String musical instrument with tone engendering structures

Details String musical instrument with tone engendering structures String musical instrument with tone engendering structures

1990-03-30

1992-06-23

Shoop, Jr., William M.

Music

Instruments

Electrical musical tone generation

84DIG24, 84723, G10M 300, G10D 102

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051233266

ABSTRACT:
An improved string musical instrument is disclosed wherein a dynamic tone engendering structure provides adjustable filtering and conditioning of each of the variously tuned string's vibrational behavior. Acoustic energy transmission paths are provided for the overtone and fundamental tone components produced by the variously tuned strings, assuring even transmission of each string's particular acoustical energy to acoustical summing nodes where transducers convert acoustical energy to electrical energy. The present invention closely emulates the characteristic dynamic response and musical timbres found in a wide variety of traditional acoustic instruments.

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