Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
084725000 | Electromagnetic | 77 |
20090064853 | ACTIVE BRIDGE FOR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - A method of making musical sounds from a musical instrument may include amplifying musical sounds from vibrations of a vibrating element when a musical instrument is played, sensing forces between the musical instrument and the vibrating element and altering the forces applied to the vibrating element in response to the sensed forces to emulate musical sounds produced by a musical instrument having different musical characteristics, for example, to emulate an acoustic guitar. Piezoelectric material or magnetic material may be used to apply forces along one or more than one axis of vibration and may be controlled by a replaceable element and/or in response to user adjustments. The applied forces may be adjusted to control relative phase between the sensed and applied forces to avoid unwanted musical effects, such as unwanted sustained oscillation, in response to a fundamental period of the vibrations or random number generation to change the vibration waveform. | 03-12-2009 |
20100005954 | Sound Sensing Apparatus and Musical Instrument - A pickup is provided in an electric guitar to detect sound generated by the electric guitar. The pickup is fitted between the housing of the body of the electric guitar and a string. The pickup includes a magnetostrictor the magnetic characteristic of which varies depending on the vibration of the string; a detector operative to detect the variation in the magnetic characteristic of the magnetostrictor as an electric signal; and a supplier operative to supply the electric signal detected by the detector to a signal processor. Certain stress is applied to the magnetostrictor by the string of the electric guitar and the housing of the body. | 01-14-2010 |
20100107858 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SERVO ASSISTED DRUM - A drum includes a shell having first and second, spaced apart ends defining an interior volume; first and second drumheads, each stretched over a respective one of the first and second ends of the shell; and an electromechanical driver having a moving coil element operable to move the first drumhead in response to an electrical drive signal. | 05-06-2010 |
20110197742 | INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC APPAREL INCORPORATING A GUITAR IMAGE - Embodiments are directed to a novel technique used to create electronic apparel that is powered by batteries and generates light, or sound in reaction to various sensors on the garment. The wearer through the use of various options or effects can further modify the output through the use of various options or effects. The electronic apparel includes an image of an instrument and a keypad that allows for user control of sounds generated by electronic circuits incorporated in the garment. Sound generation circuitry and speakers are coupled to the keypad in an electronic assembly that is detachably coupled to the garment in such a way as to allow regular washing of the garment without any damage to the electronic devices. | 08-18-2011 |
20110296975 | APPARATUS COMPRISING A BASE AND A FINGER ATTACHMENT - Apparatus comprising a base, a finger attachment, and an electromagnet. The base comprises a proximity detector configured to determine an input distance between the finger attachment and the base. The apparatus further comprises a converter configured to convert the input distance between the finger attachment and the base into an output force to be applied to the finger attachment. The electromagnet is configured to apply a force to the finger attachment in accordance with the output force to be applied to the finger attachment as determined by the converter. | 12-08-2011 |
20120216667 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT UNIT - A sound generation timing is set as when a position of a playing device main body ( | 08-30-2012 |
20130074681 | System and Method for Generating Sound from an Object - Disclosed is a system and method for generating sound from an object that is not a traditional musical instrument. In one embodiment, the system includes an input configured to receive a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, an exciter for converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and a coupling interface for coupling the mechanical vibrations into a second musical instrument. The method for remotely generating sound includes the steps of generating a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, transmitting the signal, receiving the signal at an input, converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and coupling the mechanical vibrations to an object capable of producing sound waves. | 03-28-2013 |
20130118339 | Computerized percussion instrument - A computerized musical percussion instrument is disclosed. Markers carried by the musician are observed by an imager to produce a series of two dimensional images over the time of the performance. A processor receives the images and distinguishes between markers (e.g. left hand, right hand) by comparing the position and size of unidentified markers in the current image to the position and size of identified markers in preceding images. The processor analyses each markers' movements and detects a drum hit when a marker undergoes a sharp reversal of its motion direction after reaching sufficient speed. The processor determines which drum the musician intends to hit by comparing the position and size of the marker at the instant of the hit to the position and size attributes of each drum. The processor outputs an audio signal for each hit, corresponding to the drum hit, with a volume determined by marker speed. | 05-16-2013 |
20130312590 | Electromagnetic Cymbal Pickup - A cymbal vibration transducer system includes a cymbal and a cymbal pickup. The cymbal pickup has a ferromagnetic body affixed to the cymbal and is operable to vibrate with the cymbal. It also has a one or more pickup heads each operable to transduce the vibrations of the ferromagnetic body into electrical signals. A method for transducing cymbal vibrations includes vibrating a ferromagnetic body commensurately with cymbal vibrations, applying a first magnetic flux to the vibrating the ferromagnetic body, and detecting disruptions in a first electric signal resulting from vibrations of the ferromagnetic body in the first magnetic flux. | 11-28-2013 |
