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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Inventor:
Scott M. Gillette, Norfolk, MA (US);
Assignee:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/18 (2013.01); G10H 3/181 (2013.01); G10H 2220/521 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetoelectric pickup device for use with a stringed musical instrument combines magnetostriction and the piezoelectric effect to detect a combination of magnetic field oscillations produced by a vibrating ferromagnetic string and acoustic vibrations from the body of the instrument itself. The result is a sound reproduction that preserves the natural acoustic timbre of the instrument.