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    • 专利摘要:
    The invention relates to a tuning device (1) for a whistle (2) of an organ. The whistle (2) is a reed with a tongue (4) and the length of the freely oscillatable area of the tongue (4) can be changed by means of an electronic drive element (8).
    公开号:AT519468A4
    申请号:T50980/2016
    申请日:2016-10-25
    公开日:2018-07-15
    发明作者:Clemens Sulz Msc
    申请人:Clemens Sulz Msc；
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    Summary
    The invention relates to a tuning device (1) for a pipe (2) of an organ. The pipe (2) is a tongue pipe with a tongue (4) and the length of the freely vibratable area of the tongue (4) can be changed via an electronic drive element (8).
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    Pipe tuner of an organ
    The invention relates to a tuning device for a pipe of an organ. The invention further relates to an electronic tuner for tuning a group of pipes in an organ.
    At the heart of an organ are the pipes with which the tones are generated. The variety of designs and sound colors is almost unlimited. Due to the static structure of an organ pipe, it can only be used for exactly one pitch, volume and tone color. In order to be able to vary these three properties, a wide variety of sizes and designs are used in an organ. This creates the large number of pipes in an organ, which are usually inside an organ, not visible to the listener or viewer.
    There are two basic types of pipes, which differ from the principle of sound generation: labial pipes (lip pipes) and lingual pipes (tongue pipes). In the case of a lip whistle, the sound is created by refraction of the air on a sharp edge, which causes the oscillation of the air flow to create a vibrating column of air (standing wave) in the pipe (comparable to a recorder). In the reed pipes, a metal tongue is made to vibrate by the flow of air, whereby these have a completely different design than lip pipes and are normally not visible in the organ.
    Lip pipes and whistles also differ in terms of their tuning behavior. With lip pipes, the pitch of the pipes, after pre-intonation in the factory, is determined by various methods, e.g. by bending the beards or moving voice slots at the upper, rear pipe end, in the course of a first intonation. This process usually takes several months for large organs and requires a lot of experience, good hearing and extensive specialist knowledge.
    The change in the room temperature has a relatively strong impact on the mood of lip pipes. Even a few degrees of difference lead to a clearly audible difference in pitch. Studies show that an increase in the room temperature of 10 ° C already causes a pitch increase of approx. 31 cents, which corresponds approximately to a 1/3 semitone. However, this is generally not a bad thing, since the entire lip whistle is detuned equally. Changes in pitch with each other can occur over time due to dirt, foreign bodies or changes in the pipe material. These differences are usually adjusted annually or every two years by the organ builder as part of the maintenance work. Since changes to the pipe material always have to be made to the mood of the lip pipes, the number of tuning processes is limited, whereby the pipe must be handled very carefully and only the most necessary movements should be carried out.
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    The pitch of the reed pipes is not determined by the vibration of an air column, but by the vibration of the metal tongue, so the pitch of these whistles remains almost constant with changes in temperature. In order to be able to play the tongue pipes together with the lip pipes, it is necessary to tune them by adjusting the voice crutches. In most cases this is done by the organist himself or, more rarely, by an organ builder. Just as other musicians tune their instruments before playing, this tuning process has been one of the more arduous tasks of the organist for centuries. The adaptation of the reed pipes, although they actually keep their mood, to the pitch of the lip whistles is done for two reasons: On the one hand, the number of reed pipes in an organ is usually much less than that of the lip whistle. On the other hand, the reed can be tuned almost indefinitely using the voice crutch, as there is no material fatigue due to the movable mechanism.
    Due to the high sensitivity of the reeds, the mood should only be carried out if the temperature in the room is stable. The heating should be switched off, for example, since the differently tempered air flow could already have an effect through circulation. It is often a problem that churches are heated up for worship at short notice. Deviations may also arise due to the heat given off by concertgoers. The heat flow emitted by a person at 15 ° C in a resting sitting position is approx. 100 watts, which, given the number of visitors, can easily become a danger to the organ's intonation and should not be underestimated. The body heat of the person tuning near the pipe can also influence the mood of a pipe. Illuminants that are installed in the organ to tune and emit heat (e.g. light bulbs) can also cause changes if they are switched on for a long time.