20140208925 | PICKUP SYSTEM FOR CAJON PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS - A pickup system for a cajón percussion instrument that includes pickups coupled to the cajón that provide pickup signals to a control box that provides a system output signal. Pickups can be located on different or the same panels of the cajón. Pickups can be near one another to produce similar pickup signals. The system can include audio processors for modifying the pickup signals. The audio processors can include filters for changing amplitude verses frequency responses. The control box can include a summing device for combining the pickup signals. The system can include one or more output jacks. The pickup signals can be provided to different output jacks. The pickups can include piezoelectric pickups, microphones, coils and magnets, or other types of pickups. The control box can include tone and volume controls accessible and adjustable by a player to modify the system output signal. | 07-31-2014 |
20150128790 | ACTUATOR FOR VIBRATING A SOUND BOARD IN A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING SAME - In an actuator ( | 05-14-2015 |
20160140945 | Electronic Musical Instrument Percussion System with Electromagnetic Sensor - The present invention relates to electronic percussion musical instrument system, and particularly to an electronic drum, which comprises one or more electronic control units to generate sounds. The system has an upper surface, which receives the percussion and is covered by a rubber layer useful for giving a realistic rebound to the musician, a lower surface and an electromagnetic sensor operating according to the Faraday-Neumann-Lentz physics law, which has a magnet placed in adherence to the upper surface and a bobbin applied to the lower surface, and a shock absorber spacer arranged between the two surfaces to allow the two components of the electromagnetic sensor to remain in reciprocal suspension. | 05-19-2016 |
084726000 | String | 65 |
20080264242 | PHASE SHIFTING DEVICE IN ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - It is an object of the invention to provide a phase switching device in an electric musical instrument capable of outputting a sound wave, which is output from the electric musical instrument, in a positive phase. A detection means that detects whether a sound wave transmitted from an electric musical instrument has a positive phase or a negative phase and a phase inverting means that inverts the phase of the sound wave from the electric musical instrument to a positive phase when a result of detection performed by the detection means is a negative phase are provided. An inversion operation driving means that causes the phase inverting means to perform an inversion operation on the basis of a detection signal when the result detected by the detection means is a negative phase is provided between the detection means and the phase inverting means. | 10-30-2008 |
20090071317 | Internally mounted self-contained amplifier and speaker system for acoustic guitar - An apparatus for the amplification and projection of the sound of a musical instrument, such as an acoustic guitar, adapted to mount within the guitar itself. The apparatus may mount within the sound hole of the guitar, with an outward facing speaker within the sound hole adapted to project the sound of the instrument. The apparatus may have an amplifier attached to the speaker in a unitary design. The apparatus may be battery powered. | 03-19-2009 |
20090183626 | Electric Stringed Instrument with Interchangeable Pickup Assembly and Method for Upgrading Ordinary Electric Stringed Instruments - An electronic instrument comprising at least one receptacle which is configured to insertably receive interchangeable pickup assemblies and which is positioned relative to at least one suspended and taut vibrating element, and whereby the interchangeable pickup assembly is electrically connected and removably secured to the instrument's body via an electric contact. | 07-23-2009 |
20090249946 | ELECTRIC GUITAR - An electric guitar having a body with a cavity formed in the body. A mounting ring is attached to the body around the cavity. At least one sound pickup is positioned in the cavity and the sound pickup is secured to the mounting ring at a user selected location. | 10-08-2009 |
20090255397 | PASSIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC STRING ISOLATING PICKUP - A passive pickup that utilizes electromagnetic coils comprising circuits that are connected in series and placed underneath and parallel to the strings of the electrical instrument. Each circuit within the passive pickup can be run through separate amplifiers in stereo or combined with standard guitar pickup signals and run through one or more amplifiers. The passive string isolating pickup is directed at allowing utilization of signal processing (guitar effects) in a string-isolated mono or stereo manner and the adjustment the volume and tone of isolated strings when wired in conjunction with volume and tone potentiometers. | 10-15-2009 |
20090308233 | PROGRAMABLE SWITCH FOR CONFIGURING CIRCUIT TOPOLOGIES - The disclosed invention is a programmable switch for configuring circuit topologies. The switch can be any type of mechanical or electronic switch. Every setting of the switch can be programmed by a user, selecting topologies such as circuit elements in series, in parallel, in phase or out of phase. In a dual switch embodiment, the first switch selects the circuit elements to be used, and the second switch configures those selected elements in a wide variety of topologies. This division in switch circuit design between element selection and then topology provides an extremely wide range of circuit topologies available, unlike prior art designs. | 12-17-2009 |
