Stringless electronic musical instrument

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1978-12-28

1979-12-11

Dobeck, B.

Music

Instruments

84 101, 84DIG7, 84DIG8, 84DIG30, G10H 100, G10H 102

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041777050

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is an electronic musical instrument resembling a guitar that is played like a guitar and sounds like a guitar; however, it is stringless and has a plurality of flexible actuator blade type members which are mounted on edge and are adapted to be strummed or picked. Flexing of each actuator blade in either direction closes one or more leaf type switches which controls the amplified output of an electronic oscillator whose fundamental operating frequency is further varied in accordance with finger actuation of a plurality of fret-board switches. Although the invention in its preferred embodiment is directed to a guitar-like instrument, it is also applicable to other types and classes of musical string instruments such as a violin.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3340343 (1967-09-01), Woll
patent: 3524375 (1970-08-01), Hopping
patent: 3555166 (1971-01-01), Gasser
patent: 3662641 (1972-05-01), Allen et al.
patent: 3666875 (1972-05-01), Ranzato
patent: 4078464 (1978-03-01), Sugiyama
Millman and Taub, "Pulse Digital Switching Waveforms," McGraw-Hill, 1965, pp. 50-54.

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