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US 2007/0175320 A1Published application
Accelerated Aging Process for Acoustic Stringed Instruments
AssigneeUniversity of South Florida
InventorsJames Hall, Daniel P. Hess
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Abstract
A method of artificially aging a musical instrument is provided by placing the instrument in an enclosure, providing at least one electromechanical transducer proximate to the instrument and providing an electrical signal to the transducer. The transducer is a three-way speaker in a preferred embodiment. The method has particular utility wherein the instrument is a wooden, stringed instrument.
Claims16
A method of artificially aging an instrument, comprising the steps of:
- placing the instrument in an enclosure;
- providing at least one electromechanical transducer proximate to the instrument;
- and
- providing an electrical signal to the transducer.
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A device for artificially aging an instrument, comprising:
- an enclosure adapted to contain the instrument;
- at least one electromechanical transducer proximate to the instrument when it is placed within the enclosure;
- and
- a power source adapted to provide electricity to the at least one electromechanical transducer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.