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US 8,134,064 B2Granted
Method of improving sound quality of a musical instrument
OwnerFrank Sanns, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for artificially aging a musical instrument is provided. The apparatus and method include oscillating the sound board of the instrument by an energy source at specific frequencies over the playing frequency range of the instrument.
Claims20
A method for conditioning a musical instrument, comprising:
- providing a musical instrument;
- coupling one or more energy sources to a sound board of the musical instrument;
- and
- inducing oscillations of a discrete semitone frequency of the musical instrument in a sound forming surface of the musical instrument.
1 more element
An apparatus for conditioning a musical instrument, comprising:
- one or more energy sources;
- wherein the one or more energy sources are configured to induce oscillations of a discrete semitone frequency of the musical instrument at a selected location on a sound forming surface of the musical instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.