    A whistle is usually tuned with a so-called voice iron, a rectangular rod made of metal, which is used to move the voice crutch by gently tapping it up or down. This changes the length of the freely vibrating area of the tongue and thus also the frequency. Especially small reeds react very sensitively and it is often necessary to try several voices until the correct position of the crutch is found more or less by chance. In order to tune the reed pipes, two people are necessary, since one has to press the appropriate key and the other has to tune the pipe. The tongue register to be tuned and a suitable labial register are played simultaneously. By detuning the pipe, a beat can be heard, which disappears when you tune. Even very small deviations lead to a beat that can be perceived. Alternatively, an electronic tuner can be used, whereby only the register to be tuned is played alone. Depending on the number of / 25 2 '
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    Tongue registers take several hours, or even days for large organs.
    Some solutions for tuning organs have already been proposed in the prior art.
    DE 102013012821 A1 discloses a tuning device for tuning dated organ pipes. There is a mood opening on one side next to the cut of the pipe, which can be used to influence the size of the opening and thus the pitch with a drive-controlled tuning strip depending on the detuning. The drive is computer controlled.
    DE 102011013444 A1 discloses a pipe organ with a motor-driven mood control assigned to the pipes. There is a plate-shaped slide above the pipe body, which is connected to a drive unit by a linkage. If the plate is now moved, the length of the column changes and thus the pitch of the pipe. In other versions, which are described in the same patent specification, a somewhat narrower, conical part also penetrates into the pipe body. In a further alternative, a tuning ring is moved automatically.
    In the tuning device for organ pipes disclosed in DE 10 2012 021644 A1, a flexible tongue is attached to the open pipe end. Moved by a motor, this can change the length of the air column and thus the mood. This publication also discloses a computer-controlled method with which a played chord is recognized in order to change the organ in fractions of a second so that the struck chord sounds pure. For this purpose, at a time when the organ is not being played, each pipe is automatically played in different actuator positions and the pitch is saved. So it is possible to adjust the pitch while playing a chord through the saved actuator position and also e.g. to make the difference between pure and historical mood directly audible. The system can only be used on labial registers, the actuators used being very complex and therefore also cost-intensive.
    A tuning system has been developed by the Rieger Orgelbau company from Vorarlberg in recent years and has already been installed in several organs, which supports the organ builder or organist in tuning the organ. The system enables tones and registers to be controlled via WLAN using a smartphone app. This enables a single person to tune the organ, which means that no second person is required to press the keys.
    The object of the present invention is to facilitate tuning organs. In particular, the re-tuning of the organ's tongues should be facilitated according to the invention.
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    These and other objectives are achieved according to the invention by a tuning device of the type mentioned in the introduction, in which the pipe is a tongue pipe, the length of the freely vibratable area of a tongue of the pipe being changeable via an electronic drive element.
    In an advantageous embodiment, the drive element can be an electrically operated motor, in particular a stepper motor, a piezomotor or a direct current geared motor. As a result, the invention can be carried out with simple and proven drive elements.
    Advantageously, the whistle can have a voice crutch which can be displaced along an adjustment direction and has an operative end and an actuating end, the operative end abutting a tongue of the whistle, the actuating end protruding from a housing of the whistle, the tuning device having an adapter, the position of the drive element relative to the housing of the tongue whistle can be fixed by means of at least one mounting element, the adapter being attachable to the end of the voice crutch, and the drive element being operable to move the adapter in the direction of adjustment of the voice crutch while taking the voice crutch with it. With this embodiment, the tuning device can be used in connection with pipes of conventional construction, so that installation in existing, old organs is also possible.
    Advantageously, the adapter can be arranged on a linear converter actuated by the drive element, which allows the use of simple servomotors.
    According to the invention, the mounting element can be fastened to a nut of the pipe in a further advantageous embodiment. This allows the limited space above the pipe housing to be used and the tuning device to be arranged even in tight spaces.
    Advantageously, the adapter can be attached to the actuating end of the crutch by means of a releasable clamping element. As a result, the pipe can also be tuned in a conventional manner by loosening the clamping element without having to remove the tuning device.
    The tuner can preferably be arranged on the pipe in such a way that the entire pipe can still be dismantled without having to disassemble the tuner. This can be necessary, for example, if dirt has got into the pipe and the tongue cannot swing because of this, which can happen especially in churches, or for intonation of the tongue).
    The electronic tuner according to the invention for tuning a group of pipes in an organ is characterized in that the tuner has at least one microphone, one
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    Device for frequency detection, and a controller for generating a manipulated variable for at least one tuning device according to the invention.
    The tuner can advantageously have an interface for controlling an organ. This allows the tuning process to be fully automated. The interface can either act directly on the electronic control of the organ, or devices, such as automated devices for pressing the keys and / or setting registers, can be interposed.
