Rockin’ Patent – “Musical Instrument Or Vocal Flute”
Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 1,228,532 Filed: 24 February 1916 In the name of: Aurion V. Chevers (inventor) Title: Musical Instrument Or Vocal Flute What’s claimed: “A vocal flute constructed in a single piece from rubber, porcelain or the like in the form of a curved tubular stem with an enlargement at the top adapted to fit against the player’s nostrils to receive a current or air therefrom and with its walls contracted to form a slit-like orifice at the bottom for directing the air across the operator’s lips whereby the vocal cavity acts as a resonator.” Why this patent rocks: The instrument described in this […]
