US Patent Issued on May 6 for "Head joint for wind instrument, having mouthpiece and reed portion formed thereon, and wind instrument comprising same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,744, issued on May 6.

"Head joint for wind instrument, having mouthpiece and reed portion formed thereon, and wind instrument comprising same" was invented by Myeong-Kook Gong (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Da-Young Gong (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a head joint for a wind instrument, having a mouthpiece and a reed portion, and a wind instrument comprising same and, more particularly, to a head joint for a wind instrument, having a mouthpiece and a reed portion, and a wind instrument comprising same, the head joint allowing for an extended range of one octave lower, i.e. ex...