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Electronic tuning system and methods of using same

US7268286B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 4, 2003
Grant dateSep 11, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 23, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10G7/02
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

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 calculated from multiple inharmonicity measurements during the time a tone generator is sounding.

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