20100101399 | Electromagnetic Pickup for stringed musical instruments - An electromagnetic pickup adapted for use with a multistringed musical instrument having strings formed of a ferromagnetic material having a first wire coil wound in a first direction in an elongated oval shape wherein the first coil has a geometrical dimension along its elongated axis which exceeds the distance between the first and second strings wherein the first coil includes an opening which extends through the interior thereof, a second wire coil wound in a first direction in an elongated oval shape wherein the second coil has a geometrical dimension along its elongated axis which exceeds the distance between the third and fourth strings wherein the second coil includes an opening which extends through the interior thereof, a third wire coil wound in a first direction in an elongated oval shape wherein the third coil has a geometrical dimension along its elongated axis which exceeds the distance between the fifth and sixth strings wherein the third coil includes an opening which extends through the interior thereof, a fourth wire coil wound in a first direction in an elongated oval shape wherein the fourth coil has a geometrical dimension along its elongated axis which exceeds the distance between the first and sixth strings wherein the first coil includes an opening which extends through the interior thereof, and wherein said first, second and third coil are positioned in a side-by-side arrangement and wherein said fourth coil encompasses said first, second and third coil, a permanent magnet assembly which is positioned in the openings of said coils with one pole positioned in a magnetic coupling relationship with the strings of the multistringed instrument and with the other pole positioned so as to be remote from the string and a circuit for electrically connecting the first coil, the second coil, the third coil and the fourth coil wherein the coil assembly applies a magnetic field across the strings which is intercepted by the vibrating strings to produce an electrical signal is shown. | 04-29-2010 |
20100122623 | ELECTROMAGNETIC PICKUP FOR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND AN ELECTRIC GUITAR - An electromagnetic pickup for a musical instrument, has two coils ( | 05-20-2010 |
20100263521 | Stringed Instrument with Active String Termination Motion Control - A system for controlling for at least one string of a musical instrument by selectively exciting or damping vibration of the string is provided. The system includes at least one transducer configured to sense a lateral vibration of the string and/or to apply an actuating force to the string. A controller is configured to determine an actuating signal for driving the actuator to apply a longitudinal actuating force to the string at a termination point of the string. The longitudinal actuating force are operable to modulate a tension of the string that increases and/or damps the lateral vibration and/or selected harmonics thereof. | 10-21-2010 |
20100288109 | STRINGED INSTRUMENT - The invention relates to a stringed instrument having two long-shaped parts ( | 11-18-2010 |
20110048215 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - A sensor assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of movable strings includes a primary winding extending outward to form a mounting member and adapted to be disposed on the stringed musical instrument. The sensor assembly includes at least one magnet disposed adjacent the primary winding to generate a magnetic field. The primary winding creates a primary current from a disruption in the magnetic field by the movable strings and the primary current creates a primary electromagnetic flux. The sensor assembly further includes at least one secondary being coupled to the primary winding. The at least one secondary winding transforms the primary electromagnetic flux into a secondary current adapted to pass out the stringed musical instrument. | 03-03-2011 |
20110067556 | Output selection system for stringed instruments - Given a polyphonic pickup system based on either magnets or piezo's with one signal per string of a given multi-stringed musical instrument, switches then transfer the signal from either of a plurality of positions to a plurality of output signals, which can then be processed through different series of effects, making it sound like there are a plurality of instruments using only one. | 03-24-2011 |
20110100200 | POLYPHONIC GUITAR PICKUP - A guitar pickup for use with an electric guitar may comprise a base, a plurality of magnets operably coupled to the base, and a plurality of bobbins situated on the plurality of magnets. The plurality of bobbins may each have a pole slug within its interior and may each have a wire coiled around its shaft. One or more of the plurality of magnets may be able to induce a change in magnetic flux in the pole slug in response to vibrations of a guitar string of the electric guitar. | 05-05-2011 |
20110232464 | STRING INSTRUMENT HAVING A BASEBALL BAT BODY - A string musical instrument is provided such as a violin comprising a body in the shape of the baseball bat. | 09-29-2011 |
20110232465 | ELECTRIC STRINGED INSTRUMENT WITH INTERCHANGEABLE PICKUP ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR UPGRADING ORDINARY ELECTRIC STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - An electronic instrument comprising at least one receptacle which is configured to insertably receive interchangeable pickup assemblies and which is positioned relative to at least one suspended and taut vibrating element, and whereby the interchangeable pickup assembly is electrically connected and removably secured to the instrument's body via an electric contact. | 09-29-2011 |
20110239848 | ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - Embodiments of the invention provide an electronic musical instrument. The electronic musical instrument comprises a base and a switch array disposed on the base. The switch array comprises multiple contacts disposed on the base and multiple strings suspended over the contacts. The array is configured to generate input signals by pressing the strings over the contacts. The electronic instrument further comprises a processor coupled to the switch array. The processor is configured to receive the input signals and generate output signals, wherein the output signals correspond to musical note information. | 10-06-2011 |
20120103169 | Magnetic Instrument Pickup - An instrument pickup including a stack of thin laminated printed circuit boards. Each layer includes an etched coil conductor structure with narrow lines and spaces defining the coil structure. The layers are connected via through holes. The etched lines are smaller than the insulated copper wire (also sometimes called magnetic wire) of a conventional instrument pickup, which means that the size, volume and/or height of the pickup may be reduced relative to a conventional wire wound instrument pickup. | 05-03-2012 |
