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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Banri Abe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masatsugu Okazaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ichiro Osuga, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shinji Sumino, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takuya Abe, Kakegawa, JP;
Takashi Kitagawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a musical instrument including a vibratable body; and a vibrator. The vibrator includes a vibrating body that vibrates in a predetermined direction; and a coupling member coupling the vibrating body and the vibratable body and that transmits vibration of the vibrating body to the vibratable body. The coupling member includes a shaft extending between the vibrating body and the vibratable body; a first wire rod coupling one end portion of the shaft and the vibrating body; and a second wire rod coupling another end portion of the shaft and the vibratable body. A resonance frequency of each of the shaft, the first wire rod, and the second wire rod is at least 10 kHz.