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7612282 |
Musical instrument pickup
A musical instrument pickup comprising a plurality of coil-wire wrappings, each coil having a particular geometric cross-section. Each coil-wire wrapping is positioned around a pole piece. Related...
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7598450 |
Stringed musical instrument with improved method and apparatus for tuning and signal processing
A musical instrument includes a fretboard, frets aligned in a first direction on the fretboard, a number of strings, aligned in a second direction above the frets, and tensioning devices operable...
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7595444 |
Electromagnetic transducer for instrument pickups
This invention relates generally to electromagnetic transducers, and more specifically, to devices that convert the mechanical vibrations of a magnetically permeable object, such as a ferromagnetic...
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7563977 |
Stringed musical instrument device
A stringed musical instrument device that functions as a peripheral for a computer or computing device, whereby electronic transducers placed inside and/or outside the instrument convert the...
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7538269 |
Docking system for pickups on electric guitars
A sliding mount for removable insertion of a module into a body of an instrument having longitudinal strings, the body defining a transverse cavity extending from a lateral edge. The sliding mount...
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7538268 |
Keys for musical instruments and musical methods
A keyboard ( 25 ) has keys ( 10 ) mounted to pivot about a vertical axis as well as about a horizontal axis. Movement of the keys ( 10 ) about tile vertical axis is detected to adjust the sounds...
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7528309 |
Automatic player musical instruments and automatic playing system incorporated therein
While an automatic player piano is reenacting a music tune, the automatic player piano sometimes fails to miss a tone or tones in a repetition due to a high-speed key movement; a controller...
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7402746 |
Training apparatus for learning to play the guitar
A training apparatus for guiding and independently teaching a user to quickly play a guitar by interpreting stored encoded MIDI music data to guide the user's hands by illuminating sequences of...
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7394015 |
Pickup device for plucked string instrument and plucked string instrument
A pickup device ( 11 ) sandwiched between strings ( 3 ) and a top ( 4 ) of a body in a plucked string instrument comprises: a saddle ( 16 ) transmitting vibrations of the strings ( 3 ) to the body;...
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7368654 |
Anti-resonant transducer
The present invention is an device and method for providing an improved transducer for musical instruments. It an object of the present invention to provide a transducer which, because of its...
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7288713 |
Bobbin and pickup for stringed musical instruments
A bobbin for a pickup including a base and a top or cover spaced and connected by a post structure integral thereto. The post structure has one or more cavities for receiving one or more pole...
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7285714 |
Pickup for digital guitar
A reluctance pickup for a guitar including a pair of magnetic pole pieces disposed within wire coils. The coils are oppositely wound and wired in series. Each pole piece has an elongated magnetic...
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7285713 |
Stringed musical instrument equipped with sensors sensitive to vibration components and bridge with built-in sensors
An electric acoustic stringed musical instrument is a combination between an acoustic stringed musical instrument and an electric system; while a player is bowing on the strings, the strings not...
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7256343 |
Interchangable pre amp module for an electronic string instrument
An interchangeable modular insert for a electric stringed instrument is mounted in a cavity cut into the rear of the instrument. The rear insertion module provides rapid exchange of electronic...
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7256342 |
Sound pickup device for percussion instrument
A sound pickup device, which is arranged in proximity to a percussion instrument (e.g., a bass drum), comprises a diaphragm stretched under tension over an opening of a shell having a cylindrical...
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7244886 |
Invisible electromagnetic pickup for a stringed musical instrument
The present invention provides an electromagnetic pickup comprising a bobbin, a single coil wound around the bobbin and at least one pole piece coupled to the bobbin. The pickup is adapted for use...
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7235734 |
Sensor array for a musical instrument
The present invention provides a sensor array for detecting vibrations from a hollow-bodied musical instrument and converting the vibrations into electrical signals for amplification. The sensor...
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7227076 |
Advanced magnetic circuit to improve both the solenoidal and magnetic functions of string instrument pickups with co-linear coil assemblies
An electromagnetic pickup for a stringed musical instrument incorporating a magnetic structure placed between two elongated collinear coils of opposing polarity. The magnetic structure includes a...
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7208673 |
Bi-directional switch apparatus with electric guitar applications
A selector switch for musical instruments, such as electric guitars. is provided having a single, manually operated toggle member adapted to perform greater functionality. A selector switch is...
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7189916 |
Noise sensing bobbin-coil assembly for amplified stringed musical instrument pickups
A noise sensing bobbin-coil assembly for use in conjunction with a musical instrument pickup is disclosed. In particular, the bobbin of the bobbin-coil assembly is adapted to resist induced eddy...
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7151216 |
Solid body electric guitar having the capability of producing acoustic guitar sound
The invention is an electric guitar. In detail, the guitar includes a solid body and neck portions. A pressure sensor is mounted at the junction of the body and neck, the pressure sensor having the...
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7135638 |
Dynamic magnetic pickup for stringed instruments
A pickup for use in a stringed musical instrument. The pickup includes a primary transducer that is sensitive to the motion of the musical instrument's strings and is mechanically coupled to the...
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7115809 |
Banjo pick-up system
A banjo having an improved pick-up system includes at least one pick-up mounted on or near the banjo head. In one embodiment, a plurality of holes are formed in the banjo head so that metallic...
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7115803 |
Stringed instrument
A stringed instrument includes an elongated supporter 4 , which is disposed in a sound box 1 so as to have both ends fixed to a side plate 1 b of the sound box 1 , and a vibration absorber 5...
