Music – Instruments
Patent
1978-11-06
1980-11-25
Truhe, J. V.
Music
Instruments
84 115, 84280, 84465, 84470R, G10H 300
Patent
active
042351430
ABSTRACT:
A simulated violoncello having an elongated body shaped in conformity with the fingerboard of a violoncello and a pair of curved panels adapted for confinement between the knees of the user and attached to the body to simulate the knee-held side portions of the resonance box of a violoncello is disclosed. The panels may be attached to a block which slidably engages a rail of trapezoidal cross-section formed along the back of said body and extending along a lower portion of the length thereof, whereby the height of said panels can be adjusted. An elongated floor support arm is attached to a lower end of the block which is removable and reversably disposable upon the rail so as to place the floor support arm in a stored position behind and adjacent the body of the instrument. A magnetic pick-up is disclosed having a housing defining a chamber in which a hardwood block is disposed, to which is attached a softwood vibratile member containing a permanent magnet in the free end thereof aligned along the center line of a hollow electrical coil. The body of the instrument may be constructed of hardwood so as to resist warpage and transmit string vibrations with low attenuation to the softwood member.
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Isen Forester W.
Miller Jr. Maurice L.
Truhe J. V.
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