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4576080 |
Guitars
An electric guitar comprising a body (1) in which the strings (11) are tuned by means of adjustment keys or knobs (4) located along one side edge of the guitar body (1). The knobs (4) adjust tuning...
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4574678 |
String locking assembly for a musical instrument
A string locking assembly is provided for mounting on the headstock of a guitar or the like between a string nut and tuning pegs. The assembly includes a baseplate that is mounted directly to the...
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4572049 |
Electric guitar provided with tremolo unit
There is provided an electric guitar including a tremolo unit and first and second string fixing devices. The first string fixing device is adapted to be mounted on the head of the guitar and...
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4562766 |
String tuning and fastening arrangement
A stringed musical instrument has separate members commonly mounted at the head of the instrument for providing individual support and adjustment for each of the strings. Each fastening and tuning...
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4535670 |
String bender attachment construction
A stringed bender attachment for selectively changing the tension imposed on a selected string of a string instrument of the guitar family including a frame attached to the instrument body opposite...
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4512232 |
Tremolo tailpiece and bridge device
A tremolo tailpiece and bridge device for use with a guitar or similar stringed instrument includes a plurality of string anchors, forming the tailpiece, to which the lower ends of the strings of...
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4509399 |
Vibration damper for string musical instrument
A plastic damper for attachment to a vibrating piano wire, the damper consisting of a single piece part having an end slot for turning by a screwdriver, and communicating peripheral slits for...
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4506585 |
Stringed instrument
A stringed musical instrument comprises a body (1) over which are stretched substantially parallel strings (4). Each string is stretched between a tuning key (3) and a bridge-tailpiece assembly...
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4481856 |
Stringed instrument for attachment to an electronic transducer
There is provided a novel stringed musical instrument for direct attachment to an electronic transducer. An elongated member is mounted on a frame on which is also mounted an upright bridge having...
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4426907 |
Automatic tuning device
A stringed musical instrument is provided with an automatic self-tuning device which tightens or loosens those of the instrument's strings which may be out of tune. Each string is provided with an...
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4423656 |
Frame construction for string instruments
The invention relates to a modular frame construction for string instruments. Instead of making the frame of the string instrument in one piece, the frame according to this invention is assembled...
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4411186 |
Stringed musical instrument having soundboard
A stringed musical instrument, e.g. a bow instrument or an electric guitar, is disclosed comprising a substantially rigid body and a plurality of strings attached at one end to a tailpiece. A...
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4408515 |
Stringed instrument conversion kit employing combined bridge/tuning mechanism
A kit for converting a single-stringed instrument to a double-stringed instrument including a unique combined bridge/tuning mechanism (50) which replaces the bridge assembly of the single-stringed...
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4397212 |
Combination guitar vibrato and pitch control
Musician controlled relative motion between a generally standard stringed musical instrument (such as a Spanish guitar) and a false body hinged to the generally standard stringed instrument permits...
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4377963 |
Self-contained musical string cassette
A holder or cassette in the form of a spool having wound thereon a string for a musical instrument, is disclosed. The free end of the string is secured to the spool, while the opposite end utilizes...
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4377962 |
Collapsible banjo or like stringed instruments
A neck and tailpiece are detachable together with the strings from the body of a banjo for storage and transportation. The banjo can easily be reassembled with very little adjustment. The strings...
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4366740 |
Combination bridge and tailpiece
An apparatus is presented for use with stringed musical instruments which replaces both a bridge and a tailpiece. The apparatus provides enhanced coupling between the string which it contacts and...
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4348934 |
Tuning device for stringed musical instruments
The invention relates to a device for tuning a stringed musical instrument by a simplified procedure. Every time stringed instruments are to be played, all the strings, which are loosened while not...
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4335641 |
String instrument
A string instrument, such as a guitar, has a resonance body and a bridge provided with a string-contacting surface. A string-supporting element is provided on the body and a string-securing device...
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4334455 |
Tone improving device for a stringed musical instrument
A stringed musical instrument, of the type in which the strings extend over a bridge which rests on the table of the instrument and are secured to a tailpiece, is provided with a tone improving...
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4332184 |
Stringed musical instrument having a bridge secured to and translatable along a string
A stringed musical instrument having a plurality of strings stretched over the sounding board of a sounding box includes a corresponding bridge for each string. Each bridge rests on the sounding...
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4320685 |
Stringed musical instrument
A guitar having a split level top of its sound box which thus is formed at two different (vertically separated) levels and connected by an angular cross bridge to which one end of the strings is...
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4282792 |
Counter pressure system for stringed instruments
A counter pressure system for use in a stringed instrument of the type played with a bow for improving the tone of the instrument in both volume and in quality. The system includes the main or...
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4273205 |
Clamping device for oscillatory strings in a weight sensing cell for a weighing apparatus
A clamping device for oscillatory or vibratory strings including a massive clamping head gripping one end of a string and secured to the frame or load receiving member by a flexurally and/or...
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4253371 |
Carrier/saddle structure for stringed musical instruments
An integrated carrier/saddle structure for securing strings to an acoustic guitar which eliminates structural loading that inhibits the motion of the sounding board and provides adjustable coupling...
