Yamaha Corporation

Kenta Hori

Yojiro Takabayashi

Kenji Iwamoto

Satsuki Kawahashi

Hidenari Kim

Hidehisa Yasuno

Dan Godlovitch

Norm Campbell

Motoi Nishio

Shingo Ekuni

Glen Rutledge

Max Lettau

Peter Lupini

A stringed musical instrument includes: a musical instrument body configured such that a string is attached thereto; a pickup configured to: i) detect vibration of the string and ii) output a string vibration signal according to the vibration; a detection sensor that is: i) attached to the musical instrument body and ii) configured to output a detection signal according to a force applied to the musical instrument body; and a controller that is attached to the musical instrument body, and is configured to output, based on the detection signal, a control signal configured to control an operation of an effector configured to impart an effect to the string vibration signal.

Stringed musical instrument and acoustic effect device

A transducer includes a piezoelectric element attached to a stringed musical instrument with an adhesive layer, and at least one intermediate layer provided in a thickness-wise middle portion of the adhesive layer and made of a material different from a material of the adhesive layer. The transducer has a mounting surface attached to face a back surface of a top of a body of the stringed musical instrument, and the mounting surface is disposed in an area, in the top, including an area right under an installation area of a bridge which is provided on a front surface of the top and supports a saddle supporting one-end sides of strings.

Transducer and stringed musical instrument including the same

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