Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1988-03-31
1990-08-14
Grimley, A. T.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84723, 84724, 84730, 84731, G10H 300, G10H 100
Patent
active
049477269
ABSTRACT:
An electronic musical instrument having (a) a body portion, (b) a plurality of fret members located at predetermined spacings on the body portion, (c) a string stretched over the body portion, (d) an anchoring device installed on the body portion for anchoring one end of the string, (e) a probe located under the string and between the anchoring device and the plural fret members for making a lateral movement responsive to a deviation of the string in a lateral direction, and (f) a string deviation detector connected to the probe for detecting the deviation of the string based on the lateral movement of the probe and producing a detection signal responsive to the deviation of the string.
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Grimley A. T.
Smith Matthew S.
Yamaha Corporation
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