    In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the tuner can have at least one bandpass filter which can be tuned to a filter range corresponding to the basic frequency of a pipe to be tuned. Since the (target) pitch of the pipe to be tuned is known, this allows the use of very simple, fast and stable frequency detection algorithms.
    In a further advantageous embodiment, the tuner can have a plurality of tunable bandpass filters for evaluating the tuning of a plurality of pipes activated at the same time. This enables the duration of the voting process to be shortened considerably, so that, for example, retuning is possible even during short concert breaks.
    The tuner can also advantageously have an Internet interface. This allows, for example, an update of the control software and connectivity to remote devices.
    In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, a communication connection to a voice app can be established via the Internet interface. This allows the tuner to be easily operated via a portable device, for example a smartphone or a similar device, so that the operator is not bound to the organ console and can, for example, monitor or control the tuning process from somewhere else. If necessary, a remote tuning process, e.g. from the PC at home or from the factory, which also allows an automated functionality check of the organ, for example for maintenance purposes.
    The present invention is explained in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6, which show exemplary, schematic and non-limiting advantageous embodiments of the invention. It shows
    1 is a sectional view of a tongue whistle,
    2 a tongue whistle with a tuning device according to the invention arranged thereon,
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    Fig. 5 is a schematic representation of a control loop for the automatic tuning of tongues, and
    Fig. 6 is a schematic representation of an electronic tuner according to the invention.
    In Fig. 1, the structure of a conventional pipe 2 with a tongue 4 is shown graphically for a better understanding of the operation of tongue pipes. The play wind, which flows through the blow-in hole 13 on the base into the pipe base (boot 14), generates a pressure pW inside the pipe. A voice crutch 3, in the form of a curved wire bracket, presses the tongue 4 against the open side of the air duct, which is referred to as the throat 15 and which is the only way out for the air. The tongue 4 has a slight bend (throw) through which it protrudes slightly from the throat 15. As a result, the air can flow into the throat, whereby the tongue 4 is sucked in and closes the throat. Since no more air can now penetrate the throat, the tongue 4 bends back to its starting position due to its rigidity and the throw, so that air can flow through again. The pressure pK in the throat 15 is always lower than that in the boot 14. The tongue 4 thus begins to oscillate precisely at its natural frequency, which is dependent on the length that can be oscillated, which is determined by the voice crutch 3. The sound of the tongue 4 thus created in the air flow can be very strongly amplified and modified by the mouth of the throat 15 in a resonator.
    The shape of the resonator 16 has a significant influence on the sound pattern of the pipe 2. The length of the resonator 16, due to the reflection of the wave at the tube end, has an influence on the sound coloration of the pipe 2 and also on the triggering of the next cycle and thus also a slight effect the pitch. The pitch is usually adjusted with the length of the tongue and the sound quality by varying the length of the resonator by finding the optimal coupling of the natural vibrations of the resonator and the tongue. Due to the specific design, pipes with countless variations can be built to produce a wide variety of sounds.
    As can be confirmed in theory on the basis of mathematical relationships, the pitch depends quadratically on the length of the freely oscillating area of the tongue 4. It should be noted here that many sizes such as pressure, force, rigidity or width can be shortened and that the natural frequency only depends on the actual material parameters E-modulus and density and the two dimensions length and thickness.
    The lengths of the metal reeds used in organ pipes range from about 5 mm for the tallest to about 200 mm for the deepest pipes. The smaller its size, the more sensitive a tongue is. Due to the extremely high sensitivity, the tuning process for the smallest reeds is particularly tedious, the not-67/25
    CM-3867 AT it is almost impossible to carry out agile steep movements manually, since they are so small (just touching the crutch is enough to influence the sound). For example, the change in length of 0.01 mm for a tongue with a length of 8 mm and a thickness of 0.1 mm results in a calculated deviation of the pitch of 4.3 cents, which is already clearly audible to the human ear. This means that the steep movements necessary to create the mood on the crutches of the small pipes are in the pm range.
    However, the change in ambient temperature has no significant effect on the pitch of the tongues compared to the lip whistles. For the pitch difference caused by a tongue whistle due to the thermal expansion of the tongue when the temperature changes by 10 ° C, the applicant calculated, for example, a value of only 0.17 cents, the temperature-dependent deviation in cents being independent of the pitch.
