Title:
STRINGED INSTRUMENT, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/026951
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a stringed instrument which can satisfy the preference of a player of a stringed instrument or the purpose of performance as much as possible. A stringed instrument includes a resonance chamber section manufactured by layered manufacturing method, and a neck section projecting from the resonance chamber section wherein the material constant in a desired region of the resonance chamber section is differentiated stepwise or continuously from the material constant in a region adjacent to the desired region. A stringed instrument where the vibration characteristics of the instrument are changed by the partial difference in material constant so that the preference of a player or the purpose of performance can be satisfied is thereby provided.
Inventors:
YOKOYAMA, Yukio (13-10 Nishigaoka 3-chom, Kita-ku Tokyo 86, 〒1158586, JP)
Application Number:
JP2009/065214
Publication Date:
March 11, 2010
Filing Date:
August 31, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute (13-10, Nishigaoka 3-chome Kita-ku Tokyo, 86, 〒1158586, JP)
地方独立行政法人東京都立産業技術研究センター (〒86 東京都北区西が丘３丁目１３番１０号 Tokyo, 〒1158586, JP)
地方独立行政法人東京都立産業技術研究センター (〒86 東京都北区西が丘３丁目１３番１０号 Tokyo, 〒1158586, JP)
International Classes:
G10D3/02; G10D1/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ARAI, Nobuaki (ARAI & ASSOCIATES, Daini-Futaba Bldg. No. 601, 13-11, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-k, Tokyo 14, 〒1080014, JP)