Electronic musical instrument with elastomeric strings and shiel

Details Electronic musical instrument with elastomeric strings and shiel Electronic musical instrument with elastomeric strings and shiel

1986-08-15

1988-06-14

Witkowski, Stanley J.

Music

Instruments

84173, 84297S, 84DIG24, G10H 318

Patent

active

047503971

ABSTRACT:
A stringed musical instrument has a plurality of strings stretched between two fixed points and over a bridge. The strings are of substantially circular cross section and made from an elastomeric material such as silicone rubber; all strings are monolithic. The bridge incorporates one or more piezo-electric or other transducers each mounted as a bimorphic element in a simple beam mounting between fixed supports on the bridge and in acoustic contact with the body of the instrument through a resilient baffle pad in contact with the face of the piezo-electric element remote from the supports. That is, mounted in a manner in which the transducer can be considered to be a beam extending between load bearing or supporting members at its two ends, the fixed supports, while it is loaded transversely between its two ends by the baffle pad. By using elastomeric strings the length of the fingerboard of the instrument can be significantly reduced while nevertheless providing pitch values within a conventional musical range and a new depth of tone without requiring a large resonance chamber or long strings.

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patent: 3712951 (1973-01-01), Rickard
patent: 4314495 (1982-02-01), Baggs
patent: 4430918 (1984-02-01), Meno
patent: 4491051 (1985-01-01), Barcus
patent: 4635518 (1987-01-01), Meno

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