Patents Assigned to Getzen Company
  • Brass musical instruments with modifiable tonality
    Patent number: 8247675
    Abstract: In a brass musical instrument having two substantially parallel adjacent braces between portions of the instrument windpath tubing, the improvement comprising a cross-brace extending in planes substantially parallel to a plane of the parallel braces and having two opposed edges each with two spaced contact regions secured to a respective one of the parallel braces and a recessed region between the contact regions, thereby allowing elimination of other windpath bracing and providing a beneficial site for sound-modifying components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Getzen Company
    Inventor: Christan Griego