GB991199A - Improvements in or relating to stringed musical instruments - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to stringed musical instruments

Info

Publication number
GB991199A
GB991199A GB16256/63A GB1625663A GB991199A GB 991199 A GB991199 A GB 991199A GB 16256/63 A GB16256/63 A GB 16256/63A GB 1625663 A GB1625663 A GB 1625663A GB 991199 A GB991199 A GB 991199A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
armature
instrument
string
mounting plate
magnetic
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB16256/63A
Inventor
James Ormston Burns
Gordon Spencer Chandler
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Ormston Burns Ltd
Original Assignee
Ormston Burns Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Ormston Burns Ltd filed Critical Ormston Burns Ltd
Priority to GB16256/63A priority Critical patent/GB991199A/en
Priority to US362088A priority patent/US3288906A/en
Publication of GB991199A publication Critical patent/GB991199A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H3/00—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means
    • G10H3/12—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
    • G10H3/14—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means
    • G10H3/18—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means using a string, e.g. electric guitar
    • G10H3/185—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means using a string, e.g. electric guitar in which the tones are picked up through the bridge structure
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H2220/00—Input/output interfacing specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2220/155—User input interfaces for electrophonic musical instruments
    • G10H2220/165—User input interfaces for electrophonic musical instruments for string input, i.e. special characteristics in string composition or use for sensing purposes, e.g. causing the string to become its own sensor
    • G10H2220/175—User input interfaces for electrophonic musical instruments for string input, i.e. special characteristics in string composition or use for sensing purposes, e.g. causing the string to become its own sensor using nonmagnetic string materials, e.g. nylon; Sensors specially adapted therefor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H2220/00—Input/output interfacing specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2220/461—Transducers, i.e. details, positioning or use of assemblies to detect and convert mechanical vibrations or mechanical strains into an electrical signal, e.g. audio, trigger or control signal
    • G10H2220/465—Bridge-positioned, i.e. assembled to or attached with the bridge of a stringed musical instrument
    • G10H2220/471—Bridge-positioned, i.e. assembled to or attached with the bridge of a stringed musical instrument at bottom, i.e. transducer positioned at the bottom of the bridge, between the bridge and the body of the instrument
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H2220/00—Input/output interfacing specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2220/461—Transducers, i.e. details, positioning or use of assemblies to detect and convert mechanical vibrations or mechanical strains into an electrical signal, e.g. audio, trigger or control signal
    • G10H2220/465—Bridge-positioned, i.e. assembled to or attached with the bridge of a stringed musical instrument
    • G10H2220/495—Single bridge transducer, common to all strings

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Stringed Musical Instruments (AREA)
  • Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)

Abstract

991,199. Electrical stringed instruments. ORMSTON BURNS Ltd. April 17, 1964 [April 25, 1963], No. 16256/63. Heading G5J. A contact pick-up unit for stringed musical instruments comprises a resiliently mounted magnetic armature 61 (Fig. 6) which is connected to a damping contact member 72 engaging a string 73 (Fig. 3) of the instrument and movable with respect to a core structure 51 (Fig. 6) so that movement of the armature corresponding to vibrations of the string produces corresponding signals in a coil 59 mounted on the core structure. Several coils may be mounted on the core structure in which case signals are induced in them by vibrations in the armature. Each string of the instrument which is connected via its associated contact member to its associated armature may be of gut, steel or nylon or may be of composite material e.g. steel surrounded by nylon. The core structure may consist of two pairs of permanent magnets 57, 58 between magnetic members 52, 56, 51 and each magnetic armature 61 may be secured to and separated from the core by a resilient P.V.C .layer 60. Each armature 61 may be connected to its corresponding adjustable damping contact 72 which may be a pad of felt, foamed plastic or rubber by a non-magnetic rod 63 passing through a bushed hole 64 in a mounting plate 30 and by a strip 68 which supports the contact and is adjustably secured to the mounting plate. A tremulant device if provided and a grooved adjustable bridge 36 attached adjacent the mounting plate 30 on the instrument may be screwed to an end plate 32 to which one end of each string is fixed. A conventional electro magnetic pick up 80 (Fig. 3) which may also be encorporated on the mounting plate 30 may be used in addition to the contact pick-up if steel strings are employed on the instrument. The instrument may be a guitar, or it may be either a violin or cells in which case frets need not be provided on the fingerboard which may be flat or curved in cross-section.
GB16256/63A 1963-04-25 1963-04-25 Improvements in or relating to stringed musical instruments Expired GB991199A (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB16256/63A GB991199A (en) 1963-04-25 1963-04-25 Improvements in or relating to stringed musical instruments
US362088A US3288906A (en) 1963-04-25 1964-04-23 Stringed musical instruments with pickup and damping means between bridge and fingerboard