    In order to determine the force required by an actuator to move the crutch, the applicant measured the breakout force of the crutch 3 (ie the force required to set the crutch 3 in motion) using weights, and values between 3.8 N and 6 N were determined. These values differ depending on the shape and size of the crutch, including a reserve, it is assumed that a positioning force of 10 N should generally be sufficient for all crutches.
    2 shows an exemplary embodiment of the tuning device 1 according to the invention. An adapter 10 is fastened to the tuning crutch 3 of the pipe 2 by means of a clamping element 18. The clamping element 18 can have, for example, a screw that pulls together two clamping jaws of the adapter 10, between which the voice crutch 3 is inserted, and thereby clamps the voice crutch 3 between the clamping jaws. On the other hand, a clamping screw could also attach directly to the crutch 3 and clamp it. However, the attachment can also be carried out in any other way, for example via spring elements or the like.
    The adapter 10 can be moved via a drive element 8 and a linear converter 9 parallel to the direction of thrust of the voice crutch 3, the voice crutch 3 clamped on the adapter 10 being pulled out of the pipe 2 or pushed into the pipe 2 by means of the drive element 8 to vote.
    The drive element 8 can be a stepper motor, which is preferably detachably attached to the same base 21 as the pipe 2 with mounting elements 11. For example, conventional screws, rivets or clamping elements can be used as mounting elements 11. The drive element 8 drives a parallel to the pipe 2 and by the / 25 7 '
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    Drive element 8 protruding threaded spindle 19 rotating. In this case, a spindle nut 20 arranged on the threaded spindle and connected to the adapter 10 is moved along the threaded spindle 19. The threaded spindle 19 and the spindle nut 20 form the linear converter 9, which converts the rotating drive of the drive element 8 into a linear movement of the adapter 10.
    The voice crutch 3 preferably projects with its actuating end 7 beyond the upper end of the adapter 10. This has the advantage that the pipe 2 can continue to be tuned in a conventional manner, with the clamping element 18 simply being released for this purpose. The tuning crutch can then be operated again as normal without the tuning device 1 or the adapter 10 having to be removed.
    Although the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 enables a construction with high stability and reliability, the use of stepper motors allowing very precisely defined steep movements with defined step sizes, the disadvantage is the quite large construction, for which there is often no space in the case of narrow pipe arrangements. 3 and 4 therefore show alternative embodiments, the design of which has been optimized to take up as little space as possible, as is prevalent in most organs.
    3 shows a tuning device 1 with a drive element 8 arranged laterally next to the housing 5 in the area directly below the nut 17 of a pipe 2. A DC motor, for example, which drives a threaded spindle 19 via a gear 22 can be used as the drive element 8. Small DC motors, such as those used for example in model making as a drive element, are on the one hand very inexpensive and on the other hand, the gear reduction can also provide sufficient power. The control of a DC motor is also much easier than, for example, that of a stepper motor, in which a special motor driver is required for operation. The DC motor, on the other hand, only needs to be supplied with two poles of different potential. Prefabricated combinations of DC motor and gearbox are available as geared motors at very low cost.
    The pipe 2 can be disassembled for maintenance purposes (e.g. if dirt has entered the pipe from above or for intonation) without dismantling the tuner. The nut 17 together with the tongue 2 and the tuning device 1 can be pulled out of the boot 14. If the adapter 10 is released with the clamping element 18, the voice crutch 3 can also be dismantled and the entire pipe 2 can be dismantled independently of the tuning system.
    For the adapter 10, which converts the rotary motion of the threaded spindle 19 into a linear movement of the tuning wire 3, a block from a high strength, wear-resistant bearing plastic can be used, which is preferably also self-lubricating properties auf9 / 25 8 '
    CM-3867 AT has and causes a low coefficient of friction (μ = 0.2) (in test arrangements, a plastic from the Faigle PAS-LX brand, Faigle Kunststoffe GmbH, was used). The resulting low friction makes it possible to design the spindle with a metric thread, which in turn enables particularly inexpensive, standardized components to be used. A thread corresponding to the threaded spindle 19 is cut into the plastic.
    The voice crutch 7 is guided through a corresponding hole and can be fixed with a grub screw 42. This allows the adapter 10 to be quickly and easily detached and fixed on the crutch 7, for example with the aid of a simple Allen key or screwdriver.
    The mounting element 11 consists of an aluminum sheet which is fastened with screws to the nut 17 of the pipe 2. The drive element 8 with the gear 22 is also fastened to the mounting element 11 with screws. Due to the lower thread pitch of metric threads and the resulting high reduction, only a lower drive torque (approx. 10-15 Nmm) is necessary, which relieves the motors used. Furthermore, due to the lower pitch, high positioning accuracy can be achieved, which makes tuning easier, especially with short tongues.
