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Music December patent applications/inventions, industry category 12/11

20110314993 - Keyless drum tuning device: A keyless drum tuning device includes a lug bracket attached to a shell of the musical drum. The keyless tuning device has a tensioning fastener that is removably connected to a tensioning counter-hoop or rim of the musical drum and passes through an opening in the lug bracket. The keyless... Agent:

20110314994 - Guitar sound hole guard and methodology of application: A guitar sound hole guard comprising of a body of a suitable durable material to resist pick impacts and having a lip and at least one flange; the lip further having two side edges; each flange connects to a respective side edge to be oriented perpendicular to the lip and... Agent:

20110314995 - Intervalgram representation of audio for melody recognition: A system, method, and computer readable storage medium generates an audio fingerprint for an input audio clip that is robust to differences in key, instrumentation, and other performance variations. The audio fingerprint comprises a sequence of intervalgrams that represent a melody in an audio clip according pitch intervals between different... Agent:

20110308373 - Latch for travel guitar with hinged neck: A folding guitar comprising a guitar body and guitar neck is disclosed. A hinge connects the guitar body to the guitar neck. The hinge is disposed on one side of the guitar body and guitar neck. A latch plate is secured to the other side of one of the guitar... Agent: Voyage-air Guitar Inc.

20110308374 - Accordion button assembly: An accordion button assembly construction, characterized in that said button assembly construction comprises a bottom body in which a top body is engaged, said bottom body comprising a substantially cylindric body including a top cavity.... Agent: Polverini S.a.s. Di Polverini Antonio & C.

20110308375 - Multi-panel glass acoustical musical instrument: A multi-panel glass acoustic instrument is provided, wherein the body of the instrument includes a polygon made of flat pieces joined together. In one embodiment, the flat pieces are formed from glass. In a preferred embodiment, the instrument is a drum, wherein the drum shell is fabricated from a plurality... Agent:

20110308376 - Multi-channel data sonification system with partitioned timbre spaces and modulation techniques: A data sonification system for representing a plurality of channels of numerical information is described. The data sonification system includes a plurality of audio waveform generator elements. Each of the audio waveform generator elements generates an associated audio frequency waveform. Each audio frequency waveform has an audio frequency parameter and... Agent:

20110308377 - Multi-channel noise reduction system with direct instrument tracking: A multi-channel noise reduction system provides improved noise reduction with direct instrument tracking of all channels. In a two channel noise reduction system, both channels detect and track the input level and dynamic range of the guitar directly with one channel of dynamic noise reduction between the guitar and the... Agent:

20110308378 - Musical instrument with one sided thin film capacitive touch sensors: Touch sensitive musical instruments are described herein including embodiments having: one-sided capacitive touch sensors with conductive ground planes, one-sided capacitive touch sensors with air gaps, one-sided capacitive touch sensors with separating material, and/or one-sided capacitive touch sensors including a combination of conductive ground planes, air gaps, and/or separating material. Embodiments... Agent: Pure Imagination LLC

20110303071 - Reinforced music box: A reinforced music box includes a base portion, a two-sided cogwheel, a step type cogwheel, a music generator, a cover portion and a friction set. The two-sided cogwheel is disposed in the base portion and may rotate axially. The cover portion has a main part, a friction part and a... Agent: Joy You Industrial Cororatic

20110303072 - Pitch altering mechanism for reeded instrument: A system for altering the pitch produced by a reed of a reeded instrument. The system comprises a reed having a first portion structured to be coupled to the instrument and a second portion generally free to vibrate and a magnet adjustably disposed adjacent the reed. The reed comprises a... Agent:

20110303073 - Systems and methods for rotating the bell of a musical instrument: A rotation device is adapted to be installed between the bell of a musical wind instrument and the body of the musical instrument. One or more rotational devices may be controlled by the musician or someone else while the musician is performing and/or playing the instrument. The rotation device may... Agent:

20110303074 - Sound processing apparatus, method for sound processing, program and recording medium: The sound-processing apparatus of the present invention generates plural frequency data by decoding plural encoded sound data and applying inverse quantization. Each of the frequency data are subjected to sound-processing and then synthesized into one single frequency data. Transformation processing from frequency domain to time domain is applied to the... Agent: Cri Middleware Co., Ltd.

