EP2169660B1 - Marteau pour piano - Google Patents

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EP2169660B1
EP2169660B1 EP08165302A EP08165302A EP2169660B1 EP 2169660 B1 EP2169660 B1 EP 2169660B1 EP 08165302 A EP08165302 A EP 08165302A EP 08165302 A EP08165302 A EP 08165302A EP 2169660 B1 EP2169660 B1 EP 2169660B1
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Adams Christopher
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GOODBUY CORP SA
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Priority to US13/120,957 priority patent/US8497415B2/en
Priority to KR1020117009289A priority patent/KR20110091654A/ko
Priority to PCT/EP2009/062445 priority patent/WO2010034810A1/fr
Priority to JP2011528341A priority patent/JP2012503788A/ja
Priority to CA2738779A priority patent/CA2738779A1/fr
Priority to CN2009801425773A priority patent/CN102197421B/zh
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10C—PIANOS, HARPSICHORDS, SPINETS OR SIMILAR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ONE OR MORE KEYBOARDS
    • G10C3/00—Details or accessories
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  • the present invention relates to a piano hammer for striking strings of a piano according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Pianos also referred to as pianoforte or short piano, in the context of the invention include a total of those stringed instruments in which struck by means of a keyboard (keyboard) over so-called hammer clamped strings and are thus stimulated to vibrate and for the delivery of sounds.
  • pianos are subdivided into two groups, on the one hand the so-called piano, in which the strings are clamped vertically and extend, on the other hand, the wings, in which the strings are arranged in a horizontal orientation.
  • the strings typically clamped in a frame are struck with a so-called piano hammer, which strikes two or more strings in parallel, due to a key press on the keyboard on the string or strings. to make them vibrate.
  • the piano hammer is integrated in a complicated mechanism which, in addition to the stop of the hammer, also serves other elements, eg a sound damping.
  • the piano hammer in itself includes a hammer handle and a hammer head, the latter actually occurs on the affirmation of the strings to be attached or the strings to be attached in the confirmation.
  • the hammer head of a piano hammer is in the core as well as the hammer handle often made of wood, but is not limited in principle to this material.
  • a hammer head for percussion instruments with a turnable felt body is out DE 374 594 known.
  • the seemingly simple idea of the invention which means an almost revolutionary innovation in the field of instrumentation, more precisely of piano construction, consists of the hammer head from the outset along a circumferential surface with which it strikes the strings to be mounted can form, with an edition of different density form.
  • the hammer head which is located at the current piano hammers rigidly on the hammer handle, with respect to the position of its peripheral surface with which it impinges on the or to be attached string (s) is adjustable.
  • a tonal adjustment of the instrument will not only be much faster to achieve, it can be corrected in particular adjustment errors or the sound setting at a later date again modified and reset.
  • a simple method to produce the differently dense pads according to the invention is to use a felt pad which is pressed different densities along the peripheral surface. If, for example, a substantially roller-shaped hammer head is used, a felt strip which has been obtained by pressing a felt material of wedge-shaped increasing initial thickness to a uniform final thickness can be glued to the peripheral surface. This results in this case, a continuously changing degree of material density, so that opens up a variety of settings of the hammer head without gradation.
  • the hammer head as a rolling body, in particular cylindrical, is formed and clamped with an axis of rotation in the hammer handle around which, he is rotatable and fixed in a desired rotational position relative to the hammer handle.
  • the fixing of the rotational position may be e.g. done by jamming or screwing a retaining screw on the axis of rotation itself or in another suitable manner.
  • the rolling body can be rotated about the axis of rotation, without changing the distance of the hammer head to the point of impact on the string to be attached or the strings to be attached and thereby would result in a different type of mechanics in the key press.
  • a twisting of the thus designed hammer head can be done in both directions, ie back and forth, so that corrections in the tuning of the instrument are possible until the desired intonation is present.
  • the piano chamber has a motor drive, with which the position of the peripheral surface, with which the hammer head on or on the string (s) to be applied (n) occurs, can be adjusted.
  • a motor drive can facilitate the work overall and shorten the time required for the tuning to be carried out at the end of the manufacture of the piano in the factory.
  • this is not the main benefit yet.
  • the subject of the invention is a piano itself, which has at least one piano hammer with the features described above.
  • FIG. 1 a piano hammer according to the prior art
  • FIGS. 2 to 4 the embodiments of the invention are in the FIGS. 2 to 4 outlined.
  • a conventional piano hammer 1 is shown, here a piano hammer 1 for installation in a grand piano.
  • the piano hammer 1 is shown here in the installation position, as it strikes the strings from below in the grand piano.
  • For the attack of the piano hammer 1 shown here speeds up with his arranged at the end of the hammer handle 2 hammer head 3 and meets there with the support 4 of the hammer head 3 on the piano string to be pinned.
  • FIG Fig. 2 This is different in a hammer 10 according to the invention, which is schematically illustrated in FIG Fig. 2 is shown.
  • the hammer head 13 is formed here cylindrical, wherein the support, which here also consists of felt, spans the surface of the roller.
  • the hammer head 13 is rotatably mounted on a rotation axis 11 in the hammer handle 12, which surrounds the hammer head 13 like a fork. Good to see the schematically drawn different areas or zones 15 to 19, in which the support 14 each having different densities.
  • the hammer head 13 thus equipped with different densities along its peripheral surface can be rotated about the axis of rotation 1, so that the position of its surface (thus also the respective region 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 with correspondingly different density), with which the hammer head 13 occurs on the string to be excited, can be adjusted by simply turning the hammer head 13 about the axis of rotation 11.
  • the hammer head 13 can be positioned and fixed relative to the hammer shank 12, eg by blocking the axis of rotation 11 by suitable means.
  • a hammer head which has in its circulation 14 zone-wise a total of five areas with different density (areas 15 to 19).
  • a support 14 which may in particular be a felt support, can be produced, for example, from a felt by compression, as described in US Pat Fig. 3a shown and designated 20.
  • the starting material used is a felt of constant density with different heights (staircase-like structure), which runs along the line indicated by the arrows in FIG Fig. 3a indicated direction is squeezed and pressed. This creates a felt cover of uniform height, as in Fig. 3b however, it has five areas of different density (from left to right, each with a higher density).
  • a piano hammer 12 as in Fig. 2 equipped with a drive (not shown there), which rotates the hammer head 13 driven by a motor about the rotation axis 11 and, for example, holds over a self-locking in a struck position.
  • a drive not shown there
  • Such a motor drive which can be realized very easily with micromotors and corresponding guided by the hammer handle 12 wiring (power and control signals) can then interact with a arranged in the instrument control, for example, preset preset intonations and accordingly by rotation of the hammer head 1 3.