    4a and 4b show a further advantageous embodiment in two crack representations, in which the tuning device 1 can be arranged closer to the tuning crutch 7 above the nut 17 of the pipe 2. This embodiment allows a particularly space-saving arrangement of the tuning device 1. With large pipes 2, the distance between the edge of the nut 17 and the crutch 3 is often a few centimeters. With this embodiment, the motor can still be mounted directly next to the crutch 3, since the tuning device 1 does not reach below the surface level of the nut 17. The mounting element 11 is designed as a trough or U-shaped bent aluminum sheet which is attached to the nut 17 with the open side facing the resonator 16 of the pipe 2. The drive element 8 and the gear 22 arranged thereon have an L-shaped design, the part of the gear 22 protruding laterally from the drive element 8 being arranged protected within the U-shape of the mounting element 11.
    The threaded spindle 19 is projecting upwards by means of a flange connection 23 with the output of the thread 22 and extends parallel to the crutch 3. The flange connection 23 enables the use of a commercially available geared motor. Instead of the flange connection 23, the threaded spindle 19 can of course also directly represent the output of the motor, but this would have to be taken into account in the manufacture of the motor and can be advantageous for larger quantities.
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    The adapter 10 is again designed as a plastic block and has essentially the same features as were described with reference to the embodiment in FIG. 3. The adapter 10 is somewhat smaller, however, since the threaded spindle 19 is arranged close to the voice crutch 3 in a very space-saving manner.
    The tuning devices 1 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 have proven themselves in test series carried out by the inventor and combine the advantages of very high positioning accuracy, a compact size, simple installation options and low purchase costs. The whistle 2 can still be dismantled (e.g. to remove dirt on the tongue) and the whistle 2 can also be tuned manually if necessary by loosening the grub screw 42 via the tuning crutch 3 (e.g. in the event of a motor failure).
    In order to bring the voice crutch 7 automatically to a position which brings about the correct tuning of the pipe 2, a control circuit can be constructed with several components, as is shown by way of example in FIG. 5. The control loop can be represented with the aid of the following elements: a tuning device 1, which acts as an actuator or actuator of the control loop, a whistle 2 to be tuned, on which the tuning device 1 acts with an adjusting movement 29, a frequency detection 24, which acts as the control variable 30 measures the defined tone of the whistle 2 and determines an actual frequency 27, and a controller 25 which determines a manipulated variable 28 for the voice variable 1 on the basis of the actual frequency 27 and a predetermined reference variable 26.
    Since the mood of the reed pipes changes only slightly due to the temperature, the external influences have little effect on the mood of the pipe. Rather, the command variable 26 (the desired frequency) changes depending on the air temperature, since the reed pipes are adapted to the temperature-dependent pitch of the lip whistles due to the smaller number and the gentler tunability. The command variable 26 can thus be determined, for example, by determining the pitch of a lip pipe or a group of lip pipes, which is used as a reference, in the course of the tuning process.
    Known methods and devices can be used to determine the frequency of the pipes 2. For tests in the development of the present invention, for example, the tuner TLA Tuning Set CTS-32-C was used in the prototype phase for frequency detection. It has been specially developed for instrument making and also has some organ-specific setting options (e.g. historical tuning). The working range of the tuner covers 9.5 octaves, which is also required to tune an organ due to the different foot pitches of the registers. It is possible to connect a temperature sensor to take into account the change in the ambient CM-3867 AT temperature during the tuning process. An advantage of this device is the accuracy in the sub-cent range, with which the pitch can be measured and the serial interface, with which the measurement data can be transferred to a computer via USB interface. The tuner can be completely remote controlled via serial interface.
    The measurement algorithm forms an average frequency over an adjustable time range (gate time) of 50-1000 ms, since the pitch of a whistle never remains exactly stable, but fluctuates depending on the frequency. This fluctuation range is particularly large in the case of deep tones in the bass range, in which case remedial action can be remedied by increasing the gate time. For example, a gate time of 300 ms can be used as the default value, which is then adjusted if necessary.
    An integrated microphone records the current sound and generates a corresponding audio signal. The signal then goes to an analog bandpass filter, which filters out unwanted frequencies (and overtones). The tone to be tuned and thus the filter range of the bandpass filter can be configured on the tuner or via a serial interface. This filtering results in the extraction of a clean sine signal from the complex audio signal (corresponds to the frequency component of the fundamental). The frequency of this sine signal can then be determined using known algorithms, for example using a microprocessor.