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7096186 |
Device and method for analyzing and representing sound signals in the musical notation
Sound signal is received which contains sound characteristics to be represented in musical notation. The characteristics, such as a volume level of the sound signal, are extracted out of the...
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7034218 |
Point source contact transducer
A transducer for use with a musical instrument to transmit vibrations from the instrument to an amplifier has a weight, at least one sensor connected to the weight, an insulating layer covering the...
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7015391 |
Analog electronic drum set, parts for drum stick, analog electronic drum set and foot-pedal unit
Beating sounds and attenuation sounds generated by first original sound generators ( 100 ) corresponding to elements of a conventional drum set are received by augmented microphones. A sound...
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7015390 |
Triad pickup
A removable and portable single pickup unit for stringed instruments such as guitars, and the like. The unit can be mounted inside of a sound hole of an acoustic guitar without damaging the guitar....
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6998529 |
Method for switching electric guitar pickups
A guitar pickup switching system for a three pickup guitar has a bridge pickup, a middle pickup, and a neck pickup for an electric guitar. This invention utilizes a switch arrangement which permits...
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6849792 |
Guitar pickup support assembly
A guitar pickup mounting system is provided for mounting a pickup on a base plate adjacent a bridge which rides on first and second posts extending from the guitar body. Thus a height of the bridge...
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6842168 |
Accessory for multimedia console
A multimedia console incorporating an alphanumeric keyboard, and a musical key-bed is described for generating multimedia work product conveniently when coupled with a digital personal computer or...
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6800800 |
Electric guitar pickguard assembly
An improved electric guitar and pickguard assembly are provided. The pickguard assembly includes a traditionally shaped deck plate for mounting to the body of an electric guitar. The deck plate is...
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6747202 |
Sound generating system producing sound from vibrations in musical instrument through natural microphone simulation
A sound generating system produces tones from an audio signal as if tones originally produced from an acoustic guitar are converted to an electric signal through a microphone; the electric signal...
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6627808 |
Acoustic modeling apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for modeling an acoustic sound in an electric stringed musical instrument is provided. A preferred embodiment, among others, includes a bridge sensor configured to sensing...
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6610917 |
Activity indication, external source, and processing loop provisions for driven vibrating-element environments
This patent describes an invention providing electronically-induced drive environments for one or more mechanically-vibrating physical elements, including those environments applicable to musical...
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6476309 |
Magnetic pick-up device for stringed musical instrument
A magnetic pick-up device for stringed musical instrument, comprising at least one permanent magnetic element ( 1 ), round which a coil ( 4 - 5 ) is wound, and a string (C) of the musical...
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6392137 |
Polyphonic guitar pickup for sensing string vibrations in two mutually perpendicular planes
A transducer for detecting vibrations in an object. Multiple pickup coils are utilized which are sensitive to both the vibrations in the string plane and the vibrations perpendicular to the string...
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6359208 |
Guitar with plastic foam body
A stringed musical instrument or guitar has a plastic foam body substantially covered by a shell of thermoplastic material, a wood base on the plastic foam body, a plurality of strings supported to...
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6350942 |
Device, method and system for the visualization of stringed instrument playing
The present invention provides a device, method and system for the visualization of stringed instrument playing. The invention involves measuring a property of one or more strings, and using the...
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6316713 |
Sound pickup switching apparatus for a string instrument having a plurality of sound pickups
A sound pickup switching apparatus for a string instrument having a plurality of sound pickups, in particular for an electric guitar. The apparatus includes an operable switching device which is...
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6291759 |
Pickup for electric guitars, and method of transducing the vibrations of guitar strings
Guitar pickups are provided herein comprising an upper bobbin, a ferromagnetic steel plate and a lower bobbin, stacked on top of each other, oriented longitudinally and laterally substantially the...
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6291758 |
Pick-up for electric guitars
A pickup has an upper bobbin which is elongated along a longitudinal plane, a lower bobbin which is elongated along the longitudinal plane, permanent magnetic pole pieces situated within holes in...
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6271456 |
Transducer and musical instrument employing the same
An electrical pickup for use with a stringed musical instrument is disclosed, as well as a stringed musical instrument employing such a pickup. The pickup is formed of a plurality of...
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6255568 |
Saddle for an electro-acoustic stringed instrument
A saddle for an electro-acoustic stringed instrument is provided having a string supporting member supported by a plurality of pillars. The pillars have bases and are separated from each other by...
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5967792 |
Automatic performance apparatus and a karaoke apparatus
An automatic performance apparatus for conducting a minus-one performance so that a minus part can be automatically changed in accordance with a performance conducted by the user, the apparatus...
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5949014 |
Exchangeable stacked pickup assembly for stringed instruments
An Exchangeable Stacked Pickup Assembly for Stringed Instruments is disclosed. The preferred system and assembly permit the user to change magnet characteristics and/or the number of coil windings...
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5932827 |
Sustainer for a musical instrument
The invention relates to the provision of a sustainer that is compatible with single coil pickups and stacked, single coil pickups. In this regard, feedback is substantially eliminated by...
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5922984 |
Electrical simulator of a plectrum instrument
An electrical simulator of a plectrum instrument, including: a microprocessor (3) which is suitable to convert a chord set up on a keyboard (13), received by means of a standardized signal, into a...
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5831196 |
Sensor assembly for stringed musical instruments
A sensor assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of movable strings includes at least one magnet disposed generally perpendicular to the at least one magnet and generating a...
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5824937 |
Signal analysis device having at least one stretched string and one pickup
A signal analysis device for determining the pitch of a plucked string in which propagation times of plucking transients are evaluated to determine pitch. A neural network may be employed to...
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