Sound reverberator mounted in a sound box of a string musical instrument
US5567895A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10D3/02
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A sound reverberator for a string musical instrument having a sound box and strings tensioned over a saddle member of a bridge piece connected to a top wall of the sound box. The reverberator comprises one or more pre-tensioned springs secured internally of the sound box. A metallic transfer member is secured to a free end of the spring internally of the sound box. The transfer member is displacedly supported under the strings by a finger actuated displaceable support element for releasably engaging the springs of the musical instrument to transfer vibrations from the strings to the one or more metal springs whereby to produce sound vibrations internally of the sound box to modify the tonality of the sound generated by the sound box as a result of setting the strings in vibration.
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