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.
 G10G
AIDS FOR MUSIC (metronomes G04F 5/02; teaching music G09B 15/00)
 G10G 1/00
Means for the representation of music
 G10G 1/02
·  Chord or note indicators, fixed or adjustable, for keyboards or fingerboards
 G10G 1/04
·  Transposing; Transcribing
 G10G 3/00
Recording music in notation form, e.g. recording the mechanical operation of a musical instrument (perforating per se B26F)
 G10G 3/02
·  using mechanical means only
 G10G 3/04
·  using electrical means
 G10G 5/00
Supports for musical instruments
 G10G 7/00
Other auxiliary devices, e.g. separate holder for resin, strings, conductors' batons
 G10G 7/02
·  Tuning forks or like devices