Stringed musical instrument
OwnerHenk van Zalingeinventor
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Abstract
A stringed musical instrument, in particular a double bass, having a resonating body of narrow elongate shape, a neck secured to this body and strings extending across the body and neck and across a bridge supported on the front plate of the body. A transverse sound-beam inside the body divides the latter into two separate resonating chambers of unequal size which are acoustically connected by a through-hole in the sound-beam. Below the bridge a bore extends through the body front plate and into the sound-beam to open into the connecting hole of the beam and an electrical pick-up element extends through this bore between the lower side of the bridge and a vibration plate mounted in the connecting hole.
Claims9
A stringed musical instrument comprising a resonating body formed by a front plate, back plate and side ribs, said body having a narrow elongate shape;
- a neck secured to the body;
- a bridge supported on the front plate;
- strings extending across the body and neck and stretched across the bridge;
- an electrical pick-up element associated with said bridge for connection to an electrical amplifier and loudspeaker system;
- and a transverse sound-beam arranged in and forming part of said body, dividing the latter into two separate resonating chambers of unequal size, said sound-beam extending across the whole width of the body between the side ribs thereof and fittingly engaging the inner sides of the front plate and back plate of the body, and said sound-beam having a first bore formed therein extending in the longitudinal direction of the body connecting said two resonating chambers, said bridge being supported on the front plate at said sound-beam, and said pick-up element being mounted between and engaging said bridge and said body at said sound-beam.
A stringed musical instrument comprising a resonating body formed by a front plate, back plate and side ribs, said body having a narrow elongate shape;
- a neck secured to the body;
- a bridge supported on the front plate;
- strings extending across the body and neck stretched across the bridge;
- an electrical pick-up element associated with said bridge for connection to an electrical amplifier and loudspeaker system;
- and a transverse sound-beam arranged in and forming part of said body, dividing the latter into two separate resonating chambers of unequal size, said sound-beam extending across the whole width of the body between the side ribs thereof and fittingly engaging the inner sides of the front plate and back plate of the body, said sound-beam having a first bore formed therein extending in the longitudinal direction of the body connecting said two resonating chambers, said bridge being supported on the front plate at said sound-beam, a second bore extending through said front plate and into said sound-beam in a direction perpendicular to the front plate to open into said first bore in said sound-beam, said pick-up element being mounted with its upper end engaging the lower side of said bridge in the middle thereof, said element extending longitudinally from said upper end downwardly through said second bore, the lower end of the pick-up element finding support in said first bore.
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