Music – Accessories – Tuning devices
Patent
1996-07-12
1999-01-12
Sircus, Brian
Music
Accessories
Tuning devices
84DIG18, G10D 314, G10G 702
Patent
active
058593780
ABSTRACT:
The invention is a control system for automatically tuning a stringed musical instrument with a capo installed, using an original calibration function or closed-loop tuning system for the instrument without the capo. The control system uses a capo scale factor which scales frequencies measured with the capo installed to what they would have been without a capo. The control system enables a musician to quickly tune an instrument after installing a capo, in a manner unlikely to be noticed by an audience.
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"Digital Tuning System DTS-1 Owner's Manual", TransPerformance, Fort Collins, CO, Mar. 1993.
Freeland Stephen J.
Skinn Neil C.
Fletcher Marlon T.
Sircus Brian
Transperformance LLC
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