Wind instrument training device

摘要

A wind instrument training device is provided having a housing with a mouthpiece opening in one end and an air exit opening in an opposite end. The device also has two sliding members movable within the housing, each having an air passage and each extending through opposite side openings in the housing. The sliding members are connectable to each other by a biasing means. When the training device is inserted in a wind player's mouth with the sliding members placed against the sides of the player's mouth, air blown from the player's mouth is prevented from flowing through the device. When the wind player tightens muscles against the sliding members, the sliding members move inward and air blown from the player's mouth flows through the mouthpiece opening, the air passages, and the air exit opening.

主权项

1. A wind instrument training device, comprising:
a housing having a mouthpiece opening in one end, an air exit opening in an opposite end aligned with the mouthpiece opening along an X-axis, a first side opening in one side of the housing, and a second side opening in an opposite side of the housing aligned with the first side opening along a Y-axis perpendicular to the X-axis; a first sliding member movable within the housing having a first air passage formed therethrough parallel to the X-axis and further having an outer end extending through the first side opening; and a second sliding member movable within the housing having a first air passage formed therethrough parallel to the X-axis and further having an outer end extending through the second side opening; the first sliding member being connectable to the second sliding member by a biasing means having a relaxed state and a tension state; the first and second sliding members having a separated position when the biasing means is in the relaxed state in which the first and second air passages are unaligned with each other and with the mouthpiece and air exit openings; and the first and second sliding members having a rectangular position when the biasing means is in the tension state in which the first and second air passages are aligned with each other and with the mouthpiece and air exit openings along the X-axis; whereby, when the training device is inserted in a wind player's mouth with the first and second sliding members in the separated state and the outer ends of the first and second sliding members placed against the sides of the player's mouth, air blown from the player's mouth is prevented from flowing through the mouthpiece opening, the first and second air passages, and the air exit opening; and whereby, when the wind player tightens the orbicularis oris muscle against the outer ends of the first and second sliding members, the first and second sliding members move from the separated position to the rectangular position and air blown from the player's mouth flows through the mouthpiece opening, the first and second air passages, and the air exit opening.