Music – Instruments – Stringed
Patent
1998-02-11
1999-07-20
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Music
Instruments
Stringed
84299, 84307, 84723, 84730, 84DIG24, G10D 304, G10H 300
Patent
active
059258390
ABSTRACT:
A bridge for supporting the strings of a musical instrument including an instrument body and an acoustic transducer, for example, a diaphragm microphone and an air space chamber which is closed airtight and located in front of the sound receiving side of the transducer, wherein the air space chamber extends transversely of the longitudinal extension of the strings and over the zone in which the strings are located next to each other, and wherein the bridge supporting the strings forms a boundary surface of the air space chamber or the bridge is mounted on a wall which forms a boundary surface of the air space chamber.
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Fletcher Marlon T.
Kueffner Friedrich
Shoop Jr. William M.
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