FINGER-BOARD ELECTROMUSICAL INSTRUMENT, TUNE OSCILLATOR AND OPTO-ISOLATOR LOUDNESS PEDAL Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: musical instruments.

SUBSTANCE: board-neck electro-musical instrument has chains of narrow buttons instead of strings disposed along board-neck. Any chain is connected to its own oscillator to produce one sound of different pitch of a tone like string at different tunes. Polyphony is achieved due to connection of chains of oscillators. Board-neck is disposed to provide the better comfort for both hands of musician. Loudness is controlled by right pedal and left pedal serves for attenuate loudness of accompaniment. Vibration of sound is achieved due to vibrations of hands similar to vibrations of left hands of musician playing bow instruments. Glissando is elicited due to sliding of fingers along buttons of the same chain. Tune oscillator and opto-isolator loudness pedal are also used for the instrument.

EFFECT: new kind of board-neck electro-musical instrument.

4 cl, 17 dwg