Abstract:
A string (1) for bowed musical instruments (V) comprising a thread-like element (2) adapted to be applied to a sound box (C) and to a handle (M) of a bowed musical instrument (V) and comprising one or more filamentary fibers (3), made of synthetic material and placed under tension or tensioned so as to form a monofilament or multi-filament central core (4), and an outer thread (5) made of natural material, simply spirally wound around the central core (4) with which it is directly in contact.
Abstract:
A bonded bow device for providing injured-hand support to a musician in playing a stringed instrument with an injured, disabled or otherwise impaired wrist, finger(s) and/or hand, and to play with a more relaxed wrist. The bonded bow device generally comprises a base formed as an elongate resilient partial-tubular member interrupted by a lengthwise notch configured for clamping a frog of a bow. A double-finger collar is fixedly attached to the base. In use a musician inserts any two adjacent good fingers of either hand through the double-finger collar and furls all remaining healthy fingers around the base and bow. No matter the remaining grip strength, the support given by double-finger collar adds enough control to enable the musician to play.
Abstract:
A device for detecting the grip pattern when playing a bowed instrument, having a sensor film arrangeable on the fingerboard for detecting the grip pattern. The sensor film is formed from at least one resistance layer, a conductive layer and a spacer layer arranged in-between, and having an evaluation circuit, by which evaluation circuit the resistance changes of the sensor film caused by the grip pattern are able to be detected. The resistance layer is divided into a number of resistance tracks corresponding to the number of strings of the bowed instrument. The width of each resistance track is formed increasing from one end of the sensor film to the other end of the sensor film, and the upper layer of the sensor film is formed by the conductive layer, and the sensor film has a curvature, corresponding to the arch of the fingerboard.
Abstract:
The present application discloses a pickup apparatus for a musical instrument, configured to improve sound quality of a musical instrument to a greatest possible degree, obtained by a piezoelectric element. The pickup apparatus, for the musical instrument, to be fixed to the musical instrument, includes: a disc-shaped piezoelectric element; a couple of circular members receiving interposition of the piezoelectric element therebetween; and leg portions being arranged on a surface of any one of the couple of circular members, each circular member having protrusions formed protrusively toward the other circular member in two positions along a peripheral edge of an opposite surface in a face-to-face relationship with the other circular member, the piezoelectric element being supported within an air gap formed by the protrusions between the couple of circular members in a state of the piezoelectric element being interposed between the protrusions possessed by the respective circular wood members.
Abstract:
The fingerboard/fretboard and/or bridge of a stringed instrument such as a guitar or violin is constructed lead crystal in lieu of the tradition wood construction utilized for these components. The lead crystal components are identically shaped to the components they are replacing. Changing the materials of construction of the fingerboard/fretboard and/or bridge to lead crystal in the stringed instrument creates a sound which is cleaner and with less distortion than those stringed instrument with a wooden fingerboard/fretboard and/or bridge. Additionally, utilizing a lead crystal the fingerboard/fretboard and/or bridge also provides a unanticipated benefit, the instrument is no longer capable of creating a screeching sound when played improperly. The resulting instrument is one which is simpler to play for both novices and advanced players, which is still capable of emanating an appealing sound.
Abstract:
An adjustable and foldable shoulder rest for a violin or viola includes a shoulder-engaging body having first and second foldable forks at first and second ends of the body for attaching to the violin or viola, first and second slidable end members for supporting the first and second forks, the first and second slidable end members being slidable between retracted and extended position. In the extended position, the end member is cantilevered beyond its respective slot. The shoulder rest may have a foam cushion with openings attached to the shoulder-engaging side of the shoulder rest. The end members may define rotational housings for receiving respective rotatable drums that receive threaded stems of the forks, thereby enabling the height of the forks to be adjusted and further enabling the forks to fold.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a bowed string instrument that allows a player to hold it in a stable manner and to handle a bow and strings without much effect. A bowed string instrument 1 has a body 102, a shoulder pad 103 connected to the body 102, a body receiver 106 disposed below the body 102 so as to receive a load of the body, and an operative joint portion 107 coupling the body 102 and the body receiver 106 to each other while allowing the body 102 to be slidable on a spherical surface. The body 102 includes a fingerboard 105, a plurality of strings 104 extending above the fingerboard 105, and a pair of bridges for supporting and tensioning the plurality of strings 104 above the fingerboard 105.
Abstract:
An adjustable and foldable shoulder rest for a violin or viola includes a shoulder-engaging body having first and second foldable forks at first and second ends of the body for attaching to the violin or viola, first and second slidable end members for supporting the first and second forks, the first and second slidable end members being slidable between retracted and extended position. In the extended position, the end member is cantilevered beyond its respective slot. The shoulder rest may have a foam cushion with openings attached to the shoulder-engaging side of the shoulder rest. The end members may define rotational housings for receiving respective rotatable drums that receive threaded stems of the forks, thereby enabling the height of the forks to be adjusted and further enabling the forks to fold.
Abstract:
A detachable electrodynamic sound pickup and amplification system, with a removable mounting plate and self-adhesive cabling, for classical string instruments and other musical instruments having electrically conductive strings, whose operation is based on the voltage generated in the electrically conductive strings of the instrument when they move three-dimensionally within a suitably shaped magnetic field. The sliding, removable mounting plate (3) with magnets (2) is clamped to the end of the fingerboard (11) of the instrument by use of a clip (19), and electrical connections are possible through self-adhesive connectors so that after removal of the mounting plate (3) and the remaining parts of the system, the instrument remains intact, without the slightest indication of any kind of aesthetic or constructional alteration.
Abstract:
An adjustable and foldable shoulder rest for a violin or viola includes a shoulder-engaging body having first and second foldable forks at first and second ends of the body for attaching to the violin or viola, first and second slidable end members for supporting the first and second forks, the first and second slidable end members being slidable between retracted and extended position. In the extended position, the end member is cantilevered beyond its respective slot. The shoulder rest may have a foam cushion with openings attached to the shoulder-engaging side of the shoulder rest. The end members may define rotational housings for receiving respective rotatable drums that receive threaded stems of the forks, thereby enabling the height of the forks to be adjusted and further enabling the forks to fold.