WO1994015329A1 - Percussion instrument with strings - Google Patents
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- WO1994015329A1 WO1994015329A1 PCT/SE1993/001067 SE9301067W WO9415329A1 WO 1994015329 A1 WO1994015329 A1 WO 1994015329A1 SE 9301067 W SE9301067 W SE 9301067W WO 9415329 A1 WO9415329 A1 WO 9415329A1
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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
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- the present invention generally relates to a musical instrument, especially a stringed instrument. More parti- cularly, the invention relates to a stringed instrument played with a percussion tool and generating signal vol ⁇ tages which are supplied to a sound synthesiser of con ⁇ ventional type and on to an amplifier and loudspeakers connected thereto for imitating membranophones and idio- phones.
- One object of the present invention therefore is to provide a musical instrument or percussion instrument which is played with known percussion tools and which con ⁇ fers the same playing feel as traditional drums and per ⁇ cussion instruments.
- Another object of the invention is to provide an instrument which, when being played, produces a signal voltage, the level of which corresponds to the force exerted by the percussion tool, this signal serving as an input signal to a sound synthesiser of conventional type for imitating membranophones and idiophones.
- Yet another object of the invention is to provide an instrument which is so designed that several sounds are activable simultaneously, i.e. upon a single beat with the percussion tool, such as snare drum with or without rim shots and a closed or open hight-hat, i.e two superimposed cymbols.
- the percussion tool such as snare drum with or without rim shots
- a closed or open hight-hat i.e two superimposed cymbols.
- inventive instrument should be of con ⁇ venient size and economical in manufacture. Also, the inventive instrument should be stable and robust and, thus, withstand rough handling by means of different con ⁇ ventional percussion tools.
- Fig. 1 is a top plan view of an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 2 is a side view of the invention.
- Fig. 3 is a side view of another embodiment of the invention, especially suited for use together with a foot- operated stick or a pedal mallet so as to imitate a bass drum or cymbals.
- Fig. 4 shows a variant of the embodiment in Fig. 3 with a differently extended string.
- Fig. 5 is a front view of the embodiment in Fig. 3 and the variant in Fig. 4.
- Fig. 6 shows a trigger pin used in a preferred embo- diment of the invention.
- Figs 1 and 2 illustrate an embodiment of the inven ⁇ tive instrument 2.
- a base plate 4 On a base plate 4 are fixed a plurality of string holders 6 which project at right angles from the base plate 4.
- Each string holder 6 serves as a fixed, non- adjustable fixing point for one end of a string 8 whose other, opposite end passes over a nut 10 and is connected to a tuning screw, which is known per se in other stringed instruments.
- the tuning screw is used for tensioning the string 8. From the following description of the technology used in the instrument, it however appears that the tension of the string 8 does not affect the pitch of the instrument but only the physical properties of the string, which affect, for example, the bounce of the percussion tool.
- the base plate 4 comprises two halves, a left and a right half, which are substan ⁇ tially identical. In the illustrated instance, each half is provided with five strings 8 arranged over each other, which means that a total of ten strings 8 are at the dis ⁇ posal of the musician. From a closer study of Fig. 1, it is seen that two strings 8 arranged over each other on the left and the right half of the plate 4, respectively, adjacent one long side of the base plate 4 have a smaller mutual spacing than the other strings 8. The purpose of this string arrangement is to make it easier to strike several strings with one drum stick, thus resulting in the activation of several sounds at the same time according to the description given below. In this manner, it will be easier to produce combinations of e.g. closed or open high-hat, snare drum with or without rim shots etc.
- each string 8 which in the illustrated embodi ⁇ ment is a steel line having a diameter of 1.5 mm, but which may consist of any other strong material, there is provided a trigger microphone 14.
- a trigger microphone in the form of a buzzer of piezo ⁇ electric type.
- an interme ⁇ diate layer 16 of a soft, slightly yielding material, such as felt or cellular plastic.
- the trigger microphone 14 is dis ⁇ posed in the immediate vicinity of the nut 10.
- the height of the nut 10 and/or the string holder 6 is so chosen that the string 8 makes contact with the trigger microphone 14, optionally via the intermediate layer 16, thus clamping the trigger microphone 14 under ⁇ neath the string 8.
- Figs 3-5 illustrate a variant of the instrument described above, imitating a foot-operated bass drum or a cymbal by being connected to a suitable sound synthe ⁇ siser.
