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.
 G10D
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (aspects of automatic actuation G10F; combinations of microphones, pick-ups or amplifiers with musical instruments G10H; sound-producing devices not regarded as musical instruments or parts thereof G10K)
 G10D 1/00
General design of stringed musical instruments (pianos or similar instruments with keyboard G10C)
 G10D 1/02
·  of violins, violas, violoncellos, basses
 G10D 1/04
·  of harps, lyres
 G10D 1/06
·  of mandolins
 G10D 1/08
·  of guitars
 G10D 1/10
·  of banjos
 G10D 1/12
·  of zithers, e.g. autoharp
 G10D 3/00
Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments
 G10D 3/02
·  Resonating means, horns, or diaphragms
 G10D 3/04
·  Bridges, mutes, or capo-tastos
 G10D 3/06
·  Fingerboards
 G10D 3/08
·  ·  in the form of keyboards (keyboards for musical instruments in general G10C 3/12)
 G10D 3/10
·  Strings
 G10D 3/12
·  Anchoring devices for strings, e.g. tail piece, hitchpin
 G10D 3/14
·  Tuning devices, e.g. pegs, pins, friction discs
 G10D 3/16
·  Bows; Guides for bows; Plectra or like playing means
 G10D 3/18
·  Chin-rests, hand-rests or guards as part of the instruments (separate auxiliary devices or supports G10G)
 G10D 7/00
General design of wind-actuated musical instruments (accordions G10D 11/00; organs, harmoniums G10B; whistles G10K)
 G10D 7/02
·  of the type wherein an air current is directed against a ramp edge, e.g. flute, recorder
 G10D 7/04
·  ·  Ocarinas
 G10D 7/06
·  of the type with a beating reed (Rohrblatt) or reeds, e.g. oboe, clarinet, bassoon, bagpipe
 G10D 7/08
·  ·  Saxophones
 G10D 7/10
·  of the type with a cupped mouthpiece, e.g. cornet, orchestral trumpet, trombone
 G10D 7/12
·  of the type with free reeds (Zunge), e.g. mouth-organ, trumpet for children
 G10D 9/00
Details of, or accessories for, wind-actuated musical instruments
 G10D 9/02
·  Mouthpieces; Reeds
 G10D 9/04
·  Valves; Valve controls
 G10D 9/06
·  Mutes
 G10D 11/00
Accordions, concertinas, or the like; Keyboards therefor (keyboards for musical instruments in general G10C 3/12)
 G10D 11/02
·  Actions
 G10D 13/00
Percussive musical instruments
 G10D 13/02
·  Drums; Tambourines
 G10D 13/04
·  Timpani
 G10D 13/06
·  Castanets, cymbals, triangles, or other single-toned percussive musical instruments (bells G10K)
 G10D 13/08
·  Multi-toned musical instruments, with sonorous bars, blocks, forks, gongs, plates, rods, or teeth
 G10D 15/00
Combinations of different musical instruments (combinations with pianos G10C)
 G10D 17/00
Musical instruments not provided for in any of the preceding groups, e.g. Aeolian harp, singing-flame musical instrument