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US5056404A
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Instant guitar tuning by ear
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-04-11
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Granted: 1991-10-15
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Expires: 2010-04-11
Abstract
Abstract In a stringed instrument which generates sound reproduction output signals by way of a transducer which are amplified for sound reproduction, a fundamentally correct note frequency signal is generated and electromagnetically broadcast by cycles of electromagnetic energy directly from a metallic string to be tuned to the transducer of the instrument, and blends with a correlated note as it issues from the same said vibrating metal string to be tuned, and through discernment by the ear of the user of the resulting blended signal the string is adjusted as necessary to match the two notes and therefore the string is quickly and easily brought into tune with the fundamentally correct note frequency, and when repeated upon each string of said instrument the task of tuning is done.
Inventors
- 👤 John R. Wyss
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 15:19
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H3/00; G10H3/12; G10H3/14; G10H3/18; G10G; G10G7/00; G10G7/02; G10H1/00; G10H1/44; G10H3/24; G10H3/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
179 words
An electronic stringed instrument comprising: at least one string which is vibrated, a transducer for converting the electromagnetic energy produced by vibrations of said string into representative electrical signals, amplifying means to amplify the electrical signals and reproducing means to convert the amplified electrical signals into audible sounds; in combination with an apparatus for tuning strings of an electronic stringed instrument comprising: an oscillator for generating a fundamentally correct tone signal which corresponds to a desired tone of a string to be tuned, transmissions means for transmitting the correct tone signal of the oscillator as cycles of electromagnetic energy, connection means for connecting the cycles of electromagnetic energy to one of the strings which is to be tuned, whereby the transducer means of the stringed instrument converts both the electromagnetic energy produced by the vibration of the strings and the electromagnetic energy from the transmission means into a blended electric signal which is then amplified and reproduced so that a difference in the frequency of these signals will be audible to a user who may then correct the tuning.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
179 words
An electronic stringed instrument comprising: at least one string which is vibrated, a transducer for converting the electromagnetic energy produced by vibrations of said string into representative electrical signals, amplifying means to amplify the electrical signals and reproducing means to convert the amplified electrical signals into audible sounds; in combination with an apparatus for tuning strings of an electronic stringed instrument comprising: an oscillator for generating a fundamentally correct tone signal which corresponds to a desired tone of a string to be tuned, transmissions means for transmitting the correct tone signal of the oscillator as cycles of electromagnetic energy, connection means for connecting the cycles of electromagnetic energy to one of the strings which is to be tuned, whereby the transducer means of the stringed instrument converts both the electromagnetic energy produced by the vibration of the strings and the electromagnetic energy from the transmission means into a blended electric signal which is then amplified and reproduced so that a difference in the frequency of these signals will be audible to a user who may then correct the tuning.
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