Music inventions 12/06

20060288839 - Guitar bridge apparatus: A bridge assembly for a guitar having a bridge plate connected to an anchor plate by a single, horizontally positioned flat spring. The bridge plate has an opening that receives a portion of a sustain block. The sustain block has receptacles for receiving fine tuners and string clamps. Intonation screws... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20060288840 - Releasable tremolo lock device: A quick-release tremolo lock device for installation into a tremolo recess, and for mounting to a movable bridge or a tremolo block of a stringed instrument such as a guitar. The tremolo lock device includes a spring mount that is adapted to be fixedly attached to at least one wall... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20060288841 - Stringed musical instrument: A stringed musical instrument is disclosed that allows the use of the portion of the strings on either side of the point where pressure is applied to the strings, such as at a fret, to produce musical tones. The stringed musical instrument may be of an electric or acoustic type.... Agent: David P. Hendricks Law Office Of David P. Hendricks

20060288842 - System and methodology for image and overlaid annotation display, management and communicaiton: An electronic image visualization system, such as a music stand system and display, management and communications methodologies relating thereto are presented. The electronic music stand system is comprised of a performer subsystem comprising a processing subsystem, librarian logic, performance logic, and communications management logic. The communications management logic provides management... Agent: Sitrick & Sitrick

20060288843 - Internet-based music system: A system for having separate recordings of instruments playing the same song. A user is able to choose which instruments will be combined so that a final song can be created by merging the selected instruments together. In this way, the user can obtain a song that is missing at... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20060288844 - Data processing method capable of reconstructing lost or erroneous data: A data processing method encodes data points obtained by sampling data having continuous physical quantity, stores the nth data of the mth data set into a first data frame, stores the (n+1)th data of the mth data set into a second data frame, stores an nth data point of an... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060288845 - Preference-weighted semi-random media play: Methods, apparatus, and systems that allow random music play, and random selection of other media files, using a non-uniform probability distribution. The likelihood that a particular song, piece, or media file will be played or presented in the future is increased or decreased according to positive and negative user behaviors... Agent: Andrew Mcaleavey

20060288846 - Music-based exercise motivation aid: A music segment reproducing device comprises a music segment processing unit for tempo morphing an input music segment into an output music segment. The device includes a control unit for interfacing with a user and receiving a desired cadence as an input and a memory unit for storing input and... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060288847 - User interface for simultaneous management of owned and unowned inventory: The present invention provides a user configurable computer interface for managing inventory. The interface provides a list, generated according to a user-defined organization. The list includes both owned and un-owned items and provides a means for sampling and purchasing the un-owned items directly from the list. The present invention contemplates... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20060288848 - User interface for simultaneous management of owned and unowned inventory: The present invention provides a user configurable computer interface for managing inventory. The interface provides a list, generated according to a user-defined organization. The list includes both owned and un-owned items and provides a means for sampling and purchasing the un-owned items directly from the list. The present invention contemplates... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20060288849 - Method for processing an audio sequence for example a piece of music: A method of processing a sound sequence corresponding in particular to a piece of music includes a succession of subsequences from among at least an introduction, a verse, a refrain, a bridgeway, a theme, a motif, a movement, in which: a) a spectral transform is applied to said sequence to... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20060288850 - Tuning device for musical instruments and computer program for the same: A portable tuning device samples discrete values on a fundamental frequency component of an audio signal, which is equivalent to sound waves produced in a musical instrument, and extracts plural series of fundamental frequency components to be converted to plural bit strings of 1s and 0s; since a time delay... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060288851 - Receiving apparatus, sending apparatus and transmission system: The sending apparatus comprises a compressed music data outputting unit operable to output one of compressed music data including compressed basic music data in a first mode and compressed music data including the basic music data as well as high frequency information for extending high frequency of the basic music... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20060283305 - Automated musical instrument: An automated musical instrument includes at least one tine, circuitry, a switch, and a trigger. The tine produces a first audible sound when vibrated. The circuitry produces a second audible sound when activated. The switch is connected to the circuitry and is operable when actuated to activate the circuitry. The... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060283306 - Stringed instrument with offset structure: An orchestral string instrument, comprising a resonant chamber and housing defined by a back member, curved sides and a front member having a pair of f holes positioned on opposing sides of a bridge support location on the front. The housing also includes a sound peg disposed between the front... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20060283307 - Saxophone key: A saxophone key primarily consisting of a connected key fine-tuning structure for a saxophone, which is used to fine-tune the gaps between two connected keys of the saxophone, the fine-tuning structure is characterized in that: the fine-tuning structure consists of a tuning screw and a felt, wherein the tuning screw... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20060283308 - Music stand for pianos: An improved music stand for upright pianos includes a forwardly extending base plate and a back plate extending generally perpendicular to the base plate upwards therefrom. A rear rail-engaging plate extends rearwards from the back plate and the base plate, the rail-engaging plate having an arcuate cross-section curvature operative to... Agent: Law Offices Of Adam H. Jacobs Patent Attorney

