Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-19
2009-10-06
Donels, Jeffrey (Department: 2837)
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
C084S726000, C084S737000, C084S285000, C084S454000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07598450
ABSTRACT:
A musical instrument includes a fretboard, frets aligned in a first direction on the fretboard, a number of strings, aligned in a second direction above the frets, and tensioning devices operable to hold the strings in tension such that the pitch of adjacent strings at any given fret differ by one whole tone. Signals from string vibration pickups may be electronically processed and amplified to modify the sound produced by the musical instrument.
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Chan Kawing
Donels Jeffrey
Marcodi Musical Products, LLC
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