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US 4,356,753 AGranted
Musical electro magnetic analog synthesizer controlled rocket engine
OwnerPaul L. Galleyinventor
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Abstract
A musical instrument combination including a rocket engine type combustion chamber and a system for firing it either by single drum beat control or by variable frequency control pulses. The effect achieved by the rocket engine output sound is similar to that of a pipe organ and resonator and further is of a pitch controllable by the barrel length and diameter of the rocket engine chamber exhaust structure.
Claims11
A rocket engine type musical instrument, comprising:
- a firing chamber of preselected pitch determining length and diameter;
- a plurality of igniting means mounted in said chamber;
- a fuel source operably connected to provide fuel into said chamber proximate said igniting means;
- means for injecting oxygen into said chamber and mixing it with the fuel for ignition;
- a barrel and port connected to said chamber to provide a sound output of predetermined pitch from said chamber;
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- means for operating said igniting means, said fuel source and said injecting means at a selectively predetermined frequency for providing a controllable and continuously variable frequency explosive sound output from said port.
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