EP1751738A1 - Vorrichtung zum verstellen der spannung der saiten einer gitarre oder eines basses - Google Patents
Vorrichtung zum verstellen der spannung der saiten einer gitarre oder eines bassesInfo
- Publication number
- EP1751738A1 EP1751738A1 EP05716354A EP05716354A EP1751738A1 EP 1751738 A1 EP1751738 A1 EP 1751738A1 EP 05716354 A EP05716354 A EP 05716354A EP 05716354 A EP05716354 A EP 05716354A EP 1751738 A1 EP1751738 A1 EP 1751738A1
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- Prior art keywords
- guitar
- strings
- bass
- tension
- string
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Classifications
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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
- G10D3/04—Bridges
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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
- G10D1/00—General design of stringed musical instruments
- G10D1/04—Plucked or strummed string instruments, e.g. harps or lyres
- G10D1/05—Plucked or strummed string instruments, e.g. harps or lyres with fret boards or fingerboards
- G10D1/08—Guitars
- G10D1/085—Mechanical design of electric guitars
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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
- G10D3/12—Anchoring devices for strings, e.g. tail pieces or hitchpins
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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
- G10D3/14—Tuning devices, e.g. pegs, pins, friction discs or worm gears
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- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10G—REPRESENTATION OF MUSIC; RECORDING MUSIC IN NOTATION FORM; ACCESSORIES FOR MUSIC OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. SUPPORTS
- G10G7/00—Other auxiliary devices or accessories, e.g. conductors' batons or separate holders for resin or strings
- G10G7/02—Tuning forks or like devices
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a device for adjusting the tension of the strings of a guitar having at least two strings, in particular an electric guitar (1), or such a bass, in particular an electric bass, according to the preamble of claim 1.
- the invention further relates to a Device for automatic tuning of the strings of a guitar or a bass.
- the string of the guitar or bass is rigidly fixed with one of its two ends, for example in a tremolo system block, the second end of the string is running on a so-called peg and can be relaxed or relaxed by winding or unwinding to get the right tuning of the string.
- pegs are usually operated by hand via so-called wings in order to twist them to tension or relax the strings.
- the strings must automatically, i.e. their tension can be changed by means of a drive.
- WO 03/012774 AI describes that servo drives act on one of the pegs of a guitar in order to adjust the tension of the string assigned to the associated peg.
- servo drives act on one of the pegs of a guitar in order to adjust the tension of the string assigned to the associated peg.
- This device is said to be particularly suitable for retrofitting into existing instruments.
- a device for automatically tuning the strings of a guitar or a bass which has an inventive device for adjusting the tension of the strings of a guitar or a bass.
- the main idea of the invention lies in assigning each of the actuating mechanisms a separate drive which is directly connected to the worm wheel or the corresponding worm shaft assigned to the respective actuating mechanism.
- the pegs are connected by means of a combination of worm wheel and worm shaft with means for rotating the pegs.
- these means are the so-called grand pianos.
- the combination of worm wheel and worm shaft on the guitars or basses results in a self-locking mechanism that prevents a tensioned string that strikes a peg from moving due to your string tension and ultimately loosening.
- this self-locking is also connected between the peg and the drive, so that the drive does not have to permanently apply a force in order to keep the string in the desired tension. Rather, the drive can only be adjusted the string is controlled and switched off after successfully setting the desired string tension. The self-locking between the drive and the peg then prevents the peg from unwinding and keeps the string in the desired tension.
- the inventive design of the device means that it is not necessary to use a drive with its own self-locking.
- the drive can be attached directly to the adjusting mechanisms containing the pegs and the grand pianos, so that they can be attached to the head of the guitar or bass in a space-saving and weight-saving manner and comparatively inconspicuously.
- the drives can consist of a combination of a drive motor and a reduction gear.
- the drive motor is preferably an electric motor.
- the reduction gear allows a generally small-sized motor with low torque output to be used and yet the torque required to adjust the strings to be generated due to the reduction.
- the drive can be a compact unit made up of a motor and a reduction gear, but it can also consist of two components, namely a motor and a reduction gear that are separate from one another.
- the device according to the invention is particularly suitable for use in a device for automatically tuning the strings of a guitar or a bass, as stated in claim 3.
- An actual tone of a struck string is determined by a detection device, from there it is passed to a comparison device and with a target tone stored in a storage device compared.
- the drive associated with this string is addressed by a controller and is caused to adjust the string correctly until the actual tone and the target tone match.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows a three-dimensional view of an electric guitar in which the invention is implemented
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic three-dimensional view of the electric guitar shown in FIG. 1 in a view from the rear;
- Fig. 3 in four different views (a) - (d) enlarged representations of the drives attached to the head of the guitar and
- Fig. 4 is a schematic, three-dimensional view of the actuating mechanism, which shows the interaction of the drive with the combination of worm shaft and worm wheel of the actuating mechanism.
- an electric guitar 1 is shown schematically in three dimensions in a view from the front and in a rear view. This can be roughly divided into a body 2, a neck 3 and a head 4.
- a fastening block in this case a tremolo system block 5, is arranged on the body 2, in which strings 6a-6f of the guitar are fixed with a first end , The strings 6a-6f extend from the body 2 over the neck 3 to the head 4 of the guitar, where they run on pegs 7.
- These pegs 7 are connected via adjusting mechanisms to wings 8, by means of which the pegs 7 are rotated and thus the tension of the strings 6a-6f can be adjusted.
- a combination of a worm wheel and a worm shaft are arranged between the vertebrae 7 and the vanes 8, which cause the respective actuating mechanism to self-lock.
