US2383553A - Electrical pickup for wind instruments - Google Patents

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US2383553A
US2383553A US523337A US52333744A US2383553A US 2383553 A US2383553 A US 2383553A US 523337 A US523337 A US 523337A US 52333744 A US52333744 A US 52333744A US 2383553 A US2383553 A US 2383553A
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    • H04RLOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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    • H04RLOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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  • Figure 1 is a side view of a mouthpiece showing my invention applied thereto.
  • Figure 2 of an end view of I the mouthpiece viewed from the right of Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is an enlarged-sectional view along the line 3-3 of Figure 2.
  • Figure 4 is a sectional view along the line 4-4 of Figure 3.
  • Figure 5 is an end view of a permanet magnet comprising two sections separated for the sake of clearness.
  • Figure 6 is a top plan view of the structure of Figure 5.
  • Figure 7 is an end view of a sectional cover.
  • Figure 8 is a top plan view of the structure of Figure '7.
  • Figure 9 is a top plan view of a vibrator stabilizer.
  • Figure 10 is an end view of the vibrator stabilizer viewed from the right of Figure 10.
  • Figure 11 is a side view.
  • Figure 12 is a plan View of a vibrator.
  • Figure 13 is a combination plan and end View of the vibrator viewed from the right of Fig-- ure 12. 6
  • Figure 14 is a plan view of a terminal mount
  • Figure 15 is a plan view of a cover locking clip.
  • a mouthpiece 28 such as is used in a clarinet, although the invention is equally well adapted to reed type mouthpieces employed in other types of instruments.
  • This mouthpiece is provided with the usual air passage 22 and is provided with a reed 24 secured to the mouthpiece by a conventional plate 26.
  • the reed 24 is in angular displacement with the constituting the north pole.
  • Windings 48 and 48 are mounted on the re ,spective posts 38 and 38, one ost constituting the south pole of the magnet 34 and the other end
  • the two windings 48 and 48 are connected by a wire 50, and the windings are connected by wires 52 and 52 lead ing to output prong terminals 54 and 54, respectively.
  • These terminals provide means by which the magnetic pickup may be electrically connected with an amplifier of any well known construction (not shown).
  • the magnetic pickup structure is housed in a I cover 56 comprising two similar sections 58 and 58.
  • the sections 58 and 58 are provided with end flanges 6! and 60' lying against the end faces of the groove 32, with one fiange of each section bearing against one of the lugs 44, 44 to clamp its respective magnet section against the bottom face of the groove 32.
  • the flanges 68 and 68' are provided with slots 51 and 51 as shown in Figures 3 and '7. The slots receive the lugs and the latter contact with the end walls
  • the annular walls 62 and 62 of the cover 56 are spaced from the magnet 34 to pro- 'vide accommodation for the wires 52 and 52'.
  • a vibrator 64 is mounted in a resilient support 66 see Figure 3, which vibrator includes a resilient finger 68 extending into the air passage 22 and having a curved end [0 bearing against the reed 24.
  • the support 66 preferably comprises rubber of tubular formation and is inserted through a diagonal bore 12 in the body 30.
  • the vibrator 34 includes a substantially half circular body 14 to which are fixedly connected armatures l6 and 16 lying in a common plane and slightly spaced from the respective posts or pole pieces 38 and 38, as in Figure 4.
  • the body vl4 has its end 18 bearing on a resilient support 80, such as a rubber body supported in a socket 82 on a plate 84 lying against the bottom face of the groove 30 and between the spaced pole ends of the magnet sections 36 and 36.
  • a resilient support 80 such as a rubber body supported in a socket 82 on a plate 84 lying against the bottom face of the groove 30 and between the spaced pole ends of the magnet sections 36 and 36.
  • the body '80 and its socket 82, together with the plate 84, constitute a stabilizer for the vibrator 64.
  • the shank 68 is preferably of one piece construction with the body 14, the body comprising soft iron which is also true of the armatures 16 and 16. However the shank 6B is appropriately tempered for the sake of flexibility.
  • the shank 6B is appropriately tempered for the sake of flexibility.
  • the body 74 is provided with a pin 86 riveted to a bar 88.
  • Adjusting screws 90 are threaded through bosses 92 and 92' on the top walls 94 and 94 of the cover sections 58 and 58'.
  • Insulators 56 are interposed between the ends of the screws 90'and the bar 88.
