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7608766 Polymer treated surfaces and methods for making  
The performance of musical instrument strings is improved by treating the strings with a polymer vapor, avoiding problems common with spray type polymer coatings, extruded or laminate coatings or...
7592528 Stringed musical instrument using spring tension  
A stringed musical instrument employs springs to apply tension to corresponding musical strings. Each spring is chosen and configured for its ability to impart a string tension generally matched to...
7589266 Musical instrument string  
An improved string for a musical instrument comprising amorphous metal is disclosed. The string may be a single wire of amorphous metal or comprise a core wire and covering wire, wherein the core...
7579536 Tension equalizer  
In one embodiment, a device includes: first, second, and third paired-strand levers each configured to receive a pair of tensile strands at locations spaced apart from one another along the...
7560628 Steel wire and manufacturing method therefor  
A steel wire (e.g., a piano wire) for use in a stringed musical instrument is designed to have a specific chemical composition in which phosphorus content ranges from 0.015 weight percent to 0.050...
7554023 String mounting system  
A string mounting system for a stringed musical instrument ( 10 ), comprising a helical tension spring ( 22 a - f ) connected in series with each string ( 14 a - f ), each string ( 14 a - f ) being...
7550661 D-tuner for banjo  
A D-Tuner for mounting on the peghead of a banjo. The D-Tuner has keyed cam pegs, adjustable stops for limiting the extent of rotation of the cam pegs, and linear flexible members attached to the...
7534954 Electric harp  
An electrified musical instrument having a pickup wire ( 30 ), multiple strings ( 6 ), and a frame, typically comprising a head ( 2 ), diagonal arm ( 24 ), front column ( 16 ), and rear column ( 18...
7531730 Non-toxic chemical musical instrument string coating and preservative  
A method of protecting musical instrument strings comprising the steps of applying a fluorochemical acrylate polymer coating carried in a hydrofluoroether solvent to the strings of a musical...
7498497 Body structure of stringed instrument  
A body structure of a stringed instrument is designed to reduce weight and to improve sound quality with respect to a solid body, which is constituted by a core material and a pair of decorative...
7462767 Stringed musical instrument tension balancer  
A device and method for balancing the torque created by strings on musical instruments includes a bracket attached to the bottom of the bridge, an adjustable brace attached to the neck and residing...
7394005 Anchor for musical instrument strings and method for installing the anchor  
A string or cable anchor useful for anchoring the string to a structure, and advantageously a guitar and other stringed musical instruments, typically has a cylindrical body and alternatively a...
7358428 Dual saddle bridge  
A stringed musical instrument has a body coupled to a single neck, multiple registers of strings, and a bridge that provides for at least one of acoustic and electronic separation of the multiple...
7309823 String-bounding preventing structure for piano  
A plurality of strings are stretched over a frame, constituting an overall framework of a body of a piano, with their respective rear-end engaging rings engaged by corresponding pins provided on...
7246703 Guitar string case  
A packaging system for musical instrument strings comprising: a cylindrical disk-shaped casing comprising a top casing member and a mate-able bottom casing member; and at least one insertable...
7235729 String securing apparatus for string instrument  
The string securing apparatus for string instrument of this invention arranges a plurality of saddle-attaching members on the top face of a bridge base in correspondence with strings, and secures...
7227068 String-mounted conditioner for stringed musical instruments  
A device ( 10 ) for conditioning a stringed musical instrument ( 20 ), comprising a vibrator ( 30 ) mounted on a transverse supporting member ( 14 ) which attaches removably to one or more strings...
7217876 Strings for musical instruments  
Novel musical instrument strings and methods for making the same. Polymer cover combined with a low temperature resin is provided to the strings. Also disclosed are novel plastic materials...
7183475 Stringed instrument with adjustable string tension control  
A tension adjustment mechanism for a stringed musical instrument suitable for use on a tailpiece assembly comprises a pivoting member (such as a string receptor), an adjustable stop, and a lever...
7164073 String support  
A string support assembly for use with a musical instrument includes a base member which is connected with the musical instrument adjacent to a connection between head and neck portions of the...
7112733 String instrument  
A stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, whereby the lower end of the strings are anchored to the soundboard itself with one or more of the string anchors being positioned past the bridge....
6998525 String tensioning device for a string instrument  
String tensioning system for a stringed instrument having an instrument body, at least one tensionable string that is fixed at both its ends to the instrument body, and a chamber accommodating a...
6972360 Stringed musical instrument  
A stringed musical instrument includes a surfboard shaped body with strings on top. The strings have first ends attached to tuners under the body adjacent a first end, and second ends attached to a...
6818814 Bridge for guitars  
A guitar bridge is provided which is mounted on a sounding board of a guitar body. In the bridge, a saddle-mounting region, on which a saddle for seating the guitar strings thereon is mounted, is...
6765136 Hydrophobic polymer string treatment  
A hydrophobic polymer is adhesively coated on the surfaces of the wound string within its interstitial voids, while the exterior surfaces remain uncoated. The polymer is applied by soaking the...
6703545 Violin  
A bow stringed instrument having an anchor piece which secures the strings to the top plate of the instrument, wherein strings are connected to the anchor piece and the anchor piece is attached to...
6677511 String for musical instrument  
A string for musical instrument has a sound-generating portion and at least one mounting portion connected to and extending the length of the sound-generating portion, wherein the mounting portion...
6646193 Easy install musical instrument string system  
An easy install musical instrument string system having a substantially rectangular holder strip with a front surface, a back surface, a top end and a bottom end. A plurality of channels are...
6635812 String holder for a musical instrument  
In order to provide an easily usable string holder for a musical instrument with a holding body, on which a holding device for strings of the musical instrument is disposed and which is provided...
6624347 String tightening device for a string instrument  
String tightening device for a string instrument having at least one string. The string tightening device includes a tuning screw arranged to be operable from a freely accessible side of the string...
6528710 String clamping and tuning system for musical instrument  
A string clamping and tuning mechanism for stringed instruments is disclosed. String tension, through lever action, provides the clamping force on the string to anchor the string. A screw adjusted...
6528709 Strings for musical instruments  
An improved musical instrument string is provided. The string includes a polymer cover that protects the string, from contamination while maintaining the original “lively” sound of the musical...
6465723 Automatic string instrument tuner kit  
A kit for automatically tuning a string musical instrument such as a guitar, violin, cello, viola, etc., includes a controller, a tail piece for attachment to the string musical instrument, a...
6444886 Musical instrument  
An improved musical instrument includes a plurality of strings which are connected string posts of tuning devices on a head portion of the musical instrument. The string posts of the tuning devices...
6399862 Neck for a stringed instrument  
A neck for a stringed instrument and including a neck body, a fingerboard, and an adjusting device located in a groove provided between the neck body and the fingerboard for adjusting the neck...
6348646 Musical instrument strings and method for making the same  
An improved musical instrument string combines the attributes of superior corrosion resistance, low stiffness, low tension