WO1987004288A3 - Electronic stringed musical instrument - Google Patents

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WO1987004288A3
WO1987004288A3 PCT/GB1987/000005 GB8700005W WO8704288A3 WO 1987004288 A3 WO1987004288 A3 WO 1987004288A3 GB 8700005 W GB8700005 W GB 8700005W WO 8704288 A3 WO8704288 A3 WO 8704288A3
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musical instrument
stringed musical
electronic stringed
strings
coils
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PCT/GB1987/000005
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WO1987004288A2 (en
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William Alexander Aitken
Anthony Jerry Sedivy
Michael Stephen Dixon
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Synthaxe Ltd
William Alexander Aitken
Anthony Jerry Sedivy
Michael Stephen Dixon
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Priority claimed from US06/691,486 external-priority patent/US4658690A/en
Priority claimed from GB868600417A external-priority patent/GB8600417D0/en
Application filed by Synthaxe Ltd, William Alexander Aitken, Anthony Jerry Sedivy, Michael Stephen Dixon filed Critical Synthaxe Ltd
Publication of WO1987004288A2 publication Critical patent/WO1987004288A2/en
Publication of WO1987004288A3 publication Critical patent/WO1987004288A3/en

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    • 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
    • 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
    • G10H2220/171—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 electrified strings, e.g. strings carrying coded or AC signals for transducing, sustain, fret length or fingering detection

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

Abstract

Trigger strings (12) of a guitar-like electronic musical instrument have transverse coils (10, 40) adjacent them which are cyclically supplied with h.f. a.c. current from a source (24). The coils provide signals dependent upon the absolute positions of the strings, and not just their velocities, to provide a reliable indication of when triggering of a note is desired by plucking of the string.
PCT/GB1987/000005 1985-01-08 1987-01-08 Electronic stringed musical instrument WO1987004288A2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/691,486 US4658690A (en) 1983-05-10 1984-05-09 Electronic musical instrument
GB868600417A GB8600417D0 (en) 1986-01-09 1986-01-09 Electronic musical instrument
GB8600417 1986-01-09
GB868613748A GB8613748D0 (en) 1986-01-09 1986-06-06 Musical instruments
GB8613748 1986-06-06

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WO1987004288A2 WO1987004288A2 (en) 1987-07-16
WO1987004288A3 true WO1987004288A3 (en) 1987-08-13

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US6448488B1 (en) * 1999-01-15 2002-09-10 Fishman Transducers, Inc. Measurement and processing of stringed acoustic instrument signals
US7989690B1 (en) 2007-04-16 2011-08-02 Andrew Scott Lawing Musical instrument pickup systems
US7612282B1 (en) 2007-04-16 2009-11-03 Andrew Scott Lawing Musical instrument pickup
US8664507B1 (en) 2010-09-01 2014-03-04 Andrew Scott Lawing Musical instrument pickup and methods

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US3902395A (en) * 1973-10-11 1975-09-02 William L Avant Stringed musical instrument with electronic time division multiplexing circuitry
US4143575A (en) * 1976-10-01 1979-03-13 Oliver Richard C Electronic sound generating system for a stringed musical instrument
US4320681A (en) * 1980-02-25 1982-03-23 Dimarzio Musical Instrument Pickups, Inc. Electromagnetic pickup device
US4321852A (en) * 1979-12-19 1982-03-30 Young Jr Leroy D Stringed instrument synthesizer apparatus
US4372187A (en) * 1981-05-01 1983-02-08 Ab Laboratories, A Limited Partnership Novel guitar-like electronic musical instrument
WO1984004619A1 (en) * 1983-05-10 1984-11-22 Synthaxe Ltd Electronic musical instrument

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3902395A (en) * 1973-10-11 1975-09-02 William L Avant Stringed musical instrument with electronic time division multiplexing circuitry
US4143575A (en) * 1976-10-01 1979-03-13 Oliver Richard C Electronic sound generating system for a stringed musical instrument
US4321852A (en) * 1979-12-19 1982-03-30 Young Jr Leroy D Stringed instrument synthesizer apparatus
US4320681A (en) * 1980-02-25 1982-03-23 Dimarzio Musical Instrument Pickups, Inc. Electromagnetic pickup device
US4372187A (en) * 1981-05-01 1983-02-08 Ab Laboratories, A Limited Partnership Novel guitar-like electronic musical instrument
WO1984004619A1 (en) * 1983-05-10 1984-11-22 Synthaxe Ltd Electronic musical instrument

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