Patent ID: 7049502
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: G10G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A music tuner for tuning a music instrument, comprising: a tuner body having a display screen to show a pitch of a sound from the music instrument and a difference from a target sound; a non-contact sensing device that senses sounds from said music instrument through the air, said non-contact sensing device being a microphone; a contact sensing device that senses sounds from the music instrument by physically contacting with the music instrument, said contact sensing device being a piezoelectric device; an attachment clip for attaching the music tuner to an object including the music instrument; and a circuitry to select either said non-contact sensing device or said contact sensing device for processing the sounds from the music instrument; wherein said non-contact sensing device is mounted on the tuner body and said contact sensing device is mounted on the attachment clip, and wherein said tuner body is detachably connected to the attachment clip, thereby establishing the music tuner having both said non-contact sensing device and said contact sensing device one of which is automatically selected when tuning the music instrument.