Silent stringed musical instrument having body with viscoelastic layer for damping vibrations

摘要

A silent stringed musical instrument includes a wooden body (1), a neck (2) projecting from one end of the wooden body, peg screws (4a-4d) attached to the neck, a tail piece (3) attached to the body, strings (5a-5d) stretched between the peg screws and the tail piece, a bridge (6) attached to the body in such a manner as to be held in contact with the strings and an electric system (7) for producing an electric signal from the vibrations of each string; when a player bows the silent stringed musical instrument for playing a tune, the electric system converts the vibrations of each string to the electric signal so as to produce electric sound; however, the body hardly vibrates, because viscoelastic layers (1f-1j) are inserted between wooden plates. IMAGE