EP1745460A1 - Verfahren zum verbessern der klangeigenschaften, insbesondere des nachhalls (sustain) eines saiteninstrumentes sowie befestigungsplatte zum befestigen je eines endes der saiten einer gitarre. - Google Patents
Verfahren zum verbessern der klangeigenschaften, insbesondere des nachhalls (sustain) eines saiteninstrumentes sowie befestigungsplatte zum befestigen je eines endes der saiten einer gitarre.Info
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- EP1745460A1 EP1745460A1 EP05701214A EP05701214A EP1745460A1 EP 1745460 A1 EP1745460 A1 EP 1745460A1 EP 05701214 A EP05701214 A EP 05701214A EP 05701214 A EP05701214 A EP 05701214A EP 1745460 A1 EP1745460 A1 EP 1745460A1
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- G10D1/00—General design of stringed musical instruments
- G10D1/04—Plucked or strummed string instruments, e.g. harps or lyres
- G10D1/05—Plucked or strummed string instruments, e.g. harps or lyres with fret boards or fingerboards
- G10D1/08—Guitars
- G10D1/085—Mechanical design of electric guitars
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- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G10D3/00—Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars
- G10D3/12—Anchoring devices for strings, e.g. tail pieces or hitchpins
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- G10D3/00—Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars
- G10D3/14—Tuning devices, e.g. pegs, pins, friction discs or worm gears
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- G10G—REPRESENTATION OF MUSIC; RECORDING MUSIC IN NOTATION FORM; ACCESSORIES FOR MUSIC OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. SUPPORTS
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a method for improving the sound properties, in particular the reverberation (sustain) of a stringed instrument.
- the invention further relates to an improved mounting plate for attaching one end of the strings of an electric guitar, in particular an electric guitar, or an electric bass, with which mounting plate an improvement in the sound properties, in particular the reverberation (sustain) guitar or E-basses is achieved.
- the strings are tensioned so that they vibrate at a predetermined frequency after striking and produce a corresponding tone.
- the tensioned strings are fixed at two ends, with one end of the respective string usually not being adjustable or only in is adjustable to a small extent and the other end of the strings runs, for example, on a gag or other device for adjusting the string length or tension.
- guitars in particular electric guitars, as well as electric basses in a rough structure can be divided into a body, a bridge and a head.
- the strings of the instrument that produce the sound are stretched from the head over the bridge to the body.
- the strings are fixed with a first end to a mounting plate attached to the body of the instrument, often also in the form of a so-called tremolo system block for electric guitars. From there, the strings extend along the body over the bridge to the head, where they are wound on pegs. By turning the pegs, the strings are relaxed or relaxed and thus tuned.
- the strings are usually fixed to a contact edge of a bore made in the fastening plate with a thickening, a so-called ball end, which is attached to the end thereof.
- the strings then extend through the bore and are deflected on the mounting plate via a deflection and guided over the body and the bridge to the head.
- the mounting plate is regularly made of a metal and has holes at regular intervals in a number corresponding to the number of strings for fixing the string ends of the strings of the instrument.
- the aim of the invention is therefore to provide a simple means with which the sound properties, in particular the sustain, of a string instrument, in particular a guitar, preferably an electric guitar, or an electric bass, can be improved.
- This means should be simple and inexpensive and is particularly suitable for retrofitting existing string instruments.
- the essence of the invention lies in the surprising discovery that by introducing an element made of a fixing device, with which one of the ends of at least one string of the stringed instrument is fixed, compared to the material of a fixing device, lower conductivity or absorption properties for sound waves in the region of the striking of the Material which has strings produced and has an audible frequency range between the string and the fixing device, a significant extension of the reverberation of the string and thus of the reverberation or sustain can be achieved.
- the inventor made this invention in the course of development work in another field to improve electric guitars, he surprisingly came across the knowledge on which the invention is based.
- the scope and scope of application of the invention are limited, as the inventor has recognized, not only on electric guitars or comparable string instruments, but on string instruments in general.
- an improvement in the reverberation of the stringed instrument results from the introduction of the element according to the invention in that, in particular, the string that is otherwise directly in contact with the material of the fixing device transmits the vibrations directly to the material of the fixing device, where these are then damped.
- the interposition of the element according to the invention reduces the ability of the material to absorb and dampen the vibrations of the string, the string vibrates longer. For this it is of decisive the importance that the element lies at least in the area of the fixing device in which the string otherwise lies against the material of the fixing device and now lies against the element itself.
- a fixing device for example a fastening plate, in particular also as a tremolo system block
- elements made of a ceramic, plastic and / or glass material to be arranged between the fixing unit and the string have proven to be suitable (claim 2 or claim 6 ).
- Claim 3 specifies a specific solution to the problem for the application of the invention to guitars, in particular electric guitars and electric basses.
- the mounting plate can in particular also be a tremolo system block frequently encountered in an electric guitar.
- a sleeve according to the invention is preferably arranged in each of the bores in the fastening plate in order to improve the sound properties for all tones that can be played with the guitar or the electric bass (claim 8).
- the method described is excellently suited to retrofitting existing string instruments, for example guitars or electric basses, either by arranging elements made of a material according to the invention in already existing fixing devices or, if this is not possible, by attaching the fixing device is exchanged. Both measures are associated with comparatively low costs, which are in any case significantly lower than the purchase cost of a high-quality stringed instrument that achieves comparable sound properties due to its design characteristics.