  • the armatures l6 and 56' may be adjusted toward and away from the pole pieces 38 and 38' and maintained in proper alignment therewith through adjustment of the screws 92 since the resilient support 86 and body 86 provide sufficient yieldability for thi purpose.
  • the cover sections 58 and 58' are held in assembled relationship with the mouthpiece through the medium of a clip 98 having arms,
  • H2 and H2 for the respective prong terminals 54 and 54' extend through the plate I08.
  • Vibration of the reed 24 imparts vibratory motion to the vibrator 64.
  • the armatures 15 and 16' are therefore caused to move in the magnetic fields adjacent the two poles of the magnet 34.
  • the Vibrator 64 may be accurately adjusted through the medium of the screws 90, both with respect to the correct alignment of the armatures 16 and the poles of the magnet 34 and for tone modifying purposes.
  • My invention is easily built into mouthpieces of conventional design.
  • the instrument is played in the usual manner and does not, therefor, require the mastery of a new technique in order to play the instrument successfully.
  • the mouthpiece is interchangeable with conventional instruments and is therefore easily substituted for the conventional mouthpiece.
  • a musical instrument mouthpiece having an air passage
  • a reed operatively associated with the air passage
  • a vibrator carried by said mouthpiece and operatively engaging said reed
  • a magnet having poles, connected windings on said poles
  • an armature fixed to said vibrator and located in the magnetic fields of said poles for translating reed vibrations into electrical oscillations for reproduction, and output terminals connected to said windings.
  • said vibrator is resiliently mounted on the mouthpiece, and in which said armature comprises wings fixedly related to the armature and respectively lying in the magnetic fields of said poles, and means for adjusting said wings relatively to said poles.
  • said vibrator comprises a flexible shank and in which said armature comprises wings projecting laterally from the shank and lying in the respective magnetic fields, and resilient mounting means for the vibrator.
  • a mouthpiece body having an air passage, a reed operatively associated with said air passage, said body having a circumferential groove, a magnet comprising two sections each having a pole, a cover for said magnet and having engagement therewith for holding the sections in position in the groove, electrically connected windings on the respective poles, a vibrator resiliently mounted on said body and having a shank operatively engaging said reed, and an armature fixedly related to said shank and lying in the magnetic fields of the respective poles for translating reed vibrations into electrical oscillations for reproduction, and output terminals connected to said windings.
  • a mouthpiece body having an air passage, a reed operatively associated with said air passage, said body having a circumferential groove, a magnet mounted in said groove, said magnet comprising sections keyed one to the other and each provided witl a pole, electrically connected windings on the respective poles, a vibrator comprising a shank engaging said reed and having an armature arranged in the magnetic fields of said poles for translating reed vibrations into electrical oscillations for reproduction, output terminals connected to said windings, a resilient support for said shank interposed between the latter and said body, said shank terminating in a curved end, a resilient body interposed between said curved end and said first mentioned body, a cover attached to said first mentioned body for holding the magnet in said groove, and screw means for adjusting said armature relatively to said poles.
  • said armature comprises wings fixedly related to said curved end and respectively lying in said magnetic field, and adjusting screws threaded through said cover and engaging the respective wings for adjusting the latter relatively to the respective poles.

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Aug. 28, 1945. A. OHNSON 2,383,553
ELECTRICAL PICK-UP FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS Filed, Feb. 21,.1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 @5 2 4 i m 70 T 27 24 $0;
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ATTD RNEYS Aug. 28, 1945. A. JQHNSON 2,383,553
ELECTRICAL PICK-UP FOR WI ND INSTRUMENTS Filed Feb. 21, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I.-\' I 'EN TOR.
ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 28, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ELECTRICAL PICKUP FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS Alfred Johnson, Buflalo, N. Y. Application February 21, 1944, Serial No. 523,331
10 Claims. (01. s4 ss3) Figure 1 isa side view of a mouthpiece showing my invention applied thereto.
Figure 2 of an end view of I the mouthpiece viewed from the right of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an enlarged-sectional view along the line 3-3 of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a sectional view along the line 4-4 of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is an end view of a permanet magnet comprising two sections separated for the sake of clearness.
Figure 6 is a top plan view of the structure of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is an end view of a sectional cover.
Figure 8 is a top plan view of the structure of Figure '7.
Figure 9 is a top plan view of a vibrator stabilizer. f
Figure 10 is an end view of the vibrator stabilizer viewed from the right of Figure 10.
Figure 11 is a side view.
Figure 12 is a plan View of a vibrator.