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Claims (6)

  1. Marteau de piano servant à frapper les cordes d'un piano avec un manche de marteau (12) et une tête de marteau (13) recouverte d'une garniture (14, 24, 24') le long au moins d'une partie de sa surface périphérique, où la tête de marteau (13) est réglable en ce qui concerne la position de sa surface périphérique avec laquelle elle touche la ou les cordes à frapper, caractérisé en ce que la garniture (14, 24, 24') présente une densité variable le long de la surface périphérique.
  2. Marteau de piano selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la garniture (14, 24, 24') se compose de feutre, qui est comprimé le long de la surface périphérique de manière différente.
  3. Marteau de piano selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la tête de marteau (13) est conçu comme élément roulant, en particulier en forme de rouleau, pourvu d'un axe de rotation (11) fixé dans le manche de marteau (12), axe autour duquel la tête est rotative et peut être fixée dans une position rotative désirée par rapport au manche de marteau (12).
  4. Marteau de piano selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la garniture (14, 24, 24') présente une densité différent en direction d'une circonférence de l'élément roulant disposé dans un plan perpendicuaire à l'axe de rotation (11), avec cependant une densité constante dans le sens de l'axe de rotation (11).
  5. Marteau de piano selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il présente un entraînement motorisé pour modifier la position de la surface périphérique de la tête de marteau (13), avec laquelle elle touche la ou les cordes à frapper.
  6. Piano comportant au moins un marteau de piano (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
EP08165302A 2008-09-26 2008-09-26 Marteau pour piano Not-in-force EP2169660B1 (fr)

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AT08165302T ATE536609T1 (de) 2008-09-26 2008-09-26 Klavierhammer
EP08165302A EP2169660B1 (fr) 2008-09-26 2008-09-26 Marteau pour piano
KR1020117009289A KR20110091654A (ko) 2008-09-26 2009-09-25 피아노 해머
PCT/EP2009/062445 WO2010034810A1 (fr) 2008-09-26 2009-09-25 Marteau de piano
US13/120,957 US8497415B2 (en) 2008-09-26 2009-09-25 Piano hammer
JP2011528341A JP2012503788A (ja) 2008-09-26 2009-09-25 ピアノハンマー
CA2738779A CA2738779A1 (fr) 2008-09-26 2009-09-25 Marteau de piano
CN2009801425773A CN102197421B (zh) 2008-09-26 2009-09-25 钢琴音锤

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CN102197421A (zh) 2011-09-21
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