20120103170 | MAGNETIC FLUX CONCENTRATOR FOR INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PICKUP - An electromagnetic pickup adapted to be secured to a stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar or bass or the like, of the type having a plurality of magnetic strings of ferromagnetic composition such as steel tensioned to provide musical notes under mechanical stimulation such as picking is disclosed. The electromagnetic pickup comprises at least one magnetized core having a length and a width. An electrically conductive material is wound into at least one coil around the magnetized core, and a ferromagnetic material such as iron, nickel, cobalt or alloys thereof is positioned on at least one side of the length and internally of at least a portion of the electrically conductive material. The electromagnetic pickup is mounted proximate the strings in such a manner that magnetic field of the pickup extends to the strings for the purpose of generating an output electrical signal analogous to the musical notes. | 05-03-2012 |
20120118129 | Electromagnetic pickup with multiple wire coils wound around individual pole sets to attain multiple tones - An electromagnetic pickup for electric guitars has a plural of wire coils around each pole set and two lead wires connected to each wire coil. Individual wire coils around a pole set have different oxygen contents and/or gages and/or turns and/or coating materials such that one wire coil produces a tone color distinctive from another wire coil. | 05-17-2012 |
20120125181 | Electromagnetic Field Pickup for Musical Instruments - An electromagnetic field pickup ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120210847 | PICKUP SYSTEM WITH A CARTRIDGE - The present invention is a pickup system including a transducer, a mount, and a cartridge for modifying perceived sound from a musical instrument. The transducer includes a housing, a magnet and an electric signal carrier. The mount attaches the transducer to the instrument. The cartridge includes a container and attachment device, which positions the container in proximity to the transducer. The attachment device engages the container with the transducer so as to affect the electric signal created by the instrument. The cartridges and container can be either integral or interchangeable to vary resonance materials to the transducer. The container may be filled with another material, including ferromagnetic fluid for an induced magnet effect upon the perceived sound from the transducer. | 08-23-2012 |
20120210848 | PICKUP DEVICE AND ELECTRIC STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT USING THE PICKUP DEVICE - A pickup device mountable on a body of an electric stringed musical instrument and configured to convert vibrations of strings of the musical instrument into electric signals, including: at least one magnet each being disposed near one of the strings when the pickup device is mounted; a coil wound around the magnet; and a magnetic attaching member which is conductably connected to the coil and which can be magnetized, wherein the magnetic attaching member is constituted by a magnet which is magnetically attachable to an attachment member provided on a surface of the body, wherein the attachment member is conductably connected to at least one electric component provided on the body, and wherein the magnetic attaching member is configured such that an electrically conductive state can be established between the magnetic attaching member and the attachment member when the magnetic attaching member is magnetically attached to the attachment member. | 08-23-2012 |
20120210849 | MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED, ACCELEROMETER BASED GUITAR PICKUP SWITCHING SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for selecting combinations of pickups on a guitar or other stringed instrument allows a performer to control the pickup selections without interrupting instrument play. Combinations of pickups are selected by a processor according to measurements of orientation, position, and/or rate of movement made by an accelerometer. The accelerometer measurements can be filtered. Any or all elements of the system can be contained in a hollow space within the instrument. A manual control can be included to override the processor. Pickup combinations and/or accelerometer measurement ranges can be specified by manual controls while in a training mode. In a sequential mode, pickup combinations are selected in a preset order and for preset time periods. The accelerometer sampling rate can be between 1000 and 100 samples per second, and the sampled data can be stored in an 11 by 11 array. | 08-23-2012 |
20120240751 | HYBRID STRINGED INSTRUMENT - Herein disclosed is a hybrid stringed instrument. The instrument may have at least one body, at least one string disposed on at least part of the instrument, at least one sensor effective to sense at least one motion of at least one string or the motion caused on another member by operating the at least one string, and at least one neck having at least one electronic interface effective to sense at least one user input or a lack thereof. Further disclosed are methods and programs for creating, receiving, analyzing, sending and converting signals associated with at least some embodiments of a hybrid stringed instrument. | 09-27-2012 |
20120272815 | Magnetic Instrument Pickup - Various improvements and configurations for magnetic musical instrument pickups. Many of the embodiments discussed herein include printed circuit board (pcb) coils, but other embodiments may involve conventional wire wound coils. In some embodiments, the coils (pcb and/or wire wound) are encased in rigid encasement material (see DEFINITIONS section) to reduce microphony and make a quieter pickup. Also, the use of pcb coils allows for many and various new coil shapes and/or configurations because the footprint and stacking of pcb traces are relatively easy to control and/or change. Also disclosed are electromagnetic field interference reduction techniques and integration of multiple coils directly into a single pcb substrate and/or scratchpate. Also disclosed is the use of Hallbach biasing magnet arrays in connection with wire wound and/or pcb coils. | 11-01-2012 |
