Method and apparatus for waking-up violin and other string instruments
AssigneeJohn Gilbert
InventorJohn Gilbert
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Abstract
Waking-up a violin or other instrument by determining naturally resonating features of a particular instrument by applying tones and analyzing the instrument's responses, and then applying vibrations (e.g., continuously and/or in patterns, such as alternating on/off, staccato, etc.) corresponding to the most responsive (resonant) portions of the instrument's responses (e.g., peaks of the analyzed instrument's response) fully breaking in the various parts of the instrument. The applied vibrations are continued until the instrument's amplitude response plateaus.
Claims23
A method of waking up a Bow String Instrument (BSI), comprising the steps of:
- determining at least one frequency response peak of the BSI;
- and
- applying a primarily non-acoustical break-in vibration to the BSI instrument at or near the at least one frequency response peak;
- wherein the non-acoustical break-in vibration is transmitted to the BSI through a primarily vibrational pathway utilized by the BSI when it is being played.
A process, comprising the steps of:
- determining peak response frequencies of an acoustical device;
- applying input stimulus corresponding to the peak response frequencies;
- over time, measuring the acoustical device's response to the applied input stimulus;
- and
- completing the method when the measured response is stable.
A computer readable media and a set of instructions stored by the computer readable media that, when loaded into a computer, cause the computer to perform the steps of:
- applying a break-in vibration to a Bow String Instrument (BSI) at the at least one frequency response peak into the BSI via a primarily non-acoustical vibrational pathway utilized by th BSI when it is being played;
- measuring a response of the BSI to the break-in vibration;
- utilizing the measured response to determine a break-in state of the BSI;
- and
- continuing to apply the break-in vibration until the measured response reaches a desired quality.
A method of waking up a Bow String Instrument (BSI), comprising the steps of:
- determining a plurality of frequency response peaks of the BSI;
- and
- applying break-in vibrations to the BSI instrument via a mechanical coupling to the BSI;
- wherein the break-in vibrations are at or near at least one of the plurality of frequency response peaks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.