- This variant too comprises a string 8 which is tensioned between a string holder 6 and a tensioning screw 12 and passes over a nut 10 or 10'. While the same type of trigger microphone 14, optionally with the intermediate layer 16, is used in this case, it is here disposed, as opposed to the embodi ⁇ ment of Figs 1 and 2, in the immediate vicinity of the string holder 6.
- All components, except for the string 8 are mounted on an elongate, substantially vertically extended plate 22 which is arranged substantially at right angles to a base plate 24 to be placed or mounted on the floor.
- this variant employs struts 26 diagonally extended between the plate 22 and the base plate 24.
- triggering pin 32 illustrated in Fig. 6, which is mounted within the triggering microphone 14.
- the triggering pin 32 in Fig. 6 consists of a cross- sectionally substantially T-shaped member having an upper plate 34 whose upper surface makes contact with the string 8, optionally via the intermediate layer 16, and whose underside is connected to a stem 36 extending substantial ⁇ ly at right angles from the plate 34 and having such a length that the tip 38 of the stem 36 remote from the plate 34 in the mounted state makes contact with the part of the trigger microphone 14 generating the signal vol ⁇ tage, i.e. the trigger plate or the trigger membrane.
- the vibrations of the string 8 are mechanically transmitted to the trigger microphone 14, such that the signal voltage is generated much more quick- ly than in the case of transmission by air pressure changes when playing the instrument without any trigger pin 32.
- the use of the trigger pin entails very quick responses, which may be of advantage when playing certain types of music, while other types of music require another type of responses, which can be achieved by dis ⁇ mounting the triggering pin 32.
- the tension of the string 8 does not affect the pitch, as the tone is generated electronically depending on a signal voltage produced by a trigger microphone 14, it is possible to provide a musical instrument or a per ⁇ cussion instrument conferring a playing feel corresponding to that of traditional drums and percussion instruments.
- the inventive instrument can be made much easier to play, since each separate string can be given an indi- vidual resilience or bounce, which facilitates playing the instrument when doing a roll on a string imitating a snare drum or when playing on a string imitating a high-hat, which suitably is given another bounce.
- the signal voltages generated when striking the respective string with the drum sticks or the pedal mallet enable individual processing in a sound synthesiser, a computer or other equipment for processing and subsequent amplification and reproduction.
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JP6515074A JPH08504964A (en) | 1992-12-18 | 1993-12-14 | Percussion instrument |
EP94903200A EP0729627A1 (en) | 1992-12-18 | 1993-12-14 | Percussion instrument with strings |
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SE9203838-9 | 1992-12-18 | ||
SE9203838A SE9203838L (en) | 1992-12-18 | 1992-12-18 | Percussion instrument with strings |
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US3474180A (en) * | 1968-12-23 | 1969-10-21 | American Express | Electronic stringed musical instrument of percussion |
GB2132402A (en) * | 1982-12-23 | 1984-07-04 | Mattel Inc | Drum pad means, drum pad assembly, and electronic musical instrument |
GB2183076A (en) * | 1985-11-16 | 1987-05-28 | Ian Barry Tragen | Drumstick electronic controlling system |
WO1989010611A1 (en) * | 1988-04-21 | 1989-11-02 | Andrew John Leggo | Percussion musical instrument |
WO1990003639A1 (en) * | 1988-09-20 | 1990-04-05 | Bradley Roy Clark | Transducer device for musical instruments |
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- 1993-12-14 EP EP94903200A patent/EP0729627A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1993-12-14 WO PCT/SE1993/001067 patent/WO1994015329A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1993-12-14 JP JP6515074A patent/JPH08504964A/en active Pending
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US3474180A (en) * | 1968-12-23 | 1969-10-21 | American Express | Electronic stringed musical instrument of percussion |
GB2132402A (en) * | 1982-12-23 | 1984-07-04 | Mattel Inc | Drum pad means, drum pad assembly, and electronic musical instrument |
GB2183076A (en) * | 1985-11-16 | 1987-05-28 | Ian Barry Tragen | Drumstick electronic controlling system |
WO1989010611A1 (en) * | 1988-04-21 | 1989-11-02 | Andrew John Leggo | Percussion musical instrument |
WO1990003639A1 (en) * | 1988-09-20 | 1990-04-05 | Bradley Roy Clark | Transducer device for musical instruments |
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SE9203838L (en) | 1993-12-13 |
EP0729627A1 (en) | 1996-09-04 |
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JPH08504964A (en) | 1996-05-28 |
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