    Since the tuner used in the prototype phase is useful, but is very expensive to buy and depends on the supplier, the inventor developed his own solution for frequency measurement. A circuit board was designed on which there is a microphone, a preamplifier and a microcontroller. Due to the low cost of these components, it is also possible to accommodate several microphones in acoustically suitable locations in the organ.
    Known algorithms can be used for programming the microcontroller. To determine the basic frequency of a tone, there are numerous algorithms such as the Fourier transformation (used by most tuners), which analyzes the entire frequency spectrum and thus shows which frequency occurs and how strongly. Due to the fact that all frequencies are calculated here, the calculation takes a relatively long time compared to other algorithms.
    An important aspect in connection with the present invention is that the target frequency of the pipe currently to be tuned is always known. The frequency search can thus be restricted considerably and computing time can be saved by, for example, only searching within a defined frequency band.
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    In an advantageous embodiment, a simple analog bandpass filter can therefore be used (e.g. MF10 from Texas Instruments), which can perform the desired filtering of the microphone signal almost in real time (the small, constant phase shift is irrelevant). A center frequency can be specified by a clock signal, which is filtered out of the input signal and additionally amplified. The bandwidth of the filter around the center frequency, the operating mode and the gain can be configured with external resistors. Everything outside the defined range is very strongly dampened by a two-stage filter of the 4th order. This makes it possible to isolate the fundamental frequency even in the case of tones rich in overtones (such as occur particularly in reed registers) and to obtain an almost clean sine wave as the output signal.
    It would also be possible to use a digital signal processor that performs the filtering digitally. However, the effort for the circuit board layout, the programming of such a processor and also the costs are disproportionately higher than the use of an analog component. If necessary, digital filtering can be carried out directly on a microprocessor, which means that hardware components can be saved.
    To determine the frequency of the output signal, trivial, very time-efficient algorithms such as zero crossing counting or measurement of the period length can be used. Autocorrelation is also a possible algorithm that multiplies the signal by itself out of phase and detects the fundamental frequency at a maximum.
    Based on the algorithms mentioned above, the inventor designed and tested prototypes for an electronic tuner. For this purpose, a circuit with a microphone, preamplifier and a bandpass filter was set up on a breadboard and connected to a programmable microcontroller. An Arduino platform was used for this prototyping, as this enables flexible wiring without a complex design of printed circuit boards or electronic components.
    A clock signal from the microcontroller was used to set the filter frequency. The clock signal for the filter must be 100 times the filter frequency. The bandwidth of the filter has been configured so that frequencies that are a few semitones next to the set frequency are already strongly attenuated (attenuation by approx. -40dB / octave). Since the second harmonic oscillation (first overtone) is only at the octave and is therefore very far away, it is already very strongly damped. Thus, an almost pure sine wave could be extracted from the complex audio signal, which vibrates exactly at the basic frequency of the pipe. This signal was sent to the Arduino's analog input and to
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    CM-3867 AT further processing with the integrated analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converted to a digital signal.
    An autocorrelation method or a zero crossing count can be used as algorithms for determining the fundamental frequency. Although methods for autocorrelation known in the prior art brought promising results, they required relatively high computing power in comparison to other approaches. As an alternative, the so-called zero crossing rate was tested, in which the number of vibrations is determined in a certain time.
    Basically, a microphone generates voltages in the negative and positive range, but in the test setup the signal was transformed into the positive voltage range because the input of the microcontroller could not measure negative voltages (measuring range 05V). Since an exclusively positive voltage signal was thus available, a voltage threshold was defined in the middle of the sine signal and the number of threshold passes was counted. The number of vibrations to be evaluated was fixed and when the value was reached the frequency was calculated based on the elapsed time. The constant number of vibrations (compared to a fixed measurement duration) eliminates the risk that the measurement result will be inaccurate if the tones are very low (i.e. long period) due to insufficient vibration measurements. The more vibrations are counted for measurement, the more stable the calculated frequency is, which also reduces the speed of the entire tuning process.
    A very useful option for this application would be to count only a few vibrations at the beginning of the tuning process, when the pipe is still very out of tune, in order to determine the frequency quickly but imprecisely, and when approaching the target frequency, the number of vibrations in the Increase software dynamically to increase the accuracy and stability of the calculation.
