Musical instrument string
AssigneeLyrrus, Inc.
InventorsNathaniel Weiss, Jonathan Grayson, Jonathan Coppersmith
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Abstract
A method of treating a nylon or other non-ferromagnetic musical instrument string so that its movement is detectable by a ferromagnetic pickup includes applying ferromagnetic material to a portion of the string when the string is mounted to an instrument. The preferred method is to paint the string with a fluid material comprising a suspension of nickel particles in a solvent, and permitting the solvent to evaporate to leave a residue of nickel particles on the string.
Claims18
A method of treating a nylon or other non-ferromagnetic musical instrument string so that its movement may generate an electrical signal in a ferromagnetic coil, comprising mounting said string for vibratory movement on a musical instrument and then securing a quantity of ferromagnetic material to said string.
A musical instrument string comprising:
- an elongated string body having a length, said string body being constructed substantially of non-ferromagnetic material over said length;
- and
- a ferromagnetic material coupled to said string body for movement therewith, said ferromagnetic material being disposed over a portion of said length of said string body, said portion being less than said length.
A method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a musical instrument having a plurality of substantially non-ferromagnetic strings;
- b. disposing a ferromagnetic pickup adjacent a portion of each of said strings;
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- c. disposing a ferromagnetic material on a portion of each of said strings,
- wherein the portion of said string to which said pickup is adjacent includes the portion of said string on which ferromagnetic material is disposed, and wherein said providing step a is performed prior to said disposing step c.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.