Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
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Arnold Lazarus
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OTHER REFERENCES
Handbook, pp. 37- 38, 112- 113, Howard W. Sams & Co.,
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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well-known piezoelectric effect by which an electric charge is
produced between the faces of the P2 element when pressure
against the faces changes due to vibrational motion of the wall
dolin, harp, piano and African thumb piano. Still others could
frequencies to the tone and the overtones to the musical in
acoustically mentioned; the list is given by way of example and
strument one hears projected to him through the air.
not by way of limitation.
Still another object is to provide a method of attaching a
The guitar illustrated is a modern music guitar but is similar
transducer on a variety of instruments without modi?cation to
to any other guitar in that it includes a body portion 10 which
the transducer or the instrument.
is hollow. Openings 11 and 12 on the face of the body portion
Another object is to provide a transducer on a musical in
10 permit it to function as a resonant cavityvfor ampli?cation
strument that responds to vibrations in three orthogonal axes
for producing an electrical signal to a load that is the sum of 45 and projection of sound. The term resonant cavity" is used
herein to mean any hollow body having an opening for the
separate electrical signals, each proportional to vibrations in a
different one of the three axes.
Another object is to provide a transducer on a musical in
musician.
The face of the resonant cavity will vibrate with the funda~
mental frequency of a note played. A note is thus ampli?ed by
the resonant cavity and, in the process, overtones are created
base and an inertia mass with a thin layer of cement. The com
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back since all of the vibration detectors are shielded and are
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means for amplifying said sum signal produced by said
summing means.
4. A combination as de?ned in claim 3 wherein said support
means
comlgjisesa sealed enclosure ?lled with siliconrubber.
5. A com matron as de?ned in claim 4 wherein said enclo~
sure is lined with a film of conductive material to form an elec
modi?cations and variations may readily occur to those skilled 20 each of said vibration detecting means provides the other ter~
in the art. Consequently, it is intended that the claims be in
. minal thereof.
terpreted to cover such modi?cations and equivalents.
7. A combination as de?ned in claim 6 wherein said
What is claimed is:
summing means comprises a noninverting operational ampli?
l. A method of electronically amplifying sound from a
er connected to said detecting means in parallel by said coaxi
vibration point in a musical instrument selected from various 25 al cable, said noninverting operational ampli?er having dif
points that are subject to vibrations in three orthogonal axes to
ferential input terminals and an output terminal, a bias resistor
produce for a given note a fundamental note played and over
connected between one of said differential input terminals and
tones that provide the tonal qualities of said instrument, com
said outer conductor of said coaxial cable, a feedback resistor
prising the steps of:
connected between said ampli?er output terminal and said
attaching a transducer to said instrument at one of said vari 30 one of said differential input terminals and another of said dif
ous points, said transducer having three vibration detec~
ferential input tenninals connected to said inner conductor of
tors, a separate detector for vibrations along each of three
said coaxial cable.
orthogonal axes;
8. On a musical instrument, a triple-axis transducer that
adding signals proportional to vibrations in said three axes
responds to vibrations of said instrument for producing across
produced by said three detectors of said transducer in 35 a pair of output terminals an output signal that is the sum of
response to vibrations of said instrument at said one
three signals, each of said three signals being proportional to
vibration point to produce a sum signal;
vibrations in a different one of three orthogonal axes, compris
directly; and
leaving said transducer at said optimum point for ampli?ca
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