    Since the motors are only operated by very short pulses when the target frequency is approached, there is also more time to determine the frequency accordingly. To increase the accuracy of the algorithm, linear interpolation takes place at zero crossing (or here through the defined threshold) of the ADC input signal, provided the measured value does not correspond exactly to the threshold. A very precise value can thus be determined even with a relatively low digitization resolution of 8 bits, for example.
    In order to achieve an accuracy of less than ± 0.1 cent when determining the frequency, a number of approximately 50 counted oscillations has proven to be useful. At an audio frequency of 500 Hz, for example, this results in ten measurements per second, which is more than sufficient for this application. Because longer travel ranges for lower tones
    CM-3867 AT the crutch is necessary, there is also more time to determine the frequency or the number of measurements per second can also be reduced.
    The method for frequency measurement described above summarizes the following advantages:
    - There is no need to use expensive tuners (these cost around 1800 €).
    The solution is independent of other companies. Much more compact dimensions can be achieved (small circuit board with microphone, microcontroller and some electronic components).
    - A significant acceleration of the tuning process is achieved (if a conventional tuner is used, the new measurement of the tuner must be waited until the next movement can be calculated).
    Several inexpensive microphones / boards can be installed at different locations on the organ to ensure optimal functioning (e.g. in each
    Organ work).
    The communication protocol can be selected by yourself and adapted accordingly to previous developments and standards.
    6 shows a schematic illustration of the electronic tuner 31 according to the invention, which was developed on the basis of the series of experiments described above. The electro20 African tuner 31 has a microphone 32 which is connected to a microcontroller 35 via a preamplifier 33 and a bandpass filter 34. The microcontroller 35 controls the tuning devices 1 provided on the pipes 2 of an organ via corresponding motor drivers 36, the control being carried out in coordination with the algorithms for frequency determination and the sequence of tuning performed by the microcontroller 35. The motor drivers 36 preferably enable simultaneous activation of a plurality of drive elements 8 and a plurality of tuning devices 1.
    The tuner 31 can be connected to an organ 38 via an interface 37, for example a conventional Ethernet, MIDI or BUS interface, if this organ has a corresponding interface. This makes it possible to control the pipes 2 of the organ 38 directly from the microcontroller in accordance with the mood sequence if the organ 38 is already electrified, i.e. autonomous control of tones is possible. The interface 37 must be precisely defined for communication and adapted to the existing system so that the microcontroller 35 can automatically activate the tones to be tuned using suitable commands.
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    With new organs, the tuner could be integrated directly into the setting system or the organ control. In this case, the organ controller microcontroller could control the necessary steps according to a program logic.
    However, if an organ is not electrified and is to be retrofitted with a tuning system, an alternative control solution can be provided. In this case, the microcontroller 35 could, for example, be connected to a touchscreen screen which enables communication with the user. The use of a smartphone app would also be an option. A far more critical problem here is the question of automatic tone and register valve control. One possibility would be to electrify the organ afterwards and equip it with appropriate valves. So the situation would be similar to that with a built-in tuning system. However, if this is not possible due to the costs or for reasons of monument protection, another option must be found. For example, the keys could be selectively activated via an automated device for pressing the keys and / or setting registers, as is known, for example, under the name Orgamat, so that the tones can be controlled automatically even with non-electrified organs.
    If the device is not able to control the registers automatically, the tuning process can take place semi-automatically, with the register being changed manually after tuning a register. In simple embodiments, the keys can also be operated manually. The organist only has to press the corresponding keys that the tuning system is currently displaying, and does not have to tune the pipes himself.
    The electronic tuner 31 also has an Internet interface 39, for example a conventional LAN or WLAN module. In addition to an update functionality, this allows communication with a voice app 40, for example running on a smartphone, laptop, tablet or other device, via which the electronic tuner 31 can be controlled regardless of location.
    For power supply, the electronic tuner 31 is powered by a power supply 41.
    A major disadvantage in manual tuning of reed pipes is that only one pipe can be tuned at a time. However, the electronic tuner 31 is able to control a number of tuning devices 1 in parallel and to tune a number of pipes 2 activated simultaneously. By using several bandpass filters with different frequency ranges, different fundamental tones of different pipes 2 can be extracted from the audio signal at the same time, with which the tuning of several pipes 2 is then possible. It should be noted that the overtones of the lower pipes 2 must not overlap with the fundamental tones of the higher pipes 2 because
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    CM-3867 AT then the frequency determination unit can not distinguish between these tones. If, for example, two pipes 2 are tuned, e.g. the distance of a fourth or fifth is suitable, since the first overtone of the lower pipe is the octave above. Even if the frequencies of the pipes are too close together, this can lead to problems, since in this case the second tone is within the filter range of the other tone. If these general conditions are taken into account with the overtones, it is possible to save enormous amounts of time by simultaneously tuning several pipes by using several bandpass filters. Thus, the quick retuning of the organ shortly before a concert would actually be brought into being from the dreams of the organists.
    The electronic tuner thus described can thus have the following features in summary:
    - Control of the tone and register valves in organs with an integrated tuning system
    - Control of an orgamate if there is no electrification
    - Frequency determination of the currently sounding sound recorded by means of a microphone
    Calculation of the pitch difference and the resulting command for the corresponding motor on the whistle
    - Control of the motor by driver ICs
    Communication with the user (setting system, smartphone app or separate
    touchscreen)
    - Possibly start of the voting process by smartphone app and internet connection from a distance
    Communication with the remaining components of the organ
    Simultaneous tuning of multiple pipes by using multiple bandpass filters
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    Reference numerals:
    Tuning device 1 whistle 2 tuning crutch 3 tongue 4 housing 5 acting 6 actuating end 7 drive element 8 linear converter 9 adapter 10 mounting element 11 adjustment direction 12 blowing hole 13 boots 14 throat 15 resonator 16 nut 17
    Clamping element 18 threaded spindle 19 spindle nut 20 base 21 gear 22 flange connection 23 frequency detection 24 controller 25 reference variable 26 actual frequency 27 manipulated variable 28 actuating movement 29 controlled variable 30 electronic tuner 31 microphone 32 preamplifier 33 bandpass filter 34 microcontroller 35 motor driver 36 interface 37 organ 38
    Internet interface 39 Voice app 40 Power supply 41 Grub screw 42
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    权利要求:
    Claims (12)
    [1]
    claims
    1. Tuning device (1) for a pipe (2) of an organ, characterized in that the pipe (2) is a tongue pipe, the length of the freely vibrating
    5 area of a tongue (4) of the whistle (2) can be changed via an electronic drive element (8).
    [2]
    2. Tuning device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the drive element (8) is an electrically operated motor, in particular a stepper motor, a piezomotor or a DC geared motor.
    10
    [3]
    3. Tuning device (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the whistle (2) has a sliding crutch (3) which can be displaced along an adjustment direction (12) and has an active end (6) and an actuating end (7), the active end (6) on a tongue (
    [4]
    4) of the pipe (2) and the actuating end (7) protrudes from a housing (5) of the pipe (2), the tuning device (1) having an adapter (10), the
    15 position of the drive element (8) relative to the housing (5) of the reed pipe can be fixed by means of at least one mounting element (11), the adapter (10) being attachable to the active end (6) of the voice crutch (3), and the drive element (8 ) can be actuated in order to move the adapter (10) with the voice crutch (3) in the adjustment direction (12) of the voice crutch (3).
    4. Tuning device (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the adapter (10) is arranged on a linear converter (9) actuated by the drive element (8).
    [5]
    5. Tuning device (1) according to one of claims 3 to 4, characterized in that the mounting element (11) on a nut (17) of the pipe (2) can be fastened.
    [6]
    6. Tuning device (1) according to one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in
    25 that the adapter (10) can be attached to the actuating end (7) of the voice crutch (3) by means of a releasable clamping element (18).
    [7]
    7. Electronic tuner (31) for tuning a group of pipes (2) in an organ, characterized in that the tuner (31) has at least one microphone (32), a device for frequency detection (24), and a controller (25) to generate a
    30 manipulated variable (28) for at least one tuning device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 6.
    [8]
    8. Electronic tuner (31) according to claim 7, characterized in that the tuner (31) has an interface (37) for controlling an organ (38).
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    [9]
    9. Electronic tuner (31) according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the tuner (31) has at least one bandpass filter (34) which can be tuned to a filter range corresponding to the basic frequency of a pipe (2) to be tuned.
    [10]
    10. Electronic tuner (31) according to claim 9, characterized in that the 5 tuner (31) has a number of tunable bandpass filters (34) for evaluating the tuning of several pipes (2) activated at the same time.
    [11]
    11. Electronic tuner (31) according to any one of claims 7 to 10, characterized in that the tuner (31) has an Internet interface (39).
    [12]
    12. Electronic tuner (31) according to claim 11, characterized in that
    10 a communication connection to a voice app (40) can be established via the internet interface.
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    Clemens Sulz, MSc
    1.3
    Fig. 1
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