EP1020842A3 - Stringed musical instrument formed from bamboo plates - Google Patents

Stringed musical instrument formed from bamboo plates Download PDF

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EP1020842A3
EP1020842A3 EP99116833A EP99116833A EP1020842A3 EP 1020842 A3 EP1020842 A3 EP 1020842A3 EP 99116833 A EP99116833 A EP 99116833A EP 99116833 A EP99116833 A EP 99116833A EP 1020842 A3 EP1020842 A3 EP 1020842A3
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bamboo
musical instrument
stringed musical
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bamboo plates
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Hiroshi Sakurai
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Yamaha Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10D3/00—Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars
    • G10D3/02—Resonating means, horns or diaphragms
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10D3/00—Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars
    • G10D3/22—Material for manufacturing stringed musical instruments; Treatment of the material

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Abstract

Bamboo fibers uniformly extend in the longitudinal direction of a bamboo stem (20) so as to impart good acoustic properties to bamboo plates (25) formed from bamboo strips (24), and the bamboo plates (25) are available for a component part (1a/ 1b/ 1c/ 11/ 12) of a body and a neck (2a/ 2b) both forming part of an acoustic guitar, because the bamboo is easily economically obtainable.
EP99116833A 1999-01-13 1999-09-02 Stringed musical instrument formed from bamboo plates Expired - Lifetime EP1020842B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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JP11007025A JPH11316583A (en) 1998-03-06 1999-01-13 Stringed instrument
JP702599 1999-01-13

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EP1020842A3 true EP1020842A3 (en) 2001-06-27
EP1020842B1 EP1020842B1 (en) 2006-07-19

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CH713300B1 (en) 2016-12-29 2020-09-30 Relish Brothers Ag Guitar with high-density bamboo fingerboard.
CN107293274A (en) * 2017-06-23 2017-10-24 金容兰 A kind of bamboo guitar bucket and preparation method thereof
CH714562A2 (en) * 2017-12-29 2019-07-15 Relish Brothers Ag Guitar with neck and bent head.

Citations (4)

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US3440919A (en) * 1966-08-12 1969-04-29 Baker Lewis Music Enterprises Stringed instrument construction
US4184404A (en) * 1976-12-29 1980-01-22 Michiaki Tomioka Neck for a stringed instrument
DE3641856A1 (en) * 1986-12-08 1988-06-16 Gerhard Kraus Plucked instrument
US5171616A (en) * 1989-03-13 1992-12-15 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Structural-member for musical instrument and method of manufacturing the same

Patent Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3440919A (en) * 1966-08-12 1969-04-29 Baker Lewis Music Enterprises Stringed instrument construction
US4184404A (en) * 1976-12-29 1980-01-22 Michiaki Tomioka Neck for a stringed instrument
DE3641856A1 (en) * 1986-12-08 1988-06-16 Gerhard Kraus Plucked instrument
US5171616A (en) * 1989-03-13 1992-12-15 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Structural-member for musical instrument and method of manufacturing the same

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
"Musical Instruments", THE NEW ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA (15TH EDITION), vol. 24, 1995, Chicago, pages 651 - 706, XP002165346 *

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EP1020842B1 (en) 2006-07-19
DE69932401D1 (en) 2006-08-31
DE69932401T2 (en) 2007-03-08

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