20120312146 | Interface Adapter for Installation of a Standard Magnetic Pickup into an Acoustic Guitar Sound Hole - The interface device provides a means to install a standard magnetic pickup into the sound hole of an acoustic guitar in a manner which employs the use of a commercially available feedback reduction device. The interface mounting device provides the ability to use standard magnetic guitar pickups with an acoustic guitar that would normally require a special purpose guitar pickup. Further this interface mounting device provides a means to install the standard magnetic guitar pickup in a manner that is both secure during its operation, is adjustable to fit personal taste, is totally removable, and does not permanently affect the underlying acoustic guitar. | 12-13-2012 |
20130074682 | System and Method for Remotely Generating Sound from a Musical Instrument - Disclosed is a system and method for remotely generating sound from a musical instrument. In one embodiment, the system includes an input configured to receive a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, an exciter for converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and a coupling interface for coupling the mechanical vibrations into a second musical instrument. The method for remotely generating sound includes the steps of generating a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, transmitting the signal, receiving the signal at an input, converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and coupling the mechanical vibrations to a second musical instrument capable of producing sound waves. | 03-28-2013 |
20130239788 | Single Coil Parallel Tapped Magnetic Pickup - A parallel tapped magnetic pickup for an electrical stringed musical instrument is provided. The parallel tapped magnetic pickup comprises a coil formed with at least two parallel connected wound wires. A guitar in combination with the parallel tapped pickup is additionally provided. | 09-19-2013 |
20130276621 | TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY MOUNTING KIT WITH FEEDBACK REDUCTION DEVICE FOR INSTALLATION INTO THE SOUND HOLE OF AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR - The invention provides elements used to attach a standard magnetic pickup, in conjunction with a feedback reduction device, into the sound hole of an acoustic guitar in a manner that does not alter the inherent sound characteristics of the underlying guitar. The approach put forward provides a significant advantage by providing the ability to install a broad range of commercially available standard magnetic pickups, which combined with the feedback reduction device, provides the capability to achieve high gain amplification utilizing an open body acoustic guitar while eliminating the highly objectionable squeal that is customary in this type of application. The invention consists of a basic modification kit: the pickup mounting elements, the pickup itself, the feedback reduction device, the metalized guitar strings, the conductive string anchor bracket, and the interconnect cable assembly. | 10-24-2013 |
20130312591 | Variable Resonant Bifilar Single Coil Magnetic Pickup - A bifilar pickup for an electrical stringed musical instrument is provided. The bifilar pickup comprises a single coil wherein the coil is formed with two closely spaced but electrically isolated parallel wound wires. A guitar in combination with the bifilar pickup is additionally provided. | 11-28-2013 |
20130327202 | Low Impedance Dual Coil Bifilar Magnetic Pickup - A bifilar pickup for an electrical stringed musical instrument is provided. The bifilar pickup comprises a dual coil wherein at least one coil is formed with two closely spaced bifilar parallel wound wires. A guitar in combination with the pickup unit is additionally provided. | 12-12-2013 |
20130333545 | MAGNETICALLY MOUNTED PICKUP FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - Improved pickups for stringed instruments, such as guitars, ukuleles, banjos and the like. The pickup system includes a housing with a transducer element and a first magnetic means, and a distinct second magnetic means that cooperates with the first magnetic means to grasp a part of the instrument there between and thereby releasably mount the pickup on the instrument. Thus the pickup system can be easily mounted, removed or moved to other locations on the stringed instrument to produce the most desirable effect. | 12-19-2013 |
20140013929 | ACOUSTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE CHAMBER FOR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - An electric stringed musical instrument includes a body, a neck extending from the body, a plurality of tensioned strings extending between the body and the neck and an electric pick-up mounted to the body at a location for cooperation with the tensioned strings. The electric stringed musical instrument also includes an amplifier electrically connected to the electric pick-up and a speaker connected to the amplifier for the generation of sound waves. An elongated acoustic chamber extends from the speaker to an output port. The amplifier, speaker and elongated acoustic chamber are housed within the body. | 01-16-2014 |
20140033905 | ELECTRIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - According to some embodiments, a stringed musical instrument is provided. The stringed musical instrument comprises a neck portion, a body portion coupled to the neck portion, and a strap anchor system attached to the body portion comprising a strap arm and strap arm wheel. | 02-06-2014 |
20140041514 | Advanced Pickup Selector Switch Assembly - The Advanced Pickup Switch is a lever-style switch that will allow any guitarist, with a minimal amount of technical skill, to alter the pickup wiring configuration of their electric guitar for altering the tonal choices available without the need to manually hard-wire each connection. The tonal alterations are effected via rotationally and axially displaceable multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) discs that contain pre-determined tracings for specific pickup coil configurations. These are attached to the outboard sides of the switch with a single screw, thereby allowing for complex wiring alterations with the use of a screwdriver alone. The lateral movement of the switch and corresponding axial displacement of the PCB's allows for the expansion of the number of combinations without the use of a secondary switch. A robust two-pronged resilient detent arm cooperates with gearage for providing a switch with the tactile feedback that is familiar and comfortable to guitarists worldwide. | 02-13-2014 |