20060283309 - Musical sound waveform synthesizer: In a musical sound waveform synthesizer apparatus, a performance event information receiver receives performance event information representing musical performance events which successively occur as a musical performance progresses. A musical sound synthesizer synthesizes a waveform of a musical sound corresponding to each musical performance event based on the performance event... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20060283310 - Voip music conferencing system: A client device comprises a plurality of audio input ports, at least one audio output port, a MIDI input port, a MIDI output port, a video input port, a video output port, a processor and a network interface. The processor generates outgoing IP messages that carry at least one audio... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20060283311 - Transducer for converting between mechanical vibration and electrical signal: A transducer for converting mechanical vibrations to an electrical signal and/or for converting an electrical signal to mechanical vibration. Damping liquid damps the relative vibration of transducer components. The damping liquid can be selected to optimize the sound quality of acoustic vibrations at the point of transduction. Also, a transducer... Agent: Peter K Hahn Luce, Forward, Hamilton, Scripps, LLP.

20060283312 - Key detection structure for wind instrument: Wind instrument includes a tubular body having a plurality of tone holes, and a plurality of keys capable of opening and closing the tone holes. Via a retaining member, detector units are provided within the tubular body in corresponding relation to the keys, and each of the detector units is... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20060283313 - System and method for middle c and lower string tone enhancement for an acoustical piano: A string tone enhancement system enhances the string tones of an acoustic piano within a user-specified key range from the note titled “middle “c”” and lower by electronically producing supplemental sounds to accompany acoustical sounds of the piano. Electronically synthesized voices (i.e., tones) are generated and played in unison with... Agent: Mark Young, P.A.

20060278058 - Frameless musical keyboard: Embodiments of an electronic, frameless, musical keyboard with the ability to couple to other frameless musical keyboards are described. In one embodiment, a first musical keyboard section includes an arrangement of black and white keys, similar to a layout of a piano keyboard, disposed over a base. The keys at... Agent: James C. Scheller Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20060278059 - Combination end pin and output jack for musical instruments: An end pin/electrical output jack assembly which can be fitted (with no modification to the instrument) to acoustic guitars, mandolins, violins, and other musical instruments which are equipped with a traditional tapered pin type of end pin inserted into a tapered hole in the instrument. Also the use of a... Agent: Howard Keith Gipson

20060278060 - Foot pedal for drum: The present invention provides a foot pedal for a drum that can clamp a hoop regardless of a board thickness of a hoop, improves an operability, handling and moreover, appearance, and increases a freedom of a setting the angle of a foot board. A pedal frame provides a hoop pushing... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20060278061 - Method of improving the acoustic characteristics of resonant wood for musical instruments: Method of improving the acoustic characteristics of resonant wood for musical instruments, characterised in that during a limited period of treatment the resonant wood is exposed to the action of a type of fungus which decomposes wood, wherein the type of fungus and the period of treatment are chosen in... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20060278062 - Musical instrument display: A visual display mounted on a musical instrument for use as a teaching aid, for teaching fingerings and chords, a performing aid for displaying information relevant to a user's performance, and a visual effects aid, for displaying visual effects to an audience while a user is performing.... Agent: Cades Schutte A Limited Liability Law Partnership

