HEAT-INSULATED BUTTON OF VALVE LEVER OF SAXOPHONE KEYBOARD Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC G10D9/04 G10H1/32 

FIELD: musical instruments.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to musical instruments, in particular to their keyboards, which allows the musician’s hands to perform musical works with high accuracy at the desired tempo and quality, regardless of the ambient temperature. The heat-insulated button of the valve lever of the saxophone keyboard is designed to insulate the fingers of the musician’s hands when performing a musical work in cold conditions, it is made in the form of a metal saucer with a rounded bottom and raised edges, filled to the top with a white or black plastic material with a concave smooth and slippery outer surface on which symbols can be engraved or printed. A 0.5-1.0 mm thick gasket made of synthetic porous ultralight solid aerogel with the lowest thermal conductivity is firmly placed between the pad and the metal part of the button on the entire area of their contact with each other. In cold conditions, the button of the valve lever of the saxophone keyboard.

EFFECT: invention prevents excessively intense and deep cooling of the musician’s fingertips, swelling, tight mobility, surface anesthesia, deterioration of accuracy and slowing down the speed of movement of the fingers on the keyboard buttons, slowing down the tempo and quality of performance of a musical work.

1 cl, 1 dwg