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4249449 |
Musical instrument
There is provided a stringed instrument in which an outer peripheral frame surrounds an open area, and in which a sounding board extends across the open area attached to the frame. Anchoring means...
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4248127 |
String nut
A rod secured across the width of the guitar peghead by a plurality of spaced apart fasteners, the rod having a roller disposed thereon for each guitar string, with each roller receiving a string...
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4202240 |
Bridge pin
An acoustic guitar having a plurality of strings each individually secured by a bridge pin at the bridge. Each pin has an enlarged head positioned on a stem secured to the guitar body through the...
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4201108 |
Electric stringed instrument
A stringed instrument is disclosed which incorporates improved design and performance features. An elongated body, hereinafter called the wedge, contains in itself all necessary components and...
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4197779 |
High density bridge pin
A bridge pin for guitar or the like is formed of a heavy metal, such as brass to materially increase the presence and the sustain of the instrument.
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4184405 |
Strings for musical instruments
A metal string for a fingerboard type stringed musical instrument has a core wire, or wires, and a first part of the length of the string is loaded in known manner while a second part of the length...
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4171660 |
Bridge or tailpiece for musical instrument
The bridge or tailpiece is fastened to the butt end of the sounding box of a stringed instrument, with a portion thereof projecting above the uppermost surface of the box, and with strings of the...
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4171661 |
Guitar tremolo method and apparatus
This is a method and apparatus for performing the method, for the use of tremolo devices complimented by string restraining assemblies for guitars which are designed in such manner that the tremolo...
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4170161 |
Tuning device for a stringed instrument
Strings attached at one end to the body of a musical instrument are each attached by adjustable means at the other end to a rockshaft so that the other end is secured to a point of attachment on a...
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4141271 |
Method and apparatus for preventing improper string return
This method and apparatus prevents improper string return by restraining an end portion of a string of a stringed instrument, such as a pedal steel guitar, free of longitudinal movement with...
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4138919 |
String set and string securing apparatus for musical instruments
Disclosed are guitars having quick attach, quick release string securing mechanisms for use with string sets of measured lengths. A first embodiment of strings has loops formed on both ends, while...
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4130045 |
String instrument tuning system
A musical instrument tuning system disposed and displayed upon a string instrument. The tuning system includes a first indicator displayed upon the surface of the string generally having three...
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4128033 |
Tailpiece
A unitary tailpiece is disclosed which supports a bridge assembly and which has top accessed sockets and slots adapted to anchor and hold the strings in proper position on a stringed instrument.
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4126074 |
Violin harp
A stringed musical instrument is disclosed which includes a body, a first bridge transversely mounted to the body adjacent one end thereof, and a second bridge mounted to the body in the vicinity...
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4112804 |
Stringed musical instrument
A stringed musical device for teaching purposes in which a sound chamber is provided with an aperture therein; a plurality of longitudinally extending spaced-apart strings are maintained in tension...
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4111093 |
String instrument, in particular a guitar with foldable neck portion
A string instrument, such as a guitar, includes an instrument body, a neck portion, pivotably coupled to the body by means of a joint, to permit pivotal movement of the neck portion between an...
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4080865 |
Pitch varying apparatus
Apparatus for varying the pitch of at least one of the strings of a stringed instrument, comprising a rotatable shaft means, to which one or more of the strings of the stringed instrument may be...
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4078468 |
Apparatus for extending a lower range of a stringed musical instrument
A stringed musical instrument such as a member of the viol family, in particular a bass viol, having a string with a length longer than the classical length and hence an extended lower range. An...
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4041830 |
Teaching ukelele
This invention is directed to a ukelele that is relatively simple yet sturdy in construction, produces a superior tone, is easy to hold and play, easy to tune, remains in tune for extended periods...
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4034456 |
Machine for providing ball ends on musical instrument strings
Ball-ender apparatus for securing an annular ball to a wire musical instrument string. A carriage reciprocable between front and rear positions carries a rotatable ball support spindle. An...
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4006657 |
Stringed musical instruments
A stringed musical instrument particularly a ukelele employing simple rotatable friction pegs in the machine head, is provided with a tension-receiving member for the strings disposed between the...
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3990341 |
Arm operated tone variation device
This invention relates to musical instruments, more particularly the invention has reference to stringed instruments, primarily the amplified guitar. The main object of this invention is to provide...
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3931753 |
Stringed musical instruments
A stringed musical instrument is disclosed having a resonating diaphragm mounted within the instrument body and carrying a bridge assembly which supports the strings so that the diaphragm vibrates...
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3858480 |
STRINGED INSTRUMENT
A stringed instrument, such as a guitar, having an elongated, relatively rigid frame designed to withstand compression loads greater than the combined tension load of the strings. Flexibly...
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3834266 |
CARTRIDGE STRING GUITAR ASSEMBLY
A cartridge string guitar assembly having a key head slidably mounted in a slideway upon a neck shank operatively movable by a cam and lever mechanism. Six square-headed key posts are revolvably...
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