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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2003
Mark R. Hofmeister, Collegeville, PA (US);
Gregory L. Schwartz, Spinnerstown, PA (US);
Mark R. Hofmeister, Collegeville, PA (US);
Gregory L. Schwartz, Spinnerstown, PA (US);
Schulmerich Carillons, Inc., Sellersville, PA (US);
Abstract
An electronic tone generation system including a plurality of separate, portable, handheld transmitters, or batons, that are provided as 'instruments' to numerous players to form a choir. Each baton is activated by one of the players to send a signal, preferably a wireless signal, to a single receiver which produces an output signal fed to a tone generator, preferably a MIDI tone generator, which produces audible sounds via an amplifier and speakers. For example, the batons can correspond to different musical notes as played by a selected musical instrument and the batons can be played in concert by the choir to produce a musical or other audible presentation. Alternatively, selected batons can be designated to play in one voice, while others batons are set to play other voices.