G
SECTION G — PHYSICS
  
INSTRUMENTS
 G10
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
 G10

Note(s)

  1. This class covers generally all sound-emitting devices, whether or not they may be considered as being musical.
  2. The term "musical instrument", used in this class, should not be understood as excluding devices emitting a single sound signal.
  3. For the convenience of users, the following Class Index is given in place of Sub-class Indexes, to show the grouping of the elaborations belonging to different sub-classes, under the three fundamental types:

    Wind instruments

    String instruments

    Percussion instruments

    which relate clearly to the majority of instruments.

  4. There are of course some instruments of which the principle of operation belongs less clearly to one of these three types. They correspond to groups G10D 17/00 and G10K 7/00, G10K 9/00, G10K 10/00, all the other groups normally finding a definite place.
 G10F
AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (non-musical aspects of toy instruments A63H 5/00; sound-recording and reproducing G11B; associated working with recording or reproducing apparatus G11B 31/02)
 G10F

Note(s)

Aspects of musical instruments which are independent of the automatic actuation are covered by the relevant sub-classes G10B, G10C, G10D.

 G10F 1/00
Automatic musical instruments
 G10F 1/02
·  Pianofortes with keyboard
 G10F 1/04
·  Pianofortes which have no keyboard
 G10F 1/06
·  Musical boxes with plucked teeth, blades, or the like (combinations with other articles, see the relevant classes for the articles)
 G10F 1/08
·  Percussive musical instruments
 G10F 1/10
·  ·  Carillons
 G10F 1/12
·  Wind-actuated instruments
 G10F 1/14
·  ·  Barrel-organs
 G10F 1/16
·  Stringed musical instruments (pianofortes G10F 1/02, G10F 1/04)
 G10F 1/18
·  ·  to be played by a bow
 G10F 1/20
·  ·  to be plucked
 G10F 1/22
·  Combinations of two or more instruments
 G10F 3/00
Independent players for keyboard instruments
 G10F 5/00
Details of, or accessories for, automatic musical instruments
 G10F 5/02
·  Actions
 G10F 5/04
·  Tune barrels, sheets, rollers, spools, or the like
 G10F 5/06
·  ·  Driving or setting of tune barrels, discs, or the like; Winding, rewinding, or guiding of tune sheets or the like (handling webs or sheets in general B65H)