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5319153 Musical instrument transducer assembly having a piezoelectric sheet  
A musical instrument transducer module encloses a piezoelectric transducer, preferably comprising a polyvinylidene fluoride co-polymer sheet, and has an elongated electrically conductive member and...
5247132 Electric violin with multiple registration points  
An electric violin includes a body having a top, bottom and a ribcage situated between the top and bottom. A neck is attached to the body and includes an unfretted fingerboard. A bridge is attached...
5237126 Optoelectric transducer system for stringed instruments  
A pick-up apparatus for a string instrument comprising an array of supports for positioning an array of detectors, each of which monitors strings' vibrations and generates electrical signals, each...
5223660 Pick-up system for bridge of stringed musical instrument and musical instrument employing same  
A pick-up system for placing in connection with the bridge of a stringed instrument consisting of individual, cylindrically designed microphone units, that are inserted in bored tight-fitting holes...
5218159 Elastic pickup saddle for stringed instruments  
An elastic pickup saddle for the bridge of a stringed musical instrument uses the anti-nodal area of a flexible elastic member therein to support an elastic vibratable string. The elastic member...
5206449 Omniplanar pickup for musical instruments  
A pickup responsive in all planes of vibration of a vibrating element of a musical instrument uses two transducers, each maximally responsive in a different plane of vibration. The transducer...
5204487 High output film piezolelectric pickup for stringed musical instruments  
An electro-mechanical pickup for a musical instrument having a plurality of strings. The pickup includes a core, a first piezoelectric transducer element connected in parallel with a second...
5189771 Method of making a musical instrument transducer  
A transducer for a stringed musical instrument incorporating an electrically conductive ground plane, along with a piezoelectric transducer and a conductive strip. The piezoelectric transducer is...
5155285 Musical instrument piezoelectric transducer  
A transducer for a stringed musical instrument incorporating an electrically conductive ground plane, along with a piezoelectric transducer and a conductive strip. The piezoelectric transducer is...
5153363 Stringed instrument piezoelectric transducer  
A light weight guitar construction and associated method of manufacture involves the use of a light weight wood core material having deposited thereover a strengthening layer preferably of carbon...
5123325 Film piezoelectric pickup for stringed musical instruments  
An electro-mechanical pickup for a stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, fits in the bottom of the saddle slot of the instrument and provides an electrical output signal representing the...
5109747 Piezoelectric bridge sound pick-up for string instruments  
A piezoelectric bridge sound pick-up string instruments has a separate subassembly for each string. Each subassembly has a metal base body (4) with a pocket (4.1) for a piezoelectric sensor element...
5078041 Suspension bridge pickup for guitar  
A suspension bridge pickup mechanism for stringed musical instruments. Vibrations from the strings are transferred to a suspended bridge which is in contact at spaced points with resonator plates...
5072646 Microphone arrangement for stringed instruments, particularly for an electric guitar  
The invention relates to a microphone arrangement for an electric guitar, comprising a body and at least one microphone to be attached to the body, the body comprising slide rails enabling the...
5033353 Note sensing in M.I.D.I. guitars and the like  
In a guitar or the like where fretting is detected by ultrasonic signals emitted by a transducer bridge and reflected at a point of each string held against a fret, and the same transducer bridge...
5029375 Method of fabricating a stringed instrument piezoelectric transducer  
A transducer for a stringed musical instrument incorporating an electrically conductive ground plane, along with a plurality of piezoelectric transducers and a conductive strip. The ground plane,...
4991488 Acoustic detection of note bending in stringed M.I.D.I. compatible musical instruments  
Note bending in a MIDI interfaceable fretted string instrument is detected by sensing relative phase shifting in an echo return of an ultrasonic acoustic signal propagated along each string. The...
4947726 Electronic musical instrument and string deviation sensor arrangement therefor  
An electronic musical instrument having (a) a body portion, (b) a plurality of fret members located at predetermined spacings on the body portion, (c) a string stretched over the body portion, (d)...
4915009 Stringed electric musical instrument with independently suspended set-up module  
An electric stringed musical instrument has two separate modules: a string tension module and a set-up module. The string tension module is assigned the function of holding the string(s) at a...
4911057 Piezoelectric transducer device for a stringed musical instrument  
A transducer system for a stringed musical instrument having a bridge for supporting a plurality of string saddles, each having a surface for receiving a transducer member of the system. The...
4867027 Resonant pick-up system  
A pick-up system for a stringed instrument in the form of a bridge structure, supporting a cartridge assembly having one or more of a plurality of independently vibrating segments, across each of...
4860625 Bimorphic piezoelectric pickup device for stringed musical instruments  
A pickup is disclosed for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of strings. The pickup includes a bridge member having a surface which supports the strings at predefined positions along...
4843937 Electrical sound detector for stringed instrument  
An electrical detector attachment to the sound post of a stringed instrument is connected by an electric conductor to a coupling device adapted to receive at the exterior of the instrument the...
4750397 Electronic musical instrument with elastomeric strings and shielded bimorphic transducers  
A stringed musical instrument has a plurality of strings stretched between two fixed points and over a bridge. The strings are of substantially circular cross section and made from an elastomeric...
