Silent stringed musical instrument having body with viscoelastic

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1997-10-28

1999-12-28

Donels, Jeffrey

Music

Instruments

Stringed

G10D 300

Patent

active

060084405

ABSTRACT:
A silent stringed musical instrument includes a wooden body, a neck projecting from one end of the wooden body, peg screws attached to the neck, a tail piece attached to the body, strings stretched between the peg screws and the tail piece, a bridge attached to the body in such a manner as to be held in contact with the strings and an electric system for producing an electric signal from the vibrations of each string; when a player bows the silent stringed musical instrument for playing a tune, the electric system converts the vibrations of each string to the electric signal so as to produce electric sound; however, the body hardly vibrates, because viscoelastic layers are inserted between wooden plates.

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patent: 5333527 (1994-08-01), Janes et al.
patent: 5406874 (1995-04-01), Witchel
patent: 5537906 (1996-07-01), Steinberger

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