- Fig. 1 shows schematically an electric guitar
- Fig. 2 schematically shows a cross section through the tremolo system block along the section line II - II in Fig. 1;
- FIG. 3 in a sectional view similar to FIG. 2, a section of a tremolo system block with Compared to the embodiment in Fig. 2 modified embodiment.
- an electric guitar 1 is shown schematically in a three-dimensional view.
- the electric guitar 1 has a body 2, a bridge 3 and a head 4.
- the so-called tremolo system block 5 is arranged on the body 2.
- the strings ⁇ a to 6f of the electric guitar 1 are fixed to it with a first end in a manner to be described later with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. With their respective other ends, the strings 6a to 6f run on pegs 7 arranged on the head 4 of the electric guitar 1, the pegs 7 being rotated by rotating the wings 8 and the strings ⁇ a to ⁇ f thus tuning the electric guitar 1 - or can be relaxed.
- the present invention relates to a modification of the tremolo system block 5 compared to a conventional tremolo system block of a normal electric guitar.
- the change can be seen particularly well in FIGS. 2 and 3.
- a bore 9 for each of the strings 6a to 6f are made. These holes extend in Fig. 1 as seen perpendicular to the local chenebene Zei ⁇ , ie the strings 6a-6f are deflected 5 proximal end by about 90 ° at its to the tremolo system block.
- a thickening 10 also referred to as a ball end. With this thickening, the end of the respective string ⁇ a to 6f in a conventional electric guitar is fixed directly on the tremolo system block 5, which is generally made of a metal, more precisely on an edge of the bore 9.
- the invention starts here by inserting a sleeve 11 into the bore 9 between the material of the tremolo system block 5 (steel in this exemplary embodiment) and the thickening 10 at the end of the strings 6a to ⁇ f.
- the sleeve 11 is made of a ceramic material in this embodiment.
- the thickening 10 at the end of the strings ⁇ a to 6f no longer lies directly against the metal of the tremolo system block, but against the ceramic material of the sleeve 11.
- the ceramic material of the sleeve 11 has one compared to the metal of the tremolo system block 5 significantly poorer absorption or conductivity for the sound or the sound waves generated with the strings 6a to 6f. Therefore, the vibration of the sides 6a to ⁇ f is not damped so quickly after striking, the string resonates longer and there is a significantly improved reverberation (Sustain) compared to an otherwise identical electric guitar with an unchanged tremolo system block.
- the sleeves 11 are shown as short sleeves, which are essentially limited to the area in which the thickening 10 at the end of the strings ⁇ a to 6f would lie against the material of the tremolo system block and now against the material of the sleeve 11 is present.
- Fig. 3 a modification of the bore 9 and the sleeve 11 is shown.
- the bore 9 is first shown as a widened bore in the end of the tremolo system block 5 shown in the figure below. This creates a Heel that completely absorbs the thickening 10 so that it does not protrude from the end of the tremolo system block 5 shown in the figure below.
- the length of the sleeve 11 is designed in such a way that it extends along the entire length of the bore 9. This creates a further reduced absorption of the sound waves generated by striking the string ( ⁇ a- ⁇ f) and thus an improved sustain and an improved sound of the guitar with regard to the audible overtones.
- the configurations of the tremolo system block 5 modified according to the invention, in particular in FIGS. 2 and 3, are not restrictive, many variations and mixed forms are conceivable here.
- the only decisive factor is that between the material of the tremolo system block 5 and at least the thickening 10 at the end of the strings ⁇ a to ⁇ f, a sleeve 11 formed according to the invention is introduced.
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EP05701214A EP1745460A1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-01-27 | Verfahren zum verbessern der klangeigenschaften, insbesondere des nachhalls (sustain) eines saiteninstrumentes sowie befestigungsplatte zum befestigen je eines endes der saiten einer gitarre. |
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EP04011357A EP1596359B1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2004-05-13 | Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum automatischen Stimmen eines Saiteninstrumentes, insbesondere einer Gitarre |
EP05701214A EP1745460A1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-01-27 | Verfahren zum verbessern der klangeigenschaften, insbesondere des nachhalls (sustain) eines saiteninstrumentes sowie befestigungsplatte zum befestigen je eines endes der saiten einer gitarre. |
PCT/EP2005/000801 WO2005116984A1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-01-27 | Verfahren zum verbessern der klangeigenschaften, insbesondere des nachhalls (sustain) eines saiteninstrumentes sowie befestigungsplatte zum befestigen je eines endes der saiten einer gitarre |
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EP04011357A Expired - Lifetime EP1596359B1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2004-05-13 | Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum automatischen Stimmen eines Saiteninstrumentes, insbesondere einer Gitarre |
EP05701037A Not-in-force EP1745461B1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-01-19 | Vorrichtung und verfahren zum automatischen stimmen eines saiteninstrumentes, insbesondere einer gitarre |
EP05701214A Withdrawn EP1745460A1 (de) | 2004-05-13 | 2005-01-27 | Verfahren zum verbessern der klangeigenschaften, insbesondere des nachhalls (sustain) eines saiteninstrumentes sowie befestigungsplatte zum befestigen je eines endes der saiten einer gitarre. |
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