20110303075 - Computer interface for polyphonic stringed instruments: An interface device is described that allows the audio signals from a polyphonic stringed instrument to be introduced into a personal computer environment for feature extraction and signal processing.... Agent: Stringport LLC

20110303076 - Performance apparatus and electronic musical instrument: Based on acceleration-sensor values from a three-dimensional acceleration sensor 23, CPU 21 of a performance apparatus 11 determines a timing at which a musical tone is generated. Further, based on the acceleration-sensor values of the acceleration sensor 23 given at a predetermined timing, for example, at a time when a... Agent: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

20110303077 - Extension for guitar effects pedal board: A pedal board extension provides a pedal board with a platform for additional effects and/or over-sized effects. One or more U-shaped members are arranged along one edge of the extension. When the extension is mated to the pedal board, the U-shaped members engage with an end rail of the pedal... Agent:

20110296972 - Flute headjoint: A flute headjoint includes a chimney, a lip plate and a tube body formed from a refractory metal. The refractory metal can include tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, tungsten, rhenium, alloys of these metals and combinations thereof. The chimney and lip plate are attached to the tube body without the use of... Agent: The Geoghegan Company

20110296973 - Cajon instrument: A cajon percussion instrument has an open rectangular box structure joined to a striking plate on one side, and to a truncated pyramid structure on the other side, providing a focusing resonating chamber with a rectangular mouth for sound emission.... Agent:

20110296974 - Finger sleeve with raised flexible bar for playing barrechords: One embodiment of a tight fitting finger sleeve is presented which has a raised flexible bar to assist in playing a stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, in a style that includes barre chords. The finger sleeve (10) is configured with an internal cavity (11) to accept the insertion... Agent:

20110296975 - Apparatus comprising a base and a finger attachment: Apparatus comprising a base, a finger attachment, and an electromagnet. The base comprises a proximity detector configured to determine an input distance between the finger attachment and the base. The apparatus further comprises a converter configured to convert the input distance between the finger attachment and the base into an... Agent: Universiteit Leiden

20110290095 - Harp stand and methods of use thereof: A harp support assembly is provided for supporting a portion of a harp. The harp support assembly includes a rod, a base assembly and a harp support member. The rod has a first and a second end. The base assembly is positioned near the first end of the rod, The... Agent:

20110290096 - System for monitoring the progress of a musical student: A system for documenting the music learning process of a music student to encourage more students to study long enough to become proficient in their musical form through involvement with an immersive interactive tool. A server computer is programmed to facilitate communication between the music student and other individuals. A... Agent:

20110290097 - Performance apparatus and electronic musical instrument: A performance apparatus 11 extends in a longitudinal direction to be held by a player, and is provided with an acceleration sensor 23. CPU 21 of the performance apparatus 11 gives a sound source unit 31 of a musical instrument unit 19 an instruction (note-on event) to generate a musical... Agent: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

20110290098 - Process and device for synthesis of an audio signal according to the playing of an instrumentalist that is carried out on a vibrating body: Process for synthesis of a synthesized audio signal, in which at least one audio signal of contact is produced for each excitation contact of a sequence of contacts carried out on a vibrating body (2). A partial attenuation signal of remanence is generated from at least one vibration signal representative... Agent:

20110290099 - Intuitive electric guitar switching for selecting sounds of popular guitars: A guitar-family-characteristic-sound selector switch (63) is incorporated into an electric guitar and used in conjunction with the normal guitar pickup selector switch (62) and the volume and tone controls. This guitar-family-characteristic-sound selector switch invokes different pickup (61) combinations and resistance/capacitance/inductance circuitry (68) in order to generate sounds characteristic of at... Agent: