An instrument mouthpiece having an interior wall that includes a plurality of curvilinear modifications that disrupts airflow through the mouthpiece in order to produce a pleasing sound when a player is playing an instrument. The modifications may comprise raised curvilinear ridges disposed on the baffle of the or curvilinear valleys carved into the baffle. Additionally, the modifications may include specific patterns designed to elicit different, yet still pleasing sounds from the instrument. These patterns may include a first pattern having a first central linear modification flanked by a set of modifications having parabolic elongated modifications wherein each modification has a parabolic focus increasingly more distant from each respective modification in a direction away from the central modification and also flanked by a set of modifications having parabolic elongated modifications fashioned in the opposite direction. Another pattern may include modifications that are linear but spaced apart from each other in an increasingly distant pattern.

A lightweight, portable and adaptive air supply for a bagpipe, such as a Great Highland Bagpipe, may include a variable speed compressor and an air supply line communicating from the compressor to the bag of the bagpipe. A switch, which may be a mouth-operated switch, allows the piper to control the air compressor when the piper is playing the bagpipe. The adaptive air supply allows a person to play the bagpipe who may have physical challenges preventing the person from producing breath having the quantity and air pressure otherwise required. The adaptive air supply also allows ready setup of a bagpipe and is a useful teaching tool.

A lightweight, portable and adaptive air supply for a bagpipe, such as a Great Highland Bagpipe, may include a variable speed compressor and an air supply line communicating from the compressor to the bag of the bagpipe. A switch, which may be a mouth-operated switch, allows the piper to control the air compressor when the piper is playing the bagpipe. The adaptive air supply allows a person to play the bagpipe who may have physical challenges preventing the person from producing breath having the quantity and air pressure otherwise required. The adaptive air supply also allows ready setup of a bagpipe and is a useful teaching tool.

The present invention relates to an electric pickup device for a bagpipe drone stock. The present invention also relates to an electric pickup device for a bagpipe chanter stock. The invention also relates to an electric bagpipe comprising a blowstick, a bag, at least one drone stock having an electric pickup sensor within said drone stock and a chanter stock having an electric pickup device within said chanter stock.

The present invention relates to an electric pickup device for a bagpipe drone stock. The present invention also relates to an electric pickup device for a bagpipe chanter stock. The invention also relates to an electric bagpipe comprising a blowstick, a bag, at least one drone stock having an electric pickup sensor within said drone stock and a chanter stock having an electric pickup device within said chanter stock.

A chanter of a wind instrument is disclosed. The chanter comprises a bulb 106 and a chimney section 102. The bulb 106 or at least a portion thereof is located adjacent and around an external surface or wall 103b of the chimney section 102 of the chanter. At least a portion of the bulb 106 is spaced apart from the chimney section 102 thereby forming or defining a gap around at least a portion of the external surface or wall 103b of the chimney section 102 and at least a portion of an internal surface 104a of the bulb 106 or the upper section 104. Such arrangement allows for free vibrations of the chimney section 102 that is proximal to the chimney reed of the chanter thereby allowing the vibrancy of the sound to be increased.

The present disclosure provides vent nibs for use with (e.g., incorporation into) a woodwind instrument, such as a bassoon.

The present disclosure provides vent nibs for use with (e.g., incorporation into) a woodwind instrument, such as a bassoon.

The resonator (1) is associated with wind instruments (S) of the type comprising a bell (C) located in correspondence of its main opening (A). The resonator (1) comprises a resonator element (2) preferably having a concave shape, supported within or in front of the bell (C) so that said concavity is directed towards the latter and that between the same resonator element (2) and bell (C) is defined a light passage (3). The resonator element (2) is aimed to define an auxiliary harmonic box intended for intercepting and reflecting or diverting the output sound waves from said bell (C) in order to increase its power, vary its timbre and/or improve the sound diffusion.

The present disclosure provides improved octave key systems for use with (e.g., incorporation into) an instrument in the bassoon family.