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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 1995
Filed:
May. 31, 1994
Ned Steinberger, New Windsor, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
A chromatic tuner display comprises a base member, with a predetermined point on the base member corresponding to the precise pitch of a desired musical note. The display includes colored light means mounted on the base member for visually representing the pitch of a sound, including a plurality of illuminative letters ordered for corresponding to the notes of the musical scale, a plurality of additional illuminative characters positioned on the base member between adjacent letters for corresponding to sharp and flat variations of the lettered musical notes, and a plurality of colored light devices, the devices including a plurality of opposing pairs of ascending and descending light devices on opposite sides of the predetermined point, each opposing pair having specified color for visually indicating whether a musical sound is above or below the pitch of the musical note represented by an illuminated letter or letter and character combination, and for visually indicating the relative difference in pitch of the musical sound from the desired musical note.