Disinfecting apparatus and method. The disinfecting apparatus includes a first nozzle sized to be positioned with respect to a surface to disinfect the surface, a first hose configured to operably connect with the first nozzle, and a disinfectant generator. The disinfectant generator is configured to operably connect with the first hose and emit a disinfectant agent into the first hose so that the disinfectant agent travels through the first hose and exits the first nozzle to disinfectant the surface.

A capturing device joins with an instrument to capture an accumulated body fluid in the instrument. The device has a tubular shape for capturing and containing a superfluous amount of fluid that has accumulated inside an instrument from performing on the instrument. The device joins with the instrument, proximally to an instrument fluid accumulation portion. For example, the device is oriented on the instrument to capture the fluid that accumulates in the spit valve. The instrument may require tilting or other manipulations to enable fluid to flow from the instrument fluid accumulation portion to a reception aperture. The device is capped on each end, whereby one of the capped ends form a secure seal for trapping the body fluid inside the device, and may also be removed for removing the body fluid. The device has an absorbent portion to absorb the fluid in an interior region.

The invention relates to a device for carrying a wind instrument. The device comprises a Y-shaped frame having two arms (2, 2′) extending upward, which are arcuate at the free ends (9) of the arms, and a third arm extending downward, which forms a support (4). The two arms (2, 2′) and the support (4) converge in a connecting element (3) and are connected to each other there. The arms (2, 2′) can be designed as one piece together with the support (4) and the connecting element (3) in order to form a unit, or the arms (2, 2′) can be connected to the connecting element (3) in an insertable or pivotable manner. A retaining element (5) for hanging the wind instrument (17) is provided on the connecting element (3).

The invention relates to a device for carrying a wind instrument. The device comprises a Y-shaped frame having two arms (2, 2′) extending upward, which are arcuate at the free ends (9) of the arms, and a third arm extending downward, which forms a support (4). The two arms (2, 2′) and the support (4) converge in a connecting element (3) and are connected to each other there. The arms (2, 2′) can be designed as one piece together with the support (4) and the connecting element (3) in order to form a unit, or the arms (2, 2′) can be connected to the connecting element (3) in an insertable or pivotable manner. A retaining element (5) for hanging the wind instrument (17) is provided on the connecting element (3).

A portable stand for a wind musical instrument including an instrument peg, a first-stand-section, and a second-stand-section. The instrument peg includes an instrument interface and a stand interface, with the instrument interface configured to removably interface with, and support the wind musical instrument. The instrument peg includes a first-inside face, a first-outside-face, and a first-perimeter extending, with the first-perimeter extending between the first-inside-face and the first-outside-face. The second-stand-section includes a second-inside-face, a second-outside-face, and a second-perimeter extending between the second-inside face and the second-outside-face, with the second inside-face including a second-recess dimensioned and sized to receive the complementary portion of the instrument peg. The second-stand-section is hingeably coupled to the first-stand-section by at least one hinge.

Aerophone toy building blocks to make a plurality of combination of sounds comprising of a plurality of building blocks, each the block having four walls, a top lid and a bottom cap to make a body having an inner space; at least two of the walls, the lid and the cap having releasable couplers; each the block having aerophone musical instruments to produce sounds; each the block having a plurality of airway channels inside the inner space, the airway channels are connected to the adjacent airway channels; the blocks having the same or different sizes, whereby larger blocks create lower pitched sounds, while smaller blocks create higher pitched sounds; the blocks having the same or different materials to let the instrument produce different sounds; the musical instrument being mounted either onto or inside of the body of the building block, or being permanently encased within the material of a block; and an air source to be attached to the plurality of building blocks to provide an air flow to each aerophone instrument.

A musical wind instrument, comprising a mouthpiece, key mechanism, body, and an alternative material bridge that is couple a first and second opposite facing tube. There is in an alternative embodiment at least one coupling mechanism affixed to at least one of the opposite facing tubes designed to releasably hold the wood based material bridge against the first and second tubes. Alternatively there is a musical wind instrument made of a predominantly first material, comprising a mouthpiece, key mechanism, and body; at least a first and second tube having a portion thereof being spatially opposite to each other respectively, and a bridge, having a first and second end that are coupled to the first and second tube respectively, wherein the bridge is made of an alternative material that is different from the predominantly first material of the instrument.

Systems for raising pads on musical instruments to enable drying of pads and increase air flow around the pad and a body of the musical instrument. A vent spanner device, including a positioning feature and a retention feature, is placed between a pad and its corresponding vent to create an air gap. A pad prop is placed against a key mechanism or between the key mechanism and/or the body to raise a pad from sealing its corresponding vent. A linkage feature connects one or more vent spanners, pad props, end pieces, key mechanisms, or the body, and provides storage.

The present invention provides a wind instrument trumpet and its manufacturing and molding methods. The wind instrument trumpet of the present invention adopts polymeric material with integrated molding process, reducing trumpet spare part quantities and optimizing spare part structure. Moreover, the wind instrument trumpet of the present invention has a lighter overall structure and purer tone quality by applying integrated molding process to the piston outer pipe of tuning component. The present invention greatly decreases the quantity of spare parts, improves assembly accuracy and efficiency, reasonably controls the accuracy of a single spare part while improving the matching accuracy considerably, ensures the movement direction of keys more effectively through the coordination with the piston outer tubes so that the keys are smoother compared to the traditional ones.

Accessory weights and kits for brass instruments to reduce sympathetic vibration of a brass instrument. In one embodiment a first weight disposed on a first side of a center brace for a saxophone between the bell and the body; a second weight disposed on a second side of a center brace for a saxophone between the bell and the body; and a connector to attach the first weight to the second weight configured to extend through a bore of the center brace forming an opening. The connector can be a screw that extends through a bore defining an opening in the first weight, through the bore of the center brace, and attached to the second weight by attachment through a threaded bore of the second weight.