PIANO

• Main Authors: ISHII JUN, KAWABATA TARO, ONISHI KENTA, SUMINO SHINJI, KADOBAYASHI EMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 08.12.2016
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; PIANOS, HARPSICHORDS, SPINETS OR SIMILAR STRINGED MUSICALINSTRUMENTS WITH ONE OR MORE KEYBOARD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a piano which can reinforce a register that a player expects, and decrease volume of sound as a whole.SOLUTION: A piano comprises: a cabinet; a bridge which regulates length of a string; a linkage member which links a plate-like member forming a part of the cabinet with the bridge and in which transfer characteristic of vibration from the bridge to the plate-like member is variable; and control means which controls change of the transfer characteristic. The control means may include means supplying at least one part of the linkage member with energy. The energy may be at least one of heat, voltage, current, and external force.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】演奏者が望む音域を補強しつつ全体として音量を低減することのできるピアノを提供する。【解決手段】ピアノは、筐体と、弦長を規定する駒と、前記筐体の一部を構成する板状部材と前記駒とを連結し、前記駒から前記板状部材への振動の伝達特性が可変である連結部材と、前記伝達特性の変化を制御する制御手段と、を備える。前記制御手段は、前記連結部材の少なくとも一部に対し、エネルギーを供給する手段を含んでもよい。また、前記エネルギーは、熱、電圧、電流、外力のうち少なくとも一つであってもよい。【選択図】図１