20140069264 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WITH AN AUXILIARY PICKUP - The present invention seeks to provide a stringed musical instrument, such as an electric guitar, that has certain tones separately amplified from the amplification provided by a standard electrical musical instrument configuration. Specifically, the present invention is a stringed musical instrument with an auxiliary pickup beneath and longitudinally parallel to at least one of the strings of the musical instrument. This auxiliary pickup has a corresponding auxiliary output jack for coupling to an octave pedal and to an amplifier. | 03-13-2014 |
20140144310 | ELECTRONIC STRINGED INSTRUMENT - An electronic stringed instrument has a bridge section attached to one end portion of each of a plurality of conductive strings; a string touch sensor detecting a pitch when the strings are respectively pressed against and conducted to a plurality of conductive metal frets; bridge saddles and insulation tubes, which insulate the strings from the bridge section; and electrically conductive tubes, serving as connection sections, respectively connected and conducted to the strings. While holding a string with a finger, the same string can be picked, and the string pushed by the finger can be pressed against the metal fret. Accordingly, the string can be operated without a sense of incongruity. Because the strings and the bridge section can be insulated even when the bridge section is formed of metal, musical sound information can be precisely and reliably detected, and a favorable musical performance can be achieved. | 05-29-2014 |
20140216235 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND CONVERTING FREQUENCIES ON ELECTRICAL STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - A method of producing an output from an electrical stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, having a plurality of strings includes steps of (i) receiving a plurality of analog signals, each analog signal being generated in response to vibration of a corresponding one of the plurality of strings and each analog signal having an associated frequency, (ii) identifying from among the analog signals a particular one of the analog signals having the lowest associated frequency, and (iii) creating an output electrical signal based on only the particular one of the analog signals, the output electrical signal having a converted frequency that is lower than the associated frequency of the particular one of the analog signals. | 08-07-2014 |
20140251117 | Universal Pickup - A musical instrument pickup including an apparatus that allows for easy interchangement of magnets for modifying tone. | 09-11-2014 |
20140318350 | HUMBUCKER PICKUP DEVICE FOR ACTIVE AND PASSIVE GUITARS - A humbucker pickup device for active and passive guitars includes two magnets positioned besides each other, with opposite poles of the magnets facing each other. A first set of pole pieces may be positioned along an outer pole of the first magnet and a second set of pole pieces positioned along an outer pole of the second magnet. Each set of pole pieces may create two narrow and useful magnetic fields to interact with a respective string at two points. The device includes two coils as a matched pair. The device may include a steel plate between the magnets for improving the interaction of the magnetic fields with the string and a preamplifier working in a balanced input mode. | 10-30-2014 |
20140326125 | Vibration Sensor Device For Musical Instruments - The present invention relates to a sensor device ( | 11-06-2014 |
20140373701 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCER FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENT - Devices and methods for transducing vibrations of a ferromagnetic string in a musical stringed instrument are provided. Specifically, including those for modulating the timbre of a stringed musical instrument with an electromagnetic pickup independent of loudness, sensitivity and dynamic range. | 12-25-2014 |
20150027300 | PICKUP ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRICAL STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A pickup for an electrical, stringed musical instrument includes a first assembly and a second assembly. The first assembly includes a base plate, a pole that extends upward from the base plate and a coil of wire wrapped around the pole above the base plate. The second assembly includes a housing that has a fastening feature that allows the second assembly to be user attachable and detachable from the first assembly independently of any electrical connections made by the first assembly. The second assembly also includes a magnet seated within the housing. The pickup is further constructed so that the second assembly readily attaches and detaches to the first assembly such that when attached, the pole of the first assembly is in magnetic cooperation with the magnet of the second assembly. | 01-29-2015 |
20150040744 | DETACHABLE CONTROLLER DEVICE FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - A device that can be temporarily attached to a musical instrument and easily detached without permanent modification to the instrument. The device is comprised of a set of controls attached to circuitry that is used to send digital data to a computer or other hardware to be used for music synthesis, manipulation, or production. | 02-12-2015 |
20150053069 | MAGNETIC PICKUP FOR GUITAR - An aspect of the invention is a magnetic pickup for a stringed musical instrument. The aspect includes a bobbin wherein the bobbin includes a magnetic pole piece and a winding of wire configured to be wound thereabout the bobbin, a magnetic material disposed adjacent to the bobbin; a base plate adjacent the magnetic material and wherein the winding of wire is comprised of a silver material. | 02-26-2015 |
20150059560 | Electric guitar having interchangeable electromagnetic Pickups - An electric guitar with interchangeable electromagnetic pickups characterised because the body of the guitar has a perforated cavity, not as a whole, from the height of the sixth string to the bottom of the instrument, including part of its edge, and from the height of the bridge to the beginning of the neck, intended by means of a downward-upward manual movement to house the cartridge where the pickups will be installed, in the same position under the strings as in other conventional guitars. | 03-05-2015 |
