Music – Instruments – Stringed
Patent
1982-09-23
1984-01-24
Franklin, Lawrence R.
Music
Instruments
Stringed
84320, G10D 316
Patent
active
044269056
ABSTRACT:
An improvement in the action for a harpsichord type of keyboard musical instrument which uses a pneumatic piston to provide a variable pluck loudness. The improvement comprises a new pick-body design which allows several strings to be plucked at once for any single note or key, thus increasing the loudness of the instrument. The invention involves the use of a crank arm which, being restrained by a pneumatic piston, tilts the pick-body and the picks into the strings, the loudness resulting therefrom being proportional to the key-lever velocity.
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patent: 4099440 (1978-07-01), Barron
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