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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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7534955 |
Device and method for adjusting the tension of a string of a stringed instrument
The present invention describes a simple and effective method and a device for adjusting the tension of the string of a string instrument in which a holding section that is displaceable in or on...
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7534954 |
Electric harp
An electrified musical instrument having a pickup wire ( 30 ), multiple strings ( 6 ), and a frame, typically comprising a head ( 2 ), diagonal arm ( 24 ), front column ( 16 ), and rear column ( 18...
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7446255 |
Method of processing sounds from stringed instrument and pickup device for the same
It is an object of the present invention to provide a pickup device for a stringed instrument which can take a piezoelectric signal for a tone of an acoustic stringed instrument. A stringed...
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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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7319188 |
Stringed instrument electronic pickup
A piezo-electric sound pickup device for a stringed instrument having a wood or other shapeable material for a casing that is slightly larger than the standard gap between the wing and leg of the...
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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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7268291 |
Stringed instrument
A string instrument, such as a guitar, includes a sound box with saddle, a neck with tuning pegs and strings extended under tension between the saddle and the tuning pegs, providing a bridge of...
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7227967 |
Piezoelectric transducer adapted to bridge of stringed instrument
A piezoelectric transducer, adapted to a bridge of a stringed instrument such as a sound mute guitar, comprises a piezoelectric element roughly having an elongated rectangular shape, a pair of...
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7157640 |
Undersaddle pickup for stringed musical instrument
An undersaddle pickup for a musical instrument. The undersaddle pickup is constructed from a layer of sensor material or sensor element coupled at a first surface to an electrode. A second...
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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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7145070 |
Digital musical instrument system
The present invention provides an interactive multimedia apparatus ( 1, 11, 21 ) comprising a digital musical instrument ( 3, 14, 24, 41 ) and having a plurality of control members ( 42, 44, 45, 46...
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7138577 |
Stringed musical instrument equipped with pickup embedded in bridge and bridge used therein
An electric acoustic violin is a combination of an acoustic violin and an electric system, and the electric system includes a pickup unit for converting the vibrations of the strings to an electric...
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6916979 |
Electromechanical transducer and method for manufacturing an electromechanical transducer
Electromechanical transducer element for converting mechanical stress into electrical signals, said transducer comprising: at least one transducer elements ( 119,120 ), said element having first...
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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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6846980 |
Electronic-acoustic guitar with enhanced sound, chord and melody creation system
An electronic battery operated and self contained acoustic guitar allowing playing back high quality prerecorded notes through its own soundboard electromechanically activated by a piezoelectric...
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6822156 |
Acoustic guitar under the saddle piezo pickup
The present invention 10 has two components that provide the signal that is representative of the guitar sound, a primary pickup device 12 and a secondary pickup device 52 . The primary device...
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6791022 |
Stringed musical instrument
A musical instrument adapted for string play comprises at least an elongated unitary neck and solid body, one or more support arms releasably or pivotally secured to the unitary neck and body, and...
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6703553 |
Chorded musical instrument
A chorded musical instrument comprising an electronic signal interface with analog and MIDI signal outputs. In a dual-string configuration, the instrument includes piezoelectric pickups arranged in...
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6677514 |
Coaxial musical instrument transducer
A transducer for a stringed musical instrument utilizes a coaxial structure. An electromechanical film tape is disposed about an inner, electrically conductive core. An outer conductor is formed...
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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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6605771 |
Pickup assembly for musical instrument
A pickup assembly for a stringed instrument comprises an elongated beam with slits that create gaps within the beam. Sensors are positioned over the slits and measure changes in dimensions of the...
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6515214 |
Pickup unit incorporated in stringed instrument for converting vibrations of string to electric signal in good fidelity
A pickup unit is used for converting vibrations of strings to electric signals for producing electric tones at good loudness, and the pickup unit includes a bridge assembly stationary to a body of...
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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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6274801 |
Instrument pickup assembly and associated method of attaching the same to a stringed instrument
An instrument pickup assembly comprising, a piezoelectric transducer configured for association with a belly of a stringed instrument, a transmittable conduit associated with said piezoelectric...
