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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110733 | Tuning stabilizer for stringed instrument A self-contained tuning stabilizer for a stringed instrument consists of a body which is attachable to the stringed instrument like a capo, the stabilizer containing mechanical members for increasing or decreasing the tension on each of the strings to keep them in t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8049091 | Wireless receiver A wireless receiver for receiving a wireless transmitted audio signal from a wireless transmitter is provided. The wireless receiver comprises a tuning assisting unit for assisting in the tuning of a music instrument coupled to the wireless transmitter. The tuning a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8022284 | Method and system to harmonically tune (just intonation tuning) a digital / electric piano in real time The present invention concerns itself with methods and systems for just intonation tuning of a digital/electrical piano in real time. A simple and economical solution is presented, which makes use of a PLC (i.e., Programmable Logic Controller), having 13 inputs (an ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7915510 | Tuner for musical instruments and amplifier with tuner A tuning device includes an input terminal configured to receive an input electrical signal and a pitch detector to detect a pitch of the input electrical signal. A manual pitch designator designates a standard pitch from pitches of a scale. An automatic pitch desig... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7875784 | Tuner strap sensor A musical instrument support strap is integrated with a tuning sensor having of a body configured at one end for attachment to the musical instrument. The body carries the pitch of a musical note struck on the musical instrument and is detected by a pickup. A printe... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7858865 | Tuning stabilizer for stringed instrument A self-contained tuning stabilizer for a stringed instrument consists of a body which is attachable to the stringed instrument like a capo, the stabilizer containing mechanical members for increasing or decreasing the tension on each of the strings to keep them in t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7851686 | Tuning a musical instrument Among other things, a tuning device is used with a musical wind instrument. The tuning device includes a linear actuator, a first mounting assembly attached to the linear actuator and adapted for releasable mounting to the first portion of the musical wind instrumen... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7763789 | Musical instrument tuner The present invention relates to musical instrument tuners, more particularly to a tuner for providing tuning information regarding a musical instrument without making physical or electrical contact with the instrument. We describe a musical instrument tuner for pro... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7692085 | Device for adjusting the tension of the strings of a stringed instrument A device is disclosed for adjusting the tension of the strings of a string instrument, especially a guitar, preferably an electric guitar, or a bass, preferably an electric bass, said strings being secured at a first end to a winding mechanism and at a second end to... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7615701 | Method for keying human voice audio frequency A method for keying human voice audio frequency includes the steps of setting the human factor of the singer; recording the singing of the singer; calculating the audio frequency by an audio frequency counter; recording the maximum ground frequency by the recorder; ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7576277 | 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 bi... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7560634 | Electronic musical instrument having tuning device An electronic musical instrument includes a tuning device, a keyboard, a tone generator, a microphone, a measurement unit, and a display attached to the backside of the housing. The tone generator generates a plurality of reference tones in response to the operation... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7547838 | Tuning device for musical instruments and computer program used therein A tuning device includes an analog-to-digital converter for converting sound waves propagated from a piano to an audio signal in synchronism with a sampling signal and a data processor for visualizing a difference between a target pitch of a tone and an actual pitch... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7521618 | Tuning device for musical instruments and computer program used therein A portable tuning device includes a microphone, a data processing system and a touch-panel liquid crystal display device, and assists a user in a tuning work on an upright piano; when the user depresses a key, sound waves, which expresses a tone, are propagated to t... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7514620 | Method for shifting pitches of audio signals to a desired pitch relationship A method and apparatus for shifting pitches of audio signals to achieve desired pitch relationships between the audio signals. Two or more audio signals are received. The audio signals may be in either a digital or analog format. One of the input audio signals is se... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7507891 | Fiber Bragg grating tuner The present invention relates an instrument tuner possessing a fiber optic with a prewritten fiber Bragg grating. The tuner is suitable for providing more accurate instrument tuning, capable of not being subject to a tuner's subjectivity or distortions or electromag... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7446251 | Musical accessory having tuner and/or metronome and having power generation function Disclosed is a musical accessory, equipped with a tuner for stringed instruments and/or a metronome, capable of generating power by itself, which is convenient to use. In an aspect, the musical accessory comprises a casing housing a sensor, an amplifier, an A/D conv... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7435890 | Tuning device and method for musical instrument A tuning device includes a pitch extraction device with which the pitch of an input signal is extracted and a deviation detection device with which the deviation of the pitch that has been extracted by the pitch extraction device from a standard pitch is detected. T... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7390951 | Universal tuner mount A universal mount for acoustically coupling a musical instrument tuner to an instrument has a link connected to the tuner at one end, the link adapted and arranged to have selectable loose and fixed states, with the link including complementary first and second clam... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7371954 | Tuner apparatus for aiding a tuning of musical instrument A tuner apparatus 10 causes a user to designate a musical instrument that is to be tuned and a reference pitch that is a standard upon tuning, by a process at a setting portion 110. A pitch detecting portion 130 detects a pitch of a performed no... