Automatic Tuning Saxophone Mouthpiece
Y. Zhang (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
K.G. Langendoen – Mentor (TU Delft - Embedded Systems)
R.R. Venkatesha Prasad – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Networked Systems)
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Demonstration video of the Automatic Tuning Saxophone Mouthpiece
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Abstract
Saxophone is a musical instrument that tends to be out of tune. I have invented an automatic tuning saxophone mouthpiece that can help saxophonists play in tune by correcting their notes' frequencies in real time during performances using a stepper motor.