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6271457 |
Piezoelectric bridge-type pickup for a stringed musical instrument
A bridge type piezoelectric pickup for guitars and other stringed instruments that has a flexible circuit board carrying a pair of transversely polarized piezoelectric crystals for each string, the...
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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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6198036 |
Electric guitar tremolo bridge piezo pickup
An electric guitar which is equipped with a piezo pickup wherein the lengths of the strings are not changed by the rotation of the main saddle body in connection with fine tuning and during tremolo...
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6191350 |
Electronic stringed musical instrument
A guitar is disclosed which is adapted for use with a battery power source and having a CPU and a memory including preprogrammed chord tables and melody tables. The guitar provides electro...
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6075198 |
Solid body instrument transducer
The present invention is a rigid, solid bodied stringed instrument having an electrical pickup embedded in at least one predetermined position within the stringed instruments solid body to pick up...
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6023019 |
Flexible pickup circuit assembly for stringed instruments
In a stringed instrument, such as a guitar including a saddle for holding the strings and a pickup assembly for converting vibrations of the strings into electrical signals, the saddle has a curved...
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6018120 |
Acoustic musical instrument of the violin family with piezo-electric pickup
A musical instrument of the violin family which has a piezo-electric pickup installed under the foot of the bridge which is supported by the bass bar. The forces generated in the bridge by the...
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5990410 |
Electrical musical instrument
An electrical musical instrument in the form of an electric violin 1 comprises an instrument body 2 comprising a body member 6 comprising an upper convex member 7 and a lower convex member 8...
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5945622 |
Silent stringed musical instrument equipped with pickup for faithfully converting vibrations of strings to electric signal without changing vibration characteristics of bridge
A silent violin has a body structure, strings stretched over the body, a bridge held in contact with the strings and having two leg portions supported by the body structure and a piezoelectric...
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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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5911171 |
Pickup system for bridge of stringed musical instrument
A bridge for stringed instruments having a central slotted opening for receipt of the blades of a pickup device such that the blades are adapted to move laterally back and forth and forwardly and...
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5900572 |
Pliable pickup for stringed instrument
An extremely flexible piezoelectric pickup for stringed instruments is formed of a flat shielded conductor with a plurality of spaced piezo crystals embedded between the conductor and its shield....
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5877447 |
Compensation circuit for piezoelectric pickup
The signal from a piezo-electric transducer in an electro-acoustic guitar is modified by a variable depth notch filter. The notch filter includes two paths between an input and a summation circuit....
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5866835 |
Flexible pickup circuit assembly and saddle for stringed instruments
In a stringed instrument, such as a guitar including a saddle for holding the strings and a pickup assembly for converting vibrations of the strings into electrical signals, the saddle has a curved...
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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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5817966 |
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...
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5602353 |
Bridge saddle with adjustable intonation system
An intonation adjustment system is provided for a stringed instrument. A saddle setup tool has a plurality of selectable, distinctly spaced intonation points so that a preferred one of the...
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5539147 |
Guitar pickup structure using vibration transmitting bars
A guitar pickup structure includes pickup elements which are arranged below the lower surface of a guitar string saddle that is provided on a guitar bridge. The bridge is installed on the top...
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5484958 |
Musical instrument and a method of applying a low impedance amplifier to a musical instrument
A low impedance amplifier include a matching circuit composed of passive elements and active elements for matching the input impedance of the amplifier to a piezoelectric and/or pyroelectric signal...
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5455381 |
PIE20 electric pickup with adjustable string output
An intonation adjustment system is provided for a stringed instrument. A saddle setup tool has a plurality of selectable, distinctly spaced intonation points so that a preferred one of the...
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5410101 |
Pickup unit for electric string instrument
In construction of a pickup unit used for electroacoustic conversion of various vibrations produced on a string instrument, a piezoelectric assembly clamped between a string holder and a bridge is...
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5347905 |
Adjustable bridge system for acoustical stringed instruments
A bridge assembly for a guitar mounted on a soundboard cover of a resonating box, the bridge assembly comprising a bridge fixed on the soundboard cover, a block-like platform secured to the bridge...
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5322969 |
Piezoelectric transducer saddle for stringed musical instruments
The piezoelectric transducer saddle of the present invention is a thin, generally rectangular member that is designed to fit into the bridge slot of a musical instrument such as a guitar. The...
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