- a string 6a-6f drawn under tension from the associated peg 7 by turning the respective wing 8 cannot come loose again due to the force exerted on the peg 7 by its string tension. Rather, the peg 7 is held in its position by the self-locking due to the interaction between the worm wheel and the worm shaft and thus keeps the string 6a-6f in tension.
- Fig. 1 it can also be seen how a so-called pick guard 9 is arranged on the body 2 of the guitar 1 below the strings 6a to 6f.
- a control 10 can be seen on the body, which will be discussed later and which is not necessarily part of the invention.
- the drives 11 to be recognized there, which are attached directly to the actuating mechanisms.
- the drives 11 are connected with an output shaft directly to the respective worm shaft of the associated actuating mechanism and can thus utilize the self-locking of these adjusting mechanisms without having to have their own self-locking.
- the drives shown in this exemplary embodiment are composed of an electric motor and a downstream teten reduction gears, in this combination there is no self-locking.
- the output shaft from the gear unit of the drive 11 is in each case connected directly to the worm shaft of the mechanics, the component of which is the associated vortex 7, via a simple gear combination.
- FIGS. 3 (a) to (d) The drives 11 and their arrangement on the actuating mechanisms having the vertebrae 7 and wings 8 are shown again in more detail in FIGS. 3 (a) to (d), with FIG. 3 (d) being an enlargement of that in FIG. 3 (c) D designated area.
- the drive 11 is composed of a motor 12, which is an electric motor here, and a gear unit 13, which is a reduction gear. Motor and gear unit are only shown schematically here.
- a gearwheel 14 is arranged on an output shaft of the gear unit, which meshes with a gearwheel 15 which engages with the worm shaft 36.
- the gear wheels 14 and 15 can in principle be regarded as components of the gear unit 13 connected downstream of the motor 12. The gears 14 and 15 create a further reduction.
- the drive 11 is connected directly to the worm shaft 16 of the actuating mechanism. This in turn meshes with a worm wheel 17 arranged on the vertebra 7, as a result of which the actuating mechanism is self-locking.
- the drives 11 are integrated into a device for automatically tuning the instrument.
- this device is a detection device (not shown) for detecting a respective tone of a strung string 6a-6f, a storage device (not shown in more detail) in which a target tone of the respective string 6a-6f or corresponding to this respective target tone Data is or are stored, a comparison device for comparing the stored target tone with the recorded actual tone or the data corresponding to these tones, such as frequency or the like. , the controller 10 and the drives 11.
- a guitar string 6a-6f is struck, the resulting sound is detected by the detection device and passed on to the comparison device.
- this or the data corresponding to this tone is compared with a target tone taken from the storage direction or data corresponding to this target tone and the result of this comparison is transmitted to the controller 10.
- the comparison device can also be part of the control 10, just like the storage device.
- the controller 10 then transmits control signals to the drive 11 assigned to the peg 7 on which the strung string 6a-6f runs, and causes this drive to rotate the associated peg 7 in such a way that the tension of the corresponding string 6a 6f is changed so that it sounds in the target tone when struck.
- the device according to the invention for adjusting the tension of the strings of a guitar or a bass can preferably be used in such a device for automatically tuning a such an instrument can be used, but can also be used separately from such an automatic system.
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EP05716354A EP1751738A1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-03-24 | Vorrichtung zum verstellen der spannung der saiten einer gitarre oder eines basses |
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EP04011357A EP1596359B1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2004-05-13 | Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum automatischen Stimmen eines Saiteninstrumentes, insbesondere einer Gitarre |
PCT/EP2005/003149 WO2005114647A1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-03-24 | Vorrichtung zum verstellen der spannung der saiten einer gitarre oder eines basses |
EP05716354A EP1751738A1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-03-24 | Vorrichtung zum verstellen der spannung der saiten einer gitarre oder eines basses |
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EP1751738A1 true EP1751738A1 (de) | 2007-02-14 |
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EP04011357A Expired - Lifetime EP1596359B1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2004-05-13 | Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum automatischen Stimmen eines Saiteninstrumentes, insbesondere einer Gitarre |
EP05701037A Not-in-force EP1745461B1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-01-19 | Vorrichtung und verfahren zum automatischen stimmen eines saiteninstrumentes, insbesondere einer gitarre |
EP05701214A Withdrawn EP1745460A1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-01-27 | Verfahren zum verbessern der klangeigenschaften, insbesondere des nachhalls (sustain) eines saiteninstrumentes sowie befestigungsplatte zum befestigen je eines endes der saiten einer gitarre. |
EP05716354A Withdrawn EP1751738A1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-03-24 | Vorrichtung zum verstellen der spannung der saiten einer gitarre oder eines basses |
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EP04011357A Expired - Lifetime EP1596359B1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2004-05-13 | Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum automatischen Stimmen eines Saiteninstrumentes, insbesondere einer Gitarre |
EP05701037A Not-in-force EP1745461B1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-01-19 | Vorrichtung und verfahren zum automatischen stimmen eines saiteninstrumentes, insbesondere einer gitarre |
EP05701214A Withdrawn EP1745460A1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-01-27 | Verfahren zum verbessern der klangeigenschaften, insbesondere des nachhalls (sustain) eines saiteninstrumentes sowie befestigungsplatte zum befestigen je eines endes der saiten einer gitarre. |
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US (4) | US7786373B2 (de) |
EP (4) | EP1596359B1 (de) |
JP (4) | JP4774045B2 (de) |
KR (4) | KR101140099B1 (de) |
CN (4) | CN100530345C (de) |
AT (2) | ATE421135T1 (de) |
CA (4) | CA2565082A1 (de) |
DE (2) | DE502004008869D1 (de) |
ES (1) | ES2322351T3 (de) |
WO (5) | WO2005116985A1 (de) |
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