Music inventions 01/08

20080022836 - Stringed instrument and associated fret mapping method: A stringed instrument and associated fret mapping method. The instrument includes a neck having a fret board provided with a plurality of frets having offset string contact regions along their length, whereby accurate intonation of a note is achieved when a string is brought into contact with one of the... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20080022838 - Pipe organ and method for its operation: The invention relates to a method for the operation of a pipe organ, with at least one of the valves being provided as a valve actuated in multiple ways which can be controlled to open at least on the basis of two different note demands. In accordance with the invention,... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080022842 - Apparatus and method for visualizing music and other sounds: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of music and other sounds. In one embodiment, the twelve notes of an octave are labeled around a circle. When notes are played, the intervals between the notes are visualized by displaying a line between the labels corresponding to... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080017013 - Oboe reed gouge apparatus: An oboe reed gouge device has a carriage upon which a blade is carried at an angle to raw cane material from which a reed is formed. The carriage is rotatably and longitudinally slidable on a rod to move relative to the cane. The rod has opposing end segments with... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20080017015 - Adjustable drum pedal assembly: An adjustable drum pedal assembly has a rotated shaft, a drive device and a chain. The rotated shaft has a fixed bracket formed on the rotated shaft and has a screwed hole. The drive device is mounted on the rotated shaft and has a base, a mounting panel and a... Agent: The Maxham Firm

20080011147 - 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

20080011146 - Saddle for stringed instruments: A saddle for a stringed instrument comprising an elongate member having a string support surface for supporting strings of the instrument and a base for connecting to the stringed instrument. The elongate member has at least one internal cavity and an insert made from a resonant material is received in... Agent: Nexus Law Group LLP

20080011148 - Musical composition processing device: A scale information inputting section (11) receives an input of scale information of a musical composition. Based on the scale information of the musical composition inputted to the scale information inputting section (11), an appearance probability calculating section (12) calculates appearance probabilities of pitch names included in the scale information... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080011150 - Piano sound source apparatus, method and program for piano sound synthesis: Disclosed is a piano sound source apparatus for adding a piano sound source providing a plurality of sinusoidal oscillation frequencies and a noise source providing a plurality of noise oscillation frequencies to output a composite tone. The apparatus includes an oscillation control unit that controls the frequency and amplitude of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080006137 - Reduced friction piano action pins: An improved key pin and action pin that is resistant to corrosion, is very durable and has surfaces with a very low coefficient of friction. The pins are preferably made of aluminum or aluminum alloy with a hardened anodized oxide surface. The anodized pins may be polished to provide a... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20080006138 - Stringed instrument braces with transverse openings: In accordance with the invention, a sound box for an instrument is provided exhibiting a 3-D bracing system. The bracing system comprises a plurality of braces on both the sound board and the bottom board of the sound box. The braces exhibit varying heights and configurations to, among other things,... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20080006140 - Device and method for automatic tuning of a string instrument in particular a guitar: The invention relates to a device and method for automatic tuning of a string instrument (1), in particular, a guitar, comprising a recording device (12), for recording a tone generated by striking a string (6a-6f) and for the output of a digital signal corresponding to the recorded tone, a memory... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080006141 - Digital piano apparatus, method for synthesis of sound fields for digital piano, and program for synthesis of sound fields for digital piano: A digital piano apparatus includes an input unit including a plurality of keys and a plurality of pedals, a sound source unit, a sound field synthesizing unit, and a speaker unit. The sound field synthesizing unit includes virtual sound source spot signal generating means for generating a plurality of virtual... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP