In a message dated 9/12/2005 1:34:36 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Do you have the original patents? I recall that the inventor wanted the wires to vibrate in harmonic frequency with the music that emanated from the horn. Allen www.phonobooks.com Hi Allen, No. I don't have any original patents. This is a German machine. Does that mean it's not in PHP? Wait a minute!!! I just found the original patent 899491 in PHP. Thanks for reminding me, Allen. The theory was that the strings would indeed vibrate with the frequencies of sound coming from the horn--but it was probably just a gimmick. However, Larry Karp has described the sound as being "warmer" than without the strings. Imagination can be a wonderful thing! There's still no indication of how the tuning might be done in PHP. Would the patent papers describe this, perhaps? Thanks, Art