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365263 | Intonation training device An intonation training device for training musicians in just intonation. As disclosed, the device is a pocket-sized portable device with an audio output and a user interface which includes an LCD display and a device such as a push button for selecting an item from ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364505 | Method and apparatus for player stimulation A gaming apparatus includes a value input device, a display unit that is capable of generating video images, a light array, an audio output device, and a controller operatively coupled to said value input device, said display unit, said light array and said audio ou... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355110 | Stringed musical instrument having a built in hand-held type computer An apparatus and method is disclosed for storing, editing, deleting and visually displaying personal information within a stringed musical instrument. A hand-held type computer (34) located in and forming a portion of the envelope or housing of the stringed m... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352556 | Charging method for squib A charging method for a plurality of squibs which charges up each storage device built in or attached to each squib which is connected to an ignition control device via a common bus, and can be selectively operated by electrical energy and electrical signals which a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351905 | Apparatus for powering an electronic musical instrument Apparatus for providing electrical power to signal conditioner circuitry inside a musical instrument having a signal output jack mounted thereon to carry a conditioned music signal via a signal cable to a remote location. The power source is a battery mounted inside... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7332664 | System and method for musical instrument education System and method for musical instrument education are provided. The system includes a lesson terminal which has a processor unit configured to evaluate performance musical data inputted from an electronic musical instrument, to enable a user feedback, and to enable... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329808 | String bending device for stringed musical instruments A string bending device for stringed instruments and methods of use are claimed. The novel device permits the user to tension a string to change the pitch and tone by means of a tension arm and attached string pad. The string pad is unique in that it possesses an ar... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327109 | Adjustable bridge for acoustic stringed instruments A bridge for providing adjustable active string length on acoustic stringed musical instruments comprised of a concavity surrounding a plurality of individually adjustable saddles that are arranged individually and independently to support each string and be freely ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326849 | Foot-operated docking station for electronic modules used with musical instruments A modular docking station receives a variety of electronic modules, such as a tuner, effects processor, signal conditioner, signal distributor, and signal converter, for use with a musical instrument, such as a guitar. A base unit has a flat bottom portion and an an... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7294109 | Method and apparatus for a morphology-preserving smoothing filter A method and apparatus for implementing a signal morphology preservation smoothing scheme. The smoothing scheme includes generating an output signal representative of a filtered version of the input signal, wherein the output signal is generated by adaptively removi... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288709 | Tuning device and tuning method The tuning device also includes an input unit for inputting a sound of an instrument to be tuned or a musical sound signal, a conversion information storing portion in which a plurality of pieces of information on filters for tuning are stored, a control unit for ex... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285714 | Pickup for digital guitar A reluctance pickup for a guitar including a pair of magnetic pole pieces disposed within wire coils. The coils are oppositely wound and wired in series. Each pole piece has an elongated magnetic pole end extending above its respective coil. The pole pieces are disp... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285710 | Musical instrument tuner A musical instrument tuner includes a means for measuring the frequency of a note played on an instrument, a minimal display means, a means for powering and depowering the tuner, and a means for collecting the signal to be measured. The tuner displays sharp and flat... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282633 | Sound augmentation system and method for a drum A sound augmentation system for a drum comprises a wave generator for producing an electrical signal corresponding to a predetermined sound, an amplifier for amplifying the electrical signal to produce an amplified electrical signal, and a driver for translating the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276657 | Maximized sound pickup switching apparatus for a string instrument having a plurality of sound pickups A sound pickup switching system for an electric string instrument which has at least two pickup coils and a multi-position selector switch, includes a switch matrix with a plurality of switches in it connected to the pickup coils. The switch matrix electrically inte... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271329 | Computer-aided learning system employing a pitch tracking line A computer-aided learning system to facilitate a human to control the pitch and rhythm of their voice. In a preferred embodiment for learning how to sing a song in tune, a display provides visual, real-time depiction of the singer's actual pitch compared to the “t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268286 | Electronic tuning system and methods of using same Methods for assisting a technician in tuning a musical instrument exhibiting inharmonicity, such as a piano. If one aspect, a plurality of target frequencies are calculated using a table of preferred stretch values. In another aspect, target frequencies are calculat... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265282 | Universal tuner mount with spring-loaded link A universal mount for acoustically coupling a musical instrument tuner to an instrument has a link connected to the tuner at one end, the link adapted and arranged to be repositionable, and a clamp connected to the other end of the link for acoustically attaching th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259311 | Mobile communication terminal with audio tuning function A mobile communication terminal provided with a tuning function, which saves a player the trouble of carrying around a tuning meter or the like and facilitates the tuning of instruments. A user designates a reference pitch stored in a memory, and inputs the sound of... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247789 | Soundhole accessible musical instrument control platform A soundhole accessible musical instrument control platform mounted inside the body of a musical instrument requires no physical alterations to the instrument, allowing the user convenient and ergonomic access to the control platform through the soundhole while using... | 07/24/2007 |
