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

Note(s)

  1. This class covers all sound-emitting devices, in general, whether or not they may be considered as being musical.
  2. In this class, the following expression is used with the meaning indicated:
    • "musical instrument" does not exclude devices emitting a single sound signal.
  3. The following Class Index is given in place of subclass indexes, to show the grouping of the elaborations belonging to different subclasses, under the following 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 the three types mentioned in Note (3). They correspond to groups G10D 17/00 or G10K 7/00, G10K 9/00 or G10K 15/04, 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