Figure 13 is a combination plan and end View of the vibrator viewed from the right of Fig-- ure 12. 6
Figure 14 is a plan view of a terminal mount, and
Figure 15 is a plan view of a cover locking clip.
In the embodiment of the invention selected for illustration, I make use of a mouthpiece 28 such as is used in a clarinet, although the invention is equally well adapted to reed type mouthpieces employed in other types of instruments. This mouthpiece is provided with the usual air passage 22 and is provided with a reed 24 secured to the mouthpiece by a conventional plate 26.
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The reed 24 is in angular displacement with the constituting the north pole.
and 4|, respectively, see Figure 1, which lie in recesses in the body 30 to restrain the section from rotation relatively to the body 33. One only of the recesses is shown, and designated 46.
Windings 48 and 48 are mounted on the re , spective posts 38 and 38, one ost constituting the south pole of the magnet 34 and the other end The two windings 48 and 48 are connected by a wire 50, and the windings are connected by wires 52 and 52 lead ing to output prong terminals 54 and 54, respectively. These terminals provide means by which the magnetic pickup may be electrically connected with an amplifier of any well known construction (not shown).
The magnetic pickup structure is housed in a I cover 56 comprising two similar sections 58 and 58. The sections 58 and 58 are provided with end flanges 6!) and 60' lying against the end faces of the groove 32, with one fiange of each section bearing against one of the lugs 44, 44 to clamp its respective magnet section against the bottom face of the groove 32. To adapt them to bear against the lugs 44 and 44', the flanges 68 and 68' are provided with slots 51 and 51 as shown in Figures 3 and '7. The slots receive the lugs and the latter contact with the end walls The annular walls 62 and 62 of the cover 56 are spaced from the magnet 34 to pro- 'vide accommodation for the wires 52 and 52'.
A vibrator 64 is mounted in a resilient support 66 see Figure 3, which vibrator includes a resilient finger 68 extending into the air passage 22 and having a curved end [0 bearing against the reed 24. The support 66 preferably comprises rubber of tubular formation and is inserted through a diagonal bore 12 in the body 30. In Figures 12 and 13, the vibrator 34 includes a substantially half circular body 14 to which are fixedly connected armatures l6 and 16 lying in a common plane and slightly spaced from the respective posts or pole pieces 38 and 38, as in Figure 4. In Figure 3, the body vl4 has its end 18 bearing on a resilient support 80, such as a rubber body supported in a socket 82 on a plate 84 lying against the bottom face of the groove 30 and between the spaced pole ends of the magnet sections 36 and 36. The body '80 and its socket 82, together with the plate 84, constitute a stabilizer for the vibrator 64.
The shank 68 is preferably of one piece construction with the body 14, the body comprising soft iron which is also true of the armatures 16 and 16. However the shank 6B is appropriately tempered for the sake of flexibility. In Figure 4,
the body 74 is provided with a pin 86 riveted to a bar 88. Adjusting screws 90 are threaded through bosses 92 and 92' on the top walls 94 and 94 of the cover sections 58 and 58'. Insulators 56 are interposed between the ends of the screws 90'and the bar 88. Thus the armatures l6 and 56' may be adjusted toward and away from the pole pieces 38 and 38' and maintained in proper alignment therewith through adjustment of the screws 92 since the resilient support 86 and body 86 provide sufficient yieldability for thi purpose.
The cover sections 58 and 58' are held in assembled relationship with the mouthpiece through the medium of a clip 98 having arms,
H2 and H2 for the respective prong terminals 54 and 54' extend through the plate I08.
Vibration of the reed 24 imparts vibratory motion to the vibrator 64. The armatures 15 and 16' are therefore caused to move in the magnetic fields adjacent the two poles of the magnet 34. Thus the vibrations of the reed 24 are translated into electric oscillations through the medium of the electric pickup structure for reproduction in the amplifier circuit. The Vibrator 64 may be accurately adjusted through the medium of the screws 90, both with respect to the correct alignment of the armatures 16 and the poles of the magnet 34 and for tone modifying purposes.
My invention is easily built into mouthpieces of conventional design. The instrument is played in the usual manner and does not, therefor, require the mastery of a new technique in order to play the instrument successfully. The mouthpiece is interchangeable with conventional instruments and is therefore easily substituted for the conventional mouthpiece.
Without further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully explain my invention, that others may, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt the same for use under various conditions of service.
