Music – Instruments – Automatic
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-31
2005-05-31
Lockett, Kimberly (Department: 2837)
Music
Instruments
Automatic
Reexamination Certificate
active
06900379
ABSTRACT:
Device for controlling a musical instrument, in particular a carillon, comprising a first set of keys, each key being equipped with a sensor and force regulating means, said device has a second set of striking elements, each key of the first set has assigned to it a striking element of the second set, the keys and the striking elements are mechanically dissociated from one another, said force regulating means being arranged to impose on the key with which they are associated a static force substantially identical to that which would have been imposed by the striking element if it had been connected to the key, and wherein each sensor is arranged to measure a rate of displacement of the key with which it is associated, each sensor being connected to a first signal generator arranged to receive said rate of displacement and convert it into a first signal comprising said rate and an identification of the key associated with the sensor, said first generator being connected to a transmitter arranged to transmit the first signal, each striking element being connected to a servomotor of the striking element, each servomotor being connected to a second signal generator which is connected to a receiver arranged to receive the first signal, said second generator being arranged to produce on the basis of the first signal a control signal for the striking element assigned to the sensor indicated in the first signal, each of the servomotors being arranged to impose a striking movement on the striking element with which it is associated under control of the control signal.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5471006 (1995-11-01), Schwartz et al.
Eugene Christian
Ivanov Sergiu
Naydenov Volodia
Sente Paul
Browdy and Neimark , P.L.L.C.
Campa S.A.
Lockett Kimberly
Universite Catholique de Louvain
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