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB16256/63A GB991199A (en) 1963-04-25 1963-04-25 Improvements in or relating to stringed musical instruments

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB991199A true GB991199A (en) 1965-05-05

Family

ID=10074038

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB16256/63A Expired GB991199A (en) 1963-04-25 1963-04-25 Improvements in or relating to stringed musical instruments

Country Status (2)

Country Link
US (1) US3288906A (en)
GB (1) GB991199A (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS51138135U (en) * 1975-04-30 1976-11-08

Families Citing this family (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3571483A (en) * 1970-02-02 1971-03-16 Hammond Corp Variable reluctance guitar pickup system
US4142435A (en) * 1977-10-03 1979-03-06 Pozar Cleve F Pickup assembly for stringed instrument
USD383481S (en) * 1995-02-10 1997-09-09 Langdell Peter E Mandolin
US20070065662A1 (en) * 2005-09-16 2007-03-22 Ludlow Coated Products Infrared activated thermoplastic bonding substrate
US9653058B2 (en) * 2014-10-04 2017-05-16 Philip J. O'Connor Reverberation-induced magnetic field alteration to enhance sound

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1861717A (en) * 1928-10-22 1932-06-07 Victor A Pfeil Musical instrument
US3003382A (en) * 1958-06-02 1961-10-10 Clarence L Fender Electric violin, and electromagnetic pickup therefor
US2978945A (en) * 1959-09-08 1961-04-11 Dopera Rudolph Magnetic pick ups
US3018680A (en) * 1959-12-03 1962-01-30 Paul Les Electrical musical instrument

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS51138135U (en) * 1975-04-30 1976-11-08

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
US3288906A (en) 1966-11-29

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US2968204A (en) Electromagnetic pickup for lute-type musical instrument
US3668295A (en) Electromagnetic audio pickup for stringed musical instruments, with volume control means, and suitable for use with any type strings
US2976755A (en) Electromagnetic pickup for lute-type musical instrument
US2896491A (en) Magnetic pickup for stringed musical instrument
US3237502A (en) Stringed musical instrument
US2911871A (en) Magnetic pick-up device
US2089171A (en) Electrical stringed musical instrument
US4750397A (en) Electronic musical instrument with elastomeric strings and shielded bimorphic transducers
US4320681A (en) Electromagnetic pickup device
US3066567A (en) Magnetic pick-up for steel string instruments
US3657461A (en) Single pickup frequency control for stringed instrument
US3715446A (en) Magnetic pickup for stringed musical instruments
US5422432A (en) Electromagnetic pickup for a plural-string musical instrument incorporating a coil around a multi-laminate ferromagnetic core
US2683388A (en) Pickup device for stringed instruments
US2455575A (en) Pickup unit for stringed instruments
KR900000837A (en) Electronic string instrument
US4686881A (en) Electromagnetic pickup for stringed musical instruments
US2175325A (en) Magnetoelectric pick-up device for stringed musical instruments
US5391832A (en) Electromagnetic musical pickup with wraparound permanent magnet
US3049958A (en) Electro-piano
US2764052A (en) Electrical pick-up for musical instruments
US3595981A (en) Electronic stringed musical instrument with plural resonators and pickup
US2152783A (en) Stringed musical instrument
GB991199A (en) Improvements in or relating to stringed musical instruments
US3018680A (en) Electrical musical instrument