20150068392 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD PICKUP FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A retrofit pickup assembly for stringed instruments is disclosed. The retrofit pickup assembly includes an existing coil and existing or new magnets and a flexible circuit having a plurality of wires and two connectors. A pickup assembly for new stringed instruments is also disclosed utilizing the same principles. A method of retrofitting an existing pickup assembly for stringed instruments is also disclosed. | 03-12-2015 |
20150325220 | Combination Guitar and Bass - This invention is a combination stringed musical instrument like a guitar along with bass guitar elements. The invention can be either acoustic or electric. The instrument employs a common body, neck, and fingerboard, with the scale of the neck and fingerboard of a traditional guitar. The instrument uses both standard guitar and standard bass guitar strings. Significantly, this invention is designed to incorporate one or more bass strings replacing string(s) of a traditional guitar, with those bass string(s) tuned one octave lower than the string(s) replaced. An arrangement of independent electromagnetic pickups is used to isolate the signals from the bass strings from the signals of the guitar strings, and optionally present those signals as combined or separate at the output jack. | 11-12-2015 |
20150371623 | Magnetoelectric Pickup Element for Detecting Oscillating Magnetic Fields - A magnetoelectric pickup device for use with a stringed musical instrument combines magnetostriction and the piezoelectric effect to detect a combination of magnetic field oscillations produced by a vibrating ferromagnetic string and acoustic vibrations from the body of the instrument itself. The result is a sound reproduction that preserves the natural acoustic timbre of the instrument. | 12-24-2015 |
20150379978 | Electromagnetic Pickup for Stringed Instruments - An electromagnetic pickup for electric guitars has one or two dual-coil assemblies wherein an inner coil is wound around a bobbin and then an outer coil around the inner coil. In the dual-coil assembly the inner coil replaces the entire or part of wall space of pole piece holes in a plastic molded bobbin. The outer and inner coils in the dual-coil assembly are electrically connected in-phase to produce single coil pickup sound. The outer coil is connected to the coil in the other pole piece/bobbin/coil assembly out-of-phase to generate humbucking pickup sound. | 12-31-2015 |
20160027422 | Acoustic-electric stringed instrument with improved body, electric pickup placement, pickup switching and electronic circuit - An electric-acoustic stringed instrument has a removable, adjustable and acoustic artwork top with a decorative bridge and tailpiece; a mounting system for electric string vibration pickups that allows five degrees of freedom in placement and orientation of each pickup anyplace between the neck and bridge; a pickup switching system that provides K*(K−1)/2 series-connected and K*(K−1)/2 parallel-connected humbucking circuits for K matched single-coil pickups; and an on-board preamplifier and distortion circuit, running for over 100 hours on two AA cells, that provides control over second- and third-harmonic distortion. The switched pickups, and up to M=12 switched tone capacitors provide up to M*K*(K−1) tonal options, plus a linear combination of linear, near second-harmonic and near-third harmonic signals, preamp settings, and possible additional vibration sensors in or on the acoustic top. | 01-28-2016 |
20160035331 | INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - An installation structure for an acoustic transducer for vibrating a vibrated body of a musical instrument in a first direction for permitting the vibrated body to generate sounds, including: the acoustic transducer having a main body and a vibrating portion that vibrates in the first direction; a support portion to be fixed to a housing of the musical instrument for supporting the main body; and a cover member fixed to the support portion for covering the acoustic transducer, wherein the support portion includes a base plate portion to be held in surface contact with the housing so as to be fixed thereto, a first fixing portion to which the main body is fixed and which supports the main body, and a second fixing portion to which the cover member is fixed, and wherein the first and second fixing portions are connected to the base plate portion independently of each other. | 02-04-2016 |
20160049142 | MOVABLE SENSING DEVICE FOR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - Apparatuses and systems are disclosed for movable sensing for stringed instruments. A string selector module selects one or more strings of a stringed instrument in response to a user of the stringed instrument positioning at least a portion of the string selector module over the one or more selected strings. The stringed instrument includes a plurality of strings, and the plurality of strings includes the one or more selected strings and one or more unselected strings. A sensor module produces an electrical signal in response to vibration of the one or more selected strings. | 02-18-2016 |
20160093279 | Passive Amplification System for Stringed Instruments - A passive amplifier for a stringed instrument (such as an electric guitar) comprises a pickup and a resonator. The pickup is removably attached at one end to the headstock of the stringed instrument and extends substantially normal to the headstock. The resonator is attached to the other end of the pickup. The resonator has a generally flared structure. An aperture in the pickup extends from one end to the other end. | 03-31-2016 |
20160111072 | MULTIFERROIC TRANSDUCER FOR AUDIO APPLICATIONS - A multiferroic transducer for an electrical stringed-instrument pickup comprising an upper layer and lower layer of magnetostrictive material and a middle layer of piezoelectric or ferroelectric material disposed between the upper layer and lower layer. | 04-21-2016 |