20060278063 - Violin practice reminder: A violin practice reminder includes restriction rods, fixtures, touch rods and a warning unit. The restriction rods, the touch rods and the warning unit are disposed on the fixtures. The restriction rods and the touch rods are made of electric material. Each of the restriction rods has two sections inserted... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20060278064 - Data management and distribution: Data management and distribution are described, including a memory configured to store data, the data being stored in a file and the file is downloaded in response to a signal, and downloading is performed based on a parameter determined by a provider of the file or the system, and a... Agent: Kokka & Hsu, PC

20060278065 - System and method for providing haptic feedback to a musical instrument: A system and method for generating a haptic feedback signal correlated to a music signal and providing the haptic feedback signal to a musical instrument. The music signal can created by the musical instrument or from a file, e.g., a MIDI file. A processor can generate the haptic feedback signal... Agent: Patent Department (51851) Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20060278066 - Sound panel for playing sounds and music, and method for manufacturing such panel: A sound panel for playing sounds and music, comprising a substantially flat soundboard made of wood, at least one tie which is fitted to the soundboard in order to subject the soundboard to a mechanical tension, an electromechanical transducer which is mounted on the soundboard in a nodal vibration point... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20060278067 - Apparatus and method for installing unit on a stringed musical instrument: An apparatus for mounting a control unit on a stringed musical instrument. The apparatus is designed such that the control unit can be easily mounted on and removed from the stringed musical instrument. The apparatus provides more stable and more firm mounting of the control unit compared to similar apparatuses... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20060278068 - Guitar pedal: The present invention relates to a sound controller system including at least one distance sensor provided to establish at least one distance representing signal, at least one mapper provided to map values of at least one of the distance representing signals into values of at least one control signal, the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060272469 - Key actuation systems for keyboard instruments: A method is provided for determining the position of an actuator piston relative to a winding in an actuation system of a keyboard instrument. The keyboard instrument has a plurality of keys, each key being pivotally supported and having a front end that is depressed by a player to play... Agent: Douglas L. Wathen Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle,

20060272470 - Molded laminate for musical instrument and method of manufacturing molded laminate musical instrument: A musical instrument, such as an electric or bass guitar, is formed of a lamination of wood layers having differing grain orientations in adjacent layers, the grain orientations defining a crossing angle less than 90°. An instrument formed from such a lamination is strong and resistant to splitting and checking... Agent: John K Buche Buche & Associates PC

20060272471 - Tremolo assembly: A tremolo assembly for a stringed instrument such as a guitar can be used in an instrument comprising a body, a neck and a head. Strings are strung between the head and the tremolo assembly. The tremolo assembly comprises a base plate which is mounted to the body and a... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20060272472 - Apparatus for learning to play a stringed instrument: A method and apparatus for learning to play a stringed musical instrument comprising a modified stringed instrument neck wherein a slot beneath a transparent fingerboard allows the insertion of one of a plurality of pre-printed learning templates whereby inserting said template allows the player to see printed markings—such as chord... Agent: Mike Gauthier Deviat

20060272473 - Mouthpiece for a wind instrument: A mouthpiece for a wind instrument has a body made of porcelain clay and including a mouth end adapted for contacting with a user's mouth, a connection end and a channel defined through the body and having two openings at the ends of the body. Accordingly, the mouthpiece does not... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060272474 - Drum container: A drum including a cylindrical shell having an upper edge defining an open top end, and a lower edge defining an open bottom end; a drum skin disposed over the top end; a plurality of lugs mounted on an outer surface of the shell in positions annularly spaced adjacent to... Agent: John E. Toupal

20060272475 - Percussion instrument having membranes no facing each other: A percussion instrument generally comprises a resonance body with at least two ends presenting surfaces not facing each other and a relative angular relationship between each surface of the resonance body, the surface being of course a membrane onto which the percussion is effected.... Agent: Inventarium Suite 1607

20060272476 - Pedal for playing an instrument and pedal components: A pedal for a percussion instrument, such as a bass drum, has a base plate and a foot plate pivotally mounted the base plate which is operably connected to an instrument striker. The pedal either has no heel plate or has a very short heel guide and is adapted so... Agent: Wayne E. Nacker