4657114 Bridge pickup for string instrument  
A bridge pickup for a string instrument includes a sensor assembly mounted in a U-shaped base. The sensor assembly includes a cast member encapsulating a holding means which holds an array of piezo...
4632002 Rigidly constructed portable electric double bass  
An improved, easily-transportable, electric double bass viol having a non-resonant body and rigidly supported fingerboard for enhanced string sustain and tonal brilliance, collapsible body...
4567805 Compliant bridge transducer for rigid body string musical instruments  
An improved bridge transducer for rigid non-acoustic body string musical instruments, enabling production of tonal character and quality associated with flexible acoustic body instruments using a...
4501186 Pickup device for stringed musical instrument  
A pickup device for an acoustic guitar having metallic strings comprises an electromagnetic pickup detachably attached in a sound hole of the guitar and a piezoelectric pickup detachably attached...
4491051 String instrument pickup system  
A string instrument pickup system sensitive to 360° of transverse string movement, which is substantially immune from microphonics, and which has a substantially equal or balanced response to all...
4450744 Electric pickup device for a musical instrument such as a banjo  
An electric pickup device for a banjo includes a piezoelectric element located in a recess in the bottom of one foot of the bridge for the instrument, so as to be located at the interface of the...
4378721 Pickup apparatus for an electric string type instrument  
A pickup for an electric string type instrument comprising an elongated piezo-electric member formed by mixing a high molecular material with piezo-electric ceramic powder and a vulcanizing or...
4314495 Piezoelectric saddle for musical instruments and method of making same  
A piezoelectric crystal transducer defines a unitary part of a low profile saddle member adapted for interchangeable mounting in the bridge portion of a stringed musical instrument while obviating...
4290331 Pick-up for a musical instrument  
An acoustic pick-up for a musical instrument comprises a piezo-electric crystal mounted in a housing. Coupling means, such as a wooden post, is provided for coupling one face of the crystal to a...
4278000 Piezoelectric transducer for electrical string instruments and pickup means comprising the same  
The present invention provides a piezoelectric transducer and pickup means using the same for electrical string instruments, the transducer comprising a long and flat outer layer of flexible...
4242938 Stringed musical instrument  
A stringed musical instrument, in particular a double bass, having a resonating body of narrow elongate shape, a neck secured to this body and strings extending across the body and neck and across...
4211139 Pickup mechanism  
In the construction of a pickup mechanism for electric pianos, the bridge is mounted on a vibration transmitter plate of minor acoustic transmission loss and coupled to the piano plate via...
4189969 Pickup unit and pickup assembly for musical instrument  
In a construction of a transducer or pickup unit for musical instruments having strings, a piezo-electric element is fully embedded within a synthetic resin shield block having top crest for...
4168647 Adjustable pickup  
An electronic sensing device for use with resonating musical instruments is disclosed which includes a housing having control units, a bracket for holding the housing on the stringed instrument, an...
4160401 String vibration transducer bridge for electric stringed instruments  
A string vibration transducer bridge for an electric string instrument including a plurality of string tension mechanism provided side by side in the bridge and which are adjustably movable along...
4147084 Sound pick-up attachment for stringed instrument  
A plurality of sound pick-up devices are mounted between the legs and wings of a bridge for a bass viol. Each sound pick-up device comprises a brass housing in which is disposed a transducer disc....
4135426 Stringed instrument bridge  
A bridge for an electric string bass or other stringed musical instrument includes a base adapted for attachment to the body of the instrument and a number of saddles for individually supporting...
4084473 Electric piano  
An electric piano having a casing provided with a frame made as a casting or the like with a plurality of strings stretched on the piano and supported at intermediate portions by a bridge member. A...
4058045 Piano with sound-enhancing system  
A piano having a sound-enhancing system incorporating transducers, amplifiers and loud speakers, all incorporated into or upon the piano.
4030396 Acoustic pickups  
A pickup for a musical instrument to be mounted upon the musical instrument to amplify the tones thereof. The invention consists in adding a mass significantly greater than the weight of the...
3733425 PICK UP DEVICE FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENT  
A piezoelectric pickup for stringed musical instruments comprising a piezoelectric element, a synthetic rubber vibration transmitting material attached to one end of the element, a support for the...
3624264 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOUND AND VIBRATION DETECTION  
A triple-axis shockproof and waterproof vibration transducer is disclosed for detecting vibrations in general and sound from a musical instrument in particular, especially one having a resonant...
3619468 STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WITH PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER PROVIDING GATE CONTROL AND MUSIC SIGNALS  
A method of creating a wide variety of player-initiated musical effects, which comprises employing a piezoelectric transducer in contact with the string of a guitar or similar plucked musical...
3600497 ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER PICK-UP BRIDGES FOR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS  
A piezoelectric pickup bridge for capturing the vibrations of a stringed musical instrument and comprising two parts separated by a resilient pad, the upper part carrying an adjustable screw that...
3595981 ELECTRONIC STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WITH PLURAL RESONATORS AND PICKUP  
An electronic stringed musical instrument in which the vibrations of the strings are transmitted to resonant beams, the vibrations in said beams are transmitted to a common electromechanical...
3538232 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND PIEZOELECTRIC PICKUP WITH DIAPHRAGMS AND INERTIAL MASS  
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