Stringed musical instrument formed from bamboo plates

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EP 1 020 842 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	27.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/26

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	19.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/29

(21)	Application number: 99116833.7

(22)	Date of filing: 02.09.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G10D 1/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

13.01.1999 JP 702599

(71)	Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
	Hamamatsu-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Sakurai, Hiroshi Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: Geyer, Ulrich F., Dr. Dipl.-Phys. et al
	WAGNER & GEYER, Patentanwälte, Gewürzmühlstrasse 5 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	Stringed musical instrument formed from bamboo plates

(57) Bamboo fibers uniformly extend in the longitudinal direction of a bamboo stem (20) so as to impart good acoustic properties to bamboo plates (25) formed from bamboo strips (24), and the bamboo plates (25) are available for a component part (1a/ 1b/ 1c/ 11/ 12) of a body and a neck (2a/ 2b) both forming part of an acoustic guitar, because the bamboo is easily economically obtainable.

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