(19)
(11) EP 0 773 530 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.05.1997 Bulletin 1997/20

(21) Application number: 96116952.1

(22) Date of filing: 22.10.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: G10D 3/16, G10F 1/18
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 10.11.1995 JP 292957/95

(71) Applicant: Niigata Stringed Instruments Corporation
Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hirokawa, Shiro, c/o Niigata Stringed Instr. Corp.
    Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Liesegang, Roland, Dr.-Ing. 
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38
80801 München
80801 München (DE)

   


(54) Player apparatus


(57) A player apparatus which can reproduce as vivid sounds as if those from a live musical performance. A driving coil (11) converts a speech current into a mechanical vibration. Then, the me chanical vibration is propagated from a rod (21) to a bridge (45) of a violin (42). Thus, a body (49) of the violin (42) vibrates to generate sounds therefrom. Thus reproduced sounds are extremely close to the original ones, thereby providing higer-fidelity appar atus than any conventional high-grade speakers.






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