Brass wind instrument

Claim 1

IN A BRASS WIND INSTRUMENT, IN COMBINATION: (A) MOUTHPIECE MEANS; (B) BELL MEANS; (C) MAIN TUBE MEANS CONNECTING SAID MOUTHPIECE MEANS AND SAID BELL MEANS, SAID MAIN TUBE MEANS HAVING TWO CONSECUTIVE PORTIONS AND BEING COILED SUBSTANTIALLY IN A PLANE FOR CONSECUTIVE FLOW OF AIR FROM SAID MOUTHPIECE MEANS THROUGH SAID PORTIONS TOWARD SAID BELL MEANS IN A ROTARY MAIN PATH ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID PLANE; (D) COILED CROOK MEANS DEFINING A SUPPLEMENTAL ROTARY PATH ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING IN SAID DIRECTION; AND (E) VALVE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CROOK MEANS AND SAID TWO PORTIONS, SAID VALVE MEANS BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN AN INOPERATIVE POSITION IN WHICH SAID VALVE MEANS DIRECTLY CONNECTS SAID TWO PORTIONS, AND AN OPERATIVE POSITION IN WHICH SAID VALVE MEANS CONNECTS SAID TWO PORTIONS THROUGH SAID CROOK MEANS FOR SEQUENTIAL FLOW OF AIR FROM SAID MOUTHPIECE MEANS THROUGH ONE OF SAID PORTIONS, SAID CROOK MEANS, AND THE OTHER PORTION OF SAID MAIN TUBE MEANS TOWARD SAID BELL MEANS OVER SAID MAIN PATH AND SAID SUPPLEMENTAL PATH, THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF AIR FLOW IN SAID MAIN PATH ABOUT THE AXIS THEREOF BEING THE SAME AS THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID AIR FLOW IN SAID SUPPLEMENTAL PATH ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE LATTER.