocating element which may be repetitively struck by the user in order to produce the sounds. The sounding toy includes a vertically reciprocating cylindrical member which moves within an aperture in the housing in a generally vertical direction. The travel of the cylindrical member is defined by the longitudinal axis of a piston secured to the interior of the housing. A deformable, hollow engagement member is mounted on the top of the cylindrical member and allows for repeated contact by the hand or a hand-held tool of the user. A sound producing mechanism, such as a whistle, is mounted or formed integrally on the cylindrical member in fluid communication with the deformable engagement member. A downward vertical force on the engagement member will cause compression or deformation thereof and force air or other fluid through the whistle moving the cylindrical member downwardly within the housing over the piston.

Abstract: A musical toy includes a bellows for creating a flow of air and an air tube connecting the bellows to a musical instrument such as a harmonica or a plurality of whistles. The musical instrument is selectively moved relative to the outlet of the air tube to create a pattern of different tones or sounds. A rack mounted on the musical instrument is in engagement with and moved by a circular gear rotatably mounted on the toy. The toy further includes means for compressing the bellows and a handle for rotating the circular gear.

Abstract: A musical instrument of the woodwind type in combination with a raised oblong resonance chamber, said instrument configured in the shape of a human hand. The resonance feature is utilized by placing the oblong or blister-like protrusion against the cheek of a user which, when tapped on its opposite side achieves tonal variations as a function of size variation and degree of modulations of the oral cavity. The woodwind function is achieved by blowing through a mouthpiece (the thumb digit) and egress of wind passing through the fingerhole portions of the remaining four finger digits.

Abstract: A musical toy includes a plurality of tone producing, whistle-like structures arranged in pairs, each tone producing structure connected by a passageway to an hermetically sealed deformable hollow cavity or bulb. Each bulb includes a top generally flat surface having fixed surface area and a resilient, porous biasing agent which inflates the cavities to a predetermined size and configuration. When a cavity is depressed to a deflated position, compressed air is forced through connecting tubes into a sound generating structure thereby producing an audible, musical sound. Eight of the sound generating structures are provided in one apparatus to produce a unit having a full octave of notes. The sealed cavities are provided by selectively laminating a predetermined pattern of seal lines between two sheets of thermoplastic material such as soft, pliable vinyl sheets.

Abstract: A simplified combination animal call has a casing divided into identical upper and lower half sections held together by a securing elastic band. Symmetrical channels of different widths spaced longitudinally along half sections provide airways through the casing whose openings act interchangeably as mouthpiece openings along one side of the casing and sound-emitting bells on the opposite side. Air blown through any such airway vibrates a second elastic band which spans each airway to produce an animal-like sound. Multiple airways of different widths make available several different pitch ranges at once. Changing either the size or tension of the vibratory elastic band changes the pitch that is available at each slot. Finally, the pitch produced may be dynamically varied either by changing the tension on the vibratory elastic or by compressing the mouthpiece side of the casing while the device is in use.

Abstract: The invention disclosed is a new and improved musical tube which can be used as a musical instrument or merely as a toy or a noise maker. The musical tube comprises in its basic aspects an elongated, flexible, open-ended, cylindrical tube having a non-smooth inner circumferential surface and a handle portion specifically delimited at one end. The invention in a further aspect comprises such a musical tube in combination with another musical instrument such as a reed.

Abstract: A musical toy consisting of a plurality of separately operated dolls each having a flexible bellows provided with an air chamber having an outlet, and a passageway connecting the opening of the bellows and the air chamber, the air chamber and passageway of each of the dolls being of a size to produce a pre-determined musical note, and wherein each of the dolls is also provided with indicia designating the note.

Abstract: A speech simulator includes an air duct composed of interconnected pipes, a first pipe ending with a mouthpiece, while the second pipe being hermetically connected to a closed variable-size cavity. A main resonator is provided with a lid, and a sourdine is provided which is movable inside the mouthpiece. The mouthpiece is hermetically coupled to the main resonator which communicates with the atmosphere. The proposed speech simulator can simulate natural speech.

Abstract: A wind instrument having a tone color produced from sound producing reeds in response to the blowing of breath through a mouthpiece, is played by manipulating keys arranged to produce notes of the scale in the same manner as a conventional classical wind instrument such as a clarinet, saxophone, trumpet or french horn, as the case may be. The instrument is constructed with a main body of the wind instrument, a plurality of scale operations keys, air passageway change-over valves, a plurality of groups of sound producing members which produce tones in correspondence to finger action of the scale operation keys, and a mechanism for forming the air passageway to introduce air blown in from a mouthpiece of the wind instrument by the operations of a corresponding air passageway change-over valve into the corresponding sound producing member.