20060272477 - Angle adjusting cymbal base assembly: An angle adjusting cymbal base assembly includes a base body provided with two sliding grooves. A sliding element is put in two sliding grooves and provided with a wedge-shaped pushing portion located at a side thereof. The sliding element is provided with a stopper located at the other side thereof.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060272478 - Cellular resin composite musical instruments: A musical instrument, particularly a hand drum or a didgeridoo, molded of natural fiber-reinforced cellular composite materials designed to match tonal properties of wood. A sliding block cable tensioning device is employed to create tension on the skin.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20060272479 - Reproduction apparatus, reproduction method, and signal: A reproduction apparatus, a reproduction method, and a reproduction program that allow a desired content to be easily and quickly selected from those recorded on a recording medium. The reproduction apparatus includes a reproduction section that reproduces first content data, an input section that accepts an operation to search for... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060272481 - Device for electronically transmitting music notes to music stands and method for achieving it: Display device for music notes and other texts on stands, comprising an image displaying screen, a related image transmitting device and control means for at least successively forwarding text images from said image transmitting device to said image displaying screen. Within the spirit of this invention falls likewise a music... Agent: Robert Frank

20060272480 - Method and system for time-shortening songs: A method and system for time-shortening one or more songs to generate time-shortened versions of the one or more songs are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a song editor time-shortens one or more songs and provides the time-shortened versions to a music provider. The music provider can then distribute one... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20060272482 - Tone synthesis apparatus and method: Determination is made, in accordance with acquired performance information, as to whether a crossfade characteristic should be changed or not, and a crossfade characteristic of crossfade synthesis having already been started at the time of the acquisition of the performance information was acquired are automatically changed in accordance with a... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20060272484 - Content distributing server, content distributing method, and content distributing program: A content distributing server capable of reproducing desired display contents in conformity with reproduction of a desired musical composition. In response to a request from a terminal device, one of musical composition contents stored in a musical composition database is identified, and one of template contents stored in a template... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060272483 - Player piano system interface: A player piano system including a player piano having a core computing device with programming, a storage device installed therein configured to communicate with at least one second computing device such as an Internet server. A remote controller device communicates with the core computing device and provides remote access to... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20060272485 - Evaluating and correcting rhythm in audio data: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for evaluating and correcting rhythm of audio data. Embodiments of the invention are capable of obtaining preferred rhythm in audio data, and strategically correcting the portions of audio data resulting an enhancing rhythm. A system embodying the invention may detect each... Agent: Hickman Palermo Troung & Becker LLP And Apple Computer, Inc

20060272486 - Music editing method and related devices: Music editing methods. A tonic chord is received. A group of candidate chords corresponding to the tonic chord is automatically retrieved. One of the candidate chords is selected, and a chord progressing of a music file is set with the tonic chord and the selected candidate chord in sequence.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20060272487 - Optimisation of midi file reproduction: A method for adapting a score stored in a MIDI file for being reproduced on a mobile terminal to the transfer function of an electroacoustic reproduction circuitry includes test rendering of the score to obtain sampled data prior to a reproduction of the score on the mobile terminal. From these... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20060272488 - Sound signal processing apparatus, sound signal processing method, and sound signal processing program: A sound signal processing apparatus which is capable of correctly detecting expression modes and expression transitions of a song or performance from an input sound signal. A sound signal produced by performance or singing of musical tones is input and divided into frames of predetermined time periods. Characteristic parameters of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20060272489 - Method of and system for controlling audio effects: An audio effects control for and method of controlling the application of special audio effects applied to an audio signal, comprises a sensor configured to sense movement associated with the generation of the audio signal, wherein the sensor produces a control signal in response to detecting the movement, and the... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20060272490 - Electro-acoustically amplified drum mixer: An electro-acoustically amplified drum mixer or sound level adjuster for amplifying a hollow drum shell having at least one open end, a drumhead spaced from the open end of the said drum shell and supported thereon. One or more microphones are supported on, and positioned within said drum shell and... Agent: Buhler Associates Buhler, Kirk A.