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US 2021/0241741 A1Published application
Vibraphone pickup
OwnerGary Joseph Howe, Peter Howeinventors
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Abstract
A vibraphone pickup has a bobbin having two coils, one for outputting an analog signal and one for outputting a digital signal. A plurality of filters and buffers are used to isolate the signals. A rare earth (or neodymium) magnet is used in the center of the bobbin. In one method of use, a vibraphone pickup is used to pick up each note of the vibraphone. The output of each vibraphone pickup is combined and fed into an amplifier.
Claims18
A vibraphone pickup, comprising:
- a housing coupled to a vibraphone, the housing comprising a circuit board in communication with a plurality of bobbins, each bobbin positioned beneath a bar of the vibraphone, each bobbin comprising:
- a first channel and a second channel separated by a separator,
- a base with securement apertures,
- a magnet aperture for receiving a magnet, the magnet aperture and magnet therein running through a center of the bobbin from a top to the base of the bobbin,
- a first coil comprising a first copper wire wrapped around the first channel, and
- a second coil comprising a second copper wire wrapped around the second channel;
- a plurality of buffers and filters coupled to the plurality of bobbins via the circuit board;
- and
- a MIDI processor for processing signals received from the plurality of buffers and filters;
- wherein the first coil outputs an analog signal and the second coil generates a digital signal simultaneously.
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The vibraphone pickup of claim 2, wherein each filter and buffer is coupled to a separate bobbin.
A vibraphone pickup, comprising:
- a housing coupled to a vibraphone;
- a plurality of bobbins within the housing, each bobbin comprising:
- a base with securement apertures;
- at least one channel wrapped with wire forming a coil;
- and
- a magnet;
- wherein the coil is used to output an analog signal or to generate a digital signal;
- each bobbin being coupled to a circuit board;
- and
- a plurality of filters coupled to the plurality of bobbins.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.