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US 2020/0327873 A1Published application
Electric bagpipe and electric bagpipe components
OwnerDavid Emmanuel Alves DUNCANinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an electric pickup device for a bagpipe drone. The present invention also relates to an electric pickup device for a bagpipe chanter. The invention also relates to an electric bagpipe comprising a blowstick, a bag, at least one drone having an electric pickup sensor spaced 0.5-5 mm from the drone reed and a chanter having an electric pickup device with a sensor spaced 0.5-5 mm from the chanter reed.
Claims14
A bagpipe comprising:
- a blowstick (10) for delivering air to a bag (20) which receives and stores said air;
- at least one drone (30) to form sounds using the air from the bag;
- the drone (30) including a drone base (35) which fits into a drone stock body (40) which is open to said bag;
- a first electric pickup device (45) having a drone sensor (50) spaced 0.5-5 mm from the drone reed (42),
- the first electric pickup device (45) including a wire (55) to transmit the audio signal, said wire leads to and is encased in a cable (60) to output the audio signal;
- a chanter (65) also to form sounds using the air from the bag, the chanter including a chanter body (70) and a reed seat (75) holding a chanter reed (80);
- and
- a second electric pickup device (85) within the chanter (65), the second electric pickup device including
- a chanter sensor (92) spaced 0.5-5 mm from the chanter reed (80),
- a wire (95) to transmit an audio signal, said wire leads to and is encased in
- a cable (100) to output the audio signal.
8 more elements
An electric pickup device for a bagpipe drone, the electric pickup device comprising:
- a first electric pickup device (45) having a drone sensor (50) spaced 0.5-5 mm from a drone reed tongue (41),
- the first electric pickup device (45) including a wire (55) to transmit the audio signal from the drone sensor (50) based on the vibrations in the drone reed (41), and a cable (60) encasing said wire to output the audio signal.
An electric pickup device for a bagpipe chanter, the electric pickup device comprising:
- a chanter reed (80) secured in a reed seat (75) for use within the chanter (65);
- a chanter sensor (92) to detect vibrations on the chanter reed (80) and fixed to the reed seat (75), wherein the a chanter sensor (92) is spaced 0.5-5 mm from the chanter reed (80);
- a wire (95) to transmit an audio signal from the chanter sensor (92) based on the vibrations in the chanter reed (80);
- and
- a cable (100) encasing said wire (95) to output the audio signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.