20220139360 | Fulcrum Tremolo Spring Locking Claw and Claw Resonator Plate - Sonic improvement for all stringed instruments that employ a fulcrum tremolo bridge system with back of instrument counter tensioning springs. The improvement is provided by securing springs to claw assembly, as well as securing claw assemble to a flat plate of material which is in turn secured to instrument body. The claw and resonator plate can be fabricated as two individual pieces then fastened together or as a combined one piece assemble that is then fastened to instrument body. | 05-05-2022 |
084727000 | With adjustable means | 7 |
20080245217 | Nearly Closed Magnetic Flux Electromagnetic Transducer for Instrument Pickups - An improved electromagnetic transducer for use in electric instrument pickups is described. The magnetic circuit of the transducer is almost entirely enclosed, leading to a very efficient and quiet design. A magnetically susceptible transducer core ( | 10-09-2008 |
20080245218 | NOVEL ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCER FOR INSTRUMENT PICKUPS - This invention relates generally to electromagnetic transducers, and more specifically, to devices that convert the mechanical vibrations of a magnetically permeable object, such as a ferromagnetic instrument string, into an electrical signal using electromagnetism. In one embodiment, the invention includes a core, the core being magnetically susceptible, the core including opposing ends that are in close proximity to each other to define a gap, the gap configurable to receive a portion of at least one string, the at least one string being magnetically susceptible; a magnet, the magnet configurable to being disposed proximate to the at least one string and configurable to transfer magnetic flux to the at least one string, the magnetic flux from the at least one string being transferable to the core through the opposing ends; and a coil, the coil being disposed about the core, the coil being configurable to produce current in response to the magnetic flux from the core, wherein mechanical vibration of the at least one string produces a vibration of the magnetic flux in the core that induces current in the coil. | 10-09-2008 |
20080257136 | Stringed Musical Instrument with Improved Method and Apparatus for Tuning and Signal Processing - A musical instrument includes a fretboard, frets aligned in a first direction on the fretboard, a number of strings, aligned in a second direction above the frets, and tensioning devices operable to hold the strings in tension such that the pitch of adjacent strings at any given fret differ by one whole tone. Signals from string vibration pickups may be electronically processed and amplified to modify the sound produced by the musical instrument. | 10-23-2008 |
20090025543 | Instant coil system - A box installed in an instrument with a cut out where a pick up coil can be instantly slid in and out or side to side. The coils are slid into the box unit which has a slice in it to allow the coils to be slid side to side along a path of the strings to achieve different tonal effects. | 01-29-2009 |
20140245877 | PICKUP FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENT - A pickup for engagement to the body of an instrument having metal strings, such as a guitar in position proximate to the strings. The pickup features a coil having loops of wire wound around a recess having a magnetic member therein which projects a magnetic field to magnetize the strings. The electrical current in said coil wire induced by a movement the strings generates a first electrical signal from said first end of the coil wire and corresponding AC second electric signal from said second end of the coil wire. One or a plurality of tap wires engaged to the coil wire at tap points, provide additional individual electronic signals which may be mixed, or may be communicated individually to an amplifier or mixing component. | 09-04-2014 |
20160005388 | PICKUP DEVICE FOR A STRING INSTRUMENT - A pickup device for a string instrument includes a base unit to be disposed at a rear side of the string instrument, a securing unit disposed on the base unit and configured to secure removably the base unit to the string instrument, and a sound pickup unit mounted to the base unit and configured to generate an electrical sound signal in response to a sound received thereby. | 01-07-2016 |
20160196814 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VARIABLE APERTURE ELECTROMAGNETIC PICKUP FOR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | 07-07-2016 |
084728000 | Noise reduction (e.g., error prevention, etc.) | 2 |
20140202319 | ELECTROSTATIC INTERFERENCE SHIELD FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PICKUPS - A musical instrument pickup with electrostatic interference (ESI) shield that reduces audible ESI noise in an audio output signal sent to an audio amplifier. The pickup includes an electrostatically sensitive surface, a carbon coating shielding the surface, and a ground conductor electrically connected to the carbon coating to carry a reference potential of the amplifier to the carbon coating. The carbon coating can include a conductive metal component. The coated surface can be a pickup cover, base, bobbin, or other component. The audio amplifier can include an input terminal and a ground terminal having the reference potential, and the pickup can include an electrical connection carrying the pickup audio output signal to the amplifier input terminal, and another electrical connection carrying the reference potential from the amplifier ground terminal to the pickup ground conductor. | 07-24-2014 |
20160055841 | NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE - A passive noise reduction device may be used with an instrument having at least one electromagnetic pickup. The device may include a device coil wound so as to form at least one free-shaped ring, a first terminal for connection to the pickup coil, and a second terminal for connection to ground. The device coil is responsive to the one or more stimuli so as to produce a noise electrical signal component in the device coil. The pickup coil and the device coil are in substantially the same plane. The noise reduction device coil is wound such that the pickup noise electrical signal component is substantially 180° out of phase with respect to the device noise electrical signal component, and such that the device noise electrical signal component destructively interferes with the pickup noise electrical signal component so as to reduce noise in a resultant electrical signal into the output circuit. | 02-25-2016 |