I claim:
1. In a musical instrument mouthpiece having an air passage, the combination of a reed operatively associated with the air passage, a vibrator carried by said mouthpiece and operatively engaging said reed, a magnet having poles, connected windings on said poles, an armature fixed to said vibrator and located in the magnetic fields of said poles for translating reed vibrations into electrical oscillations for reproduction, and output terminals connected to said windings.
2. The invention described in claim 1 wherein said vibrator is resiliently mounted on the mouthpiece, and in which said armature comprises wings'fixedly related to the armature and respectively lying in the magnetic fields of said poles.
3. The invention described in claim 1 wherein said vibrator is resiliently mounted on the mouthpiece, and in which said armature comprises wings fixedly related to the armature and respectively lying in the magnetic fields of said poles, and means for adjusting said wings relatively to said poles.
4. The invention described in claim 1 wherein said vibrator comprises a flexible shank and in which said armature comprises wings projecting laterally from the shank and lying in the respective magnetic fields, and resilient mounting means for the vibrator.
5. In a wind instrument of the type described, a mouthpiece body having an air passage, a reed operatively associated with said air passage, said body having a circumferential groove, a magnet comprising two sections each having a pole, a cover for said magnet and having engagement therewith for holding the sections in position in the groove, electrically connected windings on the respective poles, a vibrator resiliently mounted on said body and having a shank operatively engaging said reed, and an armature fixedly related to said shank and lying in the magnetic fields of the respective poles for translating reed vibrations into electrical oscillations for reproduction, and output terminals connected to said windings.
6. The invention described in claim 5 wherein means are provided for adjusting said armature relatively to said poles.
7. In a musical instrument, a mouthpiece body having an air passage, a reed operatively associated with said air passage, said body having a circumferential groove, a magnet mounted in said groove, said magnet comprising sections keyed one to the other and each provided witl a pole, electrically connected windings on the respective poles, a vibrator comprising a shank engaging said reed and having an armature arranged in the magnetic fields of said poles for translating reed vibrations into electrical oscillations for reproduction, output terminals connected to said windings, a resilient support for said shank interposed between the latter and said body, said shank terminating in a curved end, a resilient body interposed between said curved end and said first mentioned body, a cover attached to said first mentioned body for holding the magnet in said groove, and screw means for adjusting said armature relatively to said poles.
8. The invention described in claim 7 wherein said cover is sectional, and means for detachably holding the sections in assembled relationship. with said body.
9. The invention described in claim 7 wherein said armature comprises wings fixedly related to said curved end and respectively lying in said magnetic field, and adjusting screws threaded through said cover and engaging the respective wings for adjusting the latter relatively to the respective poles.
10. The invention described in claim 7 wherein said curved end and said armature are formed of soft iron, and in which said shank is tempered for flexibility.
ALFRED JOHNSON.
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US2494390A (en) * 1947-07-07 1950-01-10 Johnson Alfred Electrical pickup
US2555936A (en) * 1948-02-26 1951-06-05 Harold E Rogers Electromagnetic reed unit for electrical musical instruments
US6570077B1 (en) * 2002-03-06 2003-05-27 Stacy P. Goss Training device for musical instruments
US9299267B2 (en) 2013-10-08 2016-03-29 Hector Antonio Perez Resonance and articulation trainer
US20180075831A1 (en) * 2016-09-15 2018-03-15 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Reed for electronic musical instrument, and electronic musical instrument
US20180366095A1 (en) * 2016-03-02 2018-12-20 Yamaha Corporation Reed

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2494390A (en) * 1947-07-07 1950-01-10 Johnson Alfred Electrical pickup
US2555936A (en) * 1948-02-26 1951-06-05 Harold E Rogers Electromagnetic reed unit for electrical musical instruments
US6570077B1 (en) * 2002-03-06 2003-05-27 Stacy P. Goss Training device for musical instruments
US9299267B2 (en) 2013-10-08 2016-03-29 Hector Antonio Perez Resonance and articulation trainer
US20180366095A1 (en) * 2016-03-02 2018-12-20 Yamaha Corporation Reed
US10497343B2 (en) * 2016-03-02 2019-12-03 Yamaha Corporation Reed for a musical instrument
US20180075831A1 (en) * 2016-09-15 2018-03-15 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Reed for electronic musical instrument, and electronic musical instrument
US9984669B2 (en) * 2016-09-15 2018-05-29 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Reed for electronic musical instrument, and electronic musical instrument

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