A wind instrument cavity resonator and optional flexible flute crown assembly capable of improved sound generation and amplification within a flute or piccolo body is presented. The crown presents a swiveling nut joint, and the resonator has one or more counterweights to assist in the sound and weight balancing of the musical instrument, creating an acoustically pleasing flute or similar sound generation device.

An apparatus comprises a flute, a base, and a thumb rest. The base is attached to the flute and defines a channel. The thumb rest is inserted into the channel and defines an elongate body. The thumb rest is positioned such that a flutist may rest a right thumb against the thumb rest while using conventional fingering to play the flute.

Minawi Straw is invented by a Musician/Music Teacher/Composer Mr. Hasan Ahmad Minawi. It is a unique Musical Instrument, made of simple and inexpensive plastic materials, and it is characterized with a new unique musical sound that has accurate music dimensions according to Music Industry Notes, compatible with other music instruments, as it produces unique different sounds when using a special way of inflation (FIG. 5). The Minawi Straw is made up of one plastic tube of 19.60 centimeters in length equal to 7.72 inches, and the length can be adjusted longer as needed. It has 8 Sound holes7 Sound holes on the front side and 1 Sound hole which is Opening 8 on the Upper Rear side (described in the drawing (FIGS. 1 and 2) as openings 1-8). It can be adjusted up to 10 Sound holes, as needed by Player.

A wind instrument cavity resonator and optional flexible flute crown assembly capable of improved sound generation and amplification within a flute or piccolo body is presented. The crown presents a swiveling nut joint, and the resonator has one or more counterweights to assist in the sound and weight balancing of the musical instrument, creating an acoustically pleasing flute or similar sound generation device.

A pad assembly for a flute or other woodwind instrument is provided. The pad assembly may have an upwardly protruding chimney on either a pad base or integral to the pad itself. The pad assembly may be held in place by a washer and screw that is screwed into a spud of a cup, which moves to open and close a tone hole. The upwardly protruding chimney causes compression between the pad and washer, and prevents the washer from directly contacting the spud by creating a spacing between washer and spud. Such a configuration allows the pad assembly to remain in a correct orientation if the cup and a tone hole are misaligned.

The present invention relates to a head joint for a wind instrument, having a mouthpiece and a reed portion, and a wind instrument comprising same and, more particularly, to a head joint for a wind instrument, having a mouthpiece and a reed portion, and a wind instrument comprising same, the head joint allowing for an extended range of one octave lower, i.e. extended lower notes, than the range of a two-side-open wind instrument by adding the range of a one-side-open wind instrument, which is played through a reed, to the range of a two-side-open wind instrument which only has a mouthpiece. The head joint for a wind instrument, having a mouthpiece and a reed portion, according to the present invention has a tubular shape having one end closed, wherein the mouthpiece and the reed portion are formed, so as to be spaced apart from each other, at a certain distance from the end.

The present invention relates to a head joint for a wind instrument, having a mouthpiece and a reed portion, and a wind instrument comprising same and, more particularly, to a head joint for a wind instrument, having a mouthpiece and a reed portion, and a wind instrument comprising same, the head joint allowing for an extended range of one octave lower, i.e. extended lower notes, than the range of a two-side-open wind instrument by adding the range of a one-side-open wind instrument, which is played through a reed, to the range of a two-side-open wind instrument which only has a mouthpiece. The head joint for a wind instrument, having a mouthpiece and a reed portion, according to the present invention has a tubular shape having one end closed, wherein the mouthpiece and the reed portion are formed, so as to be spaced apart from each other, at a certain distance from the end.