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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2009-10-09 13:31
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8294355.stm
It can sound like a clarinet (and a bunch of other things, only some of which are printable).
It looks like it takes a good amount of physical skill and practice to play -- as much as a non-electronic instrument.
And you can look just as silly blowing into electronics as you can blowing into a bassoon.
Ken Shaw
Post Edited (2009-10-09 19:59)
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2009-10-09 15:30
TKS, Ken , velly interesting. Is it an electronic "hummer" or of an other 'genus ? Being curious, I looked and did not find any mention of such inst. in US patents. Looking up Ger/Eng for eigen, found many meanings, so need help on classification for US Class 84 searching. Fun, I'll bet, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-10-09 16:48
"Eigen-" is often used as a prefix in mathematics and computer science in such terms-of-art as "eigenvalues," "eigenvectors," "eigenfaces," etc. In that context it usually means "characteristic," but it also can denote ownership (e.g., In German, "mein eigenes Zimmer" means "my own room").
So for me, the name "eigenharp" suggests something high tech (because it suggests advanced mathematics), but it also suggests that this is an instrument that allows for very individualized expression (the "my own" connotation). The name is also probably derived from the name "autoharp."
Post Edited (2009-10-09 17:14)
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2009-10-10 04:04
That actually seems like the first electric instrument that does not try to just imitate acoustic instruments.
Very interesting.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2009-10-11 14:01
My abunmdant curiousity caused me to make a Google Patent search for Eigen musical instrument, which retrieved 6 patents which may require reading to determine whether these "diffusers" are what we are looking for. In 7,261,182 just look at the length of the claims. As mrn said eigen has several meanings in high science, and Eigen was also a person's name in the Ency. Brit. , Manfred as I recall. confusingly interesting, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2009-10-11 15:24
Eureka, as Archimedes said, climbing out of the bathtub, I [may] have found it. US 6, 682, 807 [may not be exact # will check and post if diff], by search of Eigen musical string instrument. Other pats, with first # a 1, are prob. recent filings, not ?yet? patent "issued. Read, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-10-11 15:39
Actually, all musical instruments are governed by the mathematical theory of eigenvalues. The natural resonant frequencies of a vibrating system are eigenvalues (or, more accurately, the square roots of eigenvalues).
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