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Stringed musical instrument convertible between fretted and fretless playing configurations

A stringed musical instrument that is convertible between fretted and fretless playing configurations includes a body, a neck connected to the body at one of its ends, a fingerboard disposed on the neck, a plurality of movable frets spaced apart at positions along the fingerboard, a plurality of strings disposed above the frets, and, according to one aspect of the invention, at least one rod that extends through the frets, wherein the at least one rod is configured to function both as a spring and as a device for retaining the frets in the fingerboard. According to another aspect of the invention, at least one strip of material separates a metallic component of a fret adjustment device from another component of the instrument that is formed from metal, wherein the at least one strip of material is configured to provide permanent dry lubrication for the metallic component of the fret adjustment device. According to still another aspect of the invention, the fret adjustment device includes a plate member disposed in the body of the instrument and at least one cam rod extending beneath the plurality of frets, the plate member having at least one aperture disposed therein, wherein the at least one aperture of the plate member forms a passive connection with one end of the at least one cam rod.
Owner:STOCKWELL RANDALL ERIC

Harmonious scale instrument

The present invention relates to a musical instrument for producing a harmonious scale of musical notes. The instrument includes nine separate sound actuators each of which is configured to cause the musical instrument to generate a different frequency selected from the group of frequencies comprising 174 Hz, 285 Hz, 396 Hz, 417 Hz, 528 Hz, 639 Hz, 741 Hz, 852 Hz and 963 Hz, the musical instrument being configured such that physically manipulating the sound actuators causes the musical instrument to generate the frequency corresponding to the sound actuator manipulated. The invention is also directed at a system for—writing music to be played with a musical instrument incorporating the harmonious scale of musical notes as described above. The notation system includes a staff of five parallel and horizontal lines separated by four spaces, the first line indicating a first note of 174 Hz, the space immediately above the first line indicating a second note of 285 Hz, the second line indicating a third note of 396 Hz, the space immediately above the second line indicating a fourth note of 417 Hz, the third line indicating a fifth note of 528 Hz, the space immediately above the third line indicating a sixth note of 639 Hz, the fourth line indicating a seventh note of 741 Hz, the space immediately above the fourth line indicating an eighth of 852 Hz and the fifth line, indicating a ninth note of 963 Hz.
Owner:HEITER KELLY CARLA ROSE

Novel seven-stringed plucked instrument

PendingCN112927663ASolve technical problems that are prone to crackingIncrease vibration resonance effectHarpsSound productionMechanical engineering
The invention belongs to the technical field of seven-stringed plucked instruments, and particularly relates to a novel seven-stringed plucked instrument structure. A face plate or/and a bottom plate of the novel seven-stringed plucked instrument is/are formed by splicing a plurality of small wood blocks through tenon-and-mortise structures or wood pins and then bonding through a binder material; at least two holes are symmetrically formed in the joint of the face plate and the bottom plate; and the face plate and the bottom plate are bonded through the binder material. The face plate or/and bottom plate material of the seven-stringed plucked instrument is made into small wood blocks, and then the small wood blocks are spliced with the binder through the wood pins, so that the internal stress of the seven-stringed plucked instrument is reduced, the combination stability is improved, and the technical problem that the seven-stringed plucked instrument is easy to crack is effectively solved; and meanwhile, the wood pins are inserted into the small wood blocks for connection, so that the conduction efficiency of sound in the face plate and the bottom plate of the seven-stringed plucked instrument is higher, the speed is higher, the vibration resonance effect of the seven-stringed plucked instrument is improved, and the sound production effect is better.
Owner:程刚

Harmonious Scale Instrument

There is provided a musical instrument for producing a harmonious scale of musical notes, said instrument having nine separate sound actuators each of which is configured to cause the musical instrument to generate a different musical tone selected from the group of frequencies comprising 174 hz, 285 hz, 396 hz, 417 hz, 528 hz, 639 hz, 741 hz, 852 hz and 963 hz, the musical instrument being configured such that physically manipulating the sound actuators causes the musical instrument to generate the musical tone corresponding to the sound actuator manipulated. The invention is also directed at a system for writing music to be played with a musical instrument incorporating the harmonious scale of musical notes as described above. The notation system consists a staff of five equally spaced parallel and horizontal lines separated by four spaces, the first line indicating a fist note of 174 hz, the space immediately above the first line indicating a second note of 285 hz, the second line indicating a third note of 396 hz, the space immediately above the second line indicating a fourth note of 417 hz, the third line indicating a fifth note of 528 hz, the space immediately above the third line indicating a sixth note of 639 hz, the fourth line indicating a seventh note of 741 hz, the space immediately above the fourth line indicating an eighth of 852 hz and the fifth line, indicating a ninth note of 963 hz.
Owner:HEITER KELLY CARLA ROSE

Stringed musical instrument convertible between fretted and fretless playing configurations

A stringed musical instrument that is convertible between fretted and fretless playing configurations includes a body, a neck connected to the body at one of its ends, a fingerboard disposed on the neck, a plurality of movable frets spaced apart at positions along the fingerboard, a plurality of strings disposed above the frets, and, according to one aspect of the invention, at least one rod that extends through the frets, wherein the at least one rod is configured to function both as a spring and as a device for retaining the frets in the fingerboard. According to another aspect of the invention, at least one strip of material separates a metallic component of a fret adjustment device from another component of the instrument that is formed from metal, wherein the at least one strip of material is configured to provide permanent dry lubrication for the metallic component of the fret adjustment device. According to still another aspect of the invention, the fret adjustment device includes a plate member disposed in the body of the instrument and at least one cam rod extending beneath the plurality of frets, the plate member having at least one aperture disposed therein, wherein the at least one aperture of the plate member forms a passive connection with one end of the at least one cam rod.
Owner:STOCKWELL RANDALL ERIC

Double-sound-beam liuqin

A double-sound-beam liuqin comprises a resonance box, a box body of the resonance box is formed by splicing a panel and a bottom plate, and the double-sound-beam liuqin is characterized in that two upper sound beams are fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the panel in parallel; a transverse groove and a longitudinal groove are arranged on the inner wall of the panel, wherein the transverse groove and the longitudinal groove are communicated with each other to form a transverse sound tunnel and a longitudinal sound tunnel; a transverse sound beam is fixedly arranged between the panel and thebottom plate, and the transverse sound beam and the two upper sound beams are combined to divide a space corresponding to the inner wall of the panel into six resonance areas. The double-sound-beam liuqin breaks through the constraint of the traditional design of the internal structure of the traditional willow resonator, boldly proposes a new improved design scheme, solves the problem that the traditional willow cannot give consideration to good resonance timbre and penetrating power in high, medium and low pitch areas, greatly enhances the penetrating power (low attenuation and long transmission) of the willow sound, and has a bright and rigid high pitch area and high sound quality. And the alto area is soft and moist, and the bass area is more mellow in tone quality.
Owner:SUZHOU LI YUE MUSICAL INSTR CO LTD

Automatic playing device applied to plucked stringed musical instrument

ActiveCN112133262ASimple structureControls are simple and straightforwardElectrophonic musical instrumentsHarpsControl systemEngineering
The invention discloses an automatic playing device applied to a plucked stringed musical instrument, which comprises a base fixed relative to a musical instrument body, a control system and a plucking mechanism controlled by the control system. The plucking mechanism is arranged on the base and comprises a plurality of plucking assemblies controlled by the control system; each plucking assembly is transversely arranged at a sound cavity of the musical instrument body, each plucking assembly comprises a steering engine arranged on the base, a connecting arm driven by the steering engine, a limiter relatively fixed with the musical instrument body and a plectrum arranged at the end part of the connecting arm, the connecting arm comprises a swing arm positioned at the tail section, the limiter is hinged with the swing arm, and the plectrum is arranged at the end part of the swing arm. The bottom end of the plectrum is close to the corresponding string, so that when the steering engine controls the connecting arm to swing, the swing arm is limited by the limiter to swing back and forth and drives the plectrum to move along a first track to pluck the string, and the first track comprises a pendulum track. The automatic playing device provided by the invention is convenient to assemble, and has the advantages of fast string plucking response and high precision.
Owner:GUANGDONG UNIV OF TECH

Double-sound-beam Guzheng

A double-sound-beam Guzheng comprises a resonance box, a box body of the resonance box is formed by splicing a panel, a bottom plate and side plates, and the double-sound-beam Guzheng is characterizedin that two upper sound beams are fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the panel in parallel; two lower sound beams are fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the bottom plate in parallel; an upper groove shaped like a Chinese character 'feng' is formed in the inner wall of the panel to form an upper sound tunnel shaped like a Chinese character 'feng'; a lower groove shaped like the Chinese character 'feng' is formed in the inner wall of the bottom plate to form a lower sound tunnel shaped like the Chinese character 'feng'; six transverse sound beams are fixedly arranged between the panel andthe bottom plate, three of the six transverse sound beams are arranged at the left half groove body position of the groove shaped like the Chinese character 'feng', and the other three transverse sound beams are arranged at the right half groove body position of the groove shaped like the Chinese character 'feng'. According to the double-sound-beam Guzheng, the constraint of the traditional design of the internal structure of the traditional Chinese zither resonator is broken through, a new improved design scheme is boldly provided, and the problems that a high-pitch area cannot be lighted and a low-pitch area is thick and round enough when the Guzheng is played are solved.
Owner:SUZHOU LI YUE MUSICAL INSTR CO LTD

Double-sound-beam five-string instrument

A double-sound-beam five-stringed instrument comprises a resonance box, a box body of the resonance box is formed by splicing a panel, a bottom plate and side plates, and the double-sound-beam five-stringed instrument is characterized in that two upper sound beams are fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the panel in parallel; two first lower sound beams are fixedly arranged on the inner wall ofthe front half part of the bottom plate in parallel; two second lower sound beams are fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the rear half part of the bottom plate in parallel; an upper groove shaped like a Chinese character 'feng' is formed in the inner wall of the panel to form an upper sound tunnel shaped like a Chinese character 'feng'; a lower cross-shaped groove is formed in the inner wall ofthe front half part of the bottom plate to form a front half part cross-shaped sound tunnel; a lower cross-shaped groove is formed in the inner wall of the rear half part of the bottom plate to forma cross-shaped sound tunnel of the rear half part; a transverse sound beam is transversely arranged in the resonance cavity, and the transverse sound beam is arranged at the groove body positions of the left half portion and the right half portion of the groove shaped like the Chinese character 'feng'. According to the scheme, the problems that a high-pitch area cannot be lightened, a low-pitch area is not enough vigorous and mellow, and the piano sound penetrating power is not strong during playing of the five-string instrument in the past are solved.
Owner:SUZHOU LI YUE MUSICAL INSTR CO LTD
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