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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...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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