摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent key operation from being clattered and being made heavy in movement by receiving the influence of temperature, humidity, etc., even when the material of the tubular body of a musical instrument is wood. <P>SOLUTION: The tone hole opening and closing mechanism includes a shaft 4 which is slidably fitted at one end with one post 2 and is fixed at the other end to another post 3 and a pipes 6 and 7 which are rotatable fitted to the shaft and is rotatably fitted to the shaft to support levers 8 and 9 for driving a cup key. The mechanism is provide with a step 4a larger in the diameter of an end side than the diameter of a central part near one end of the shaft and the pipe is inserted between the step and the other post to regulate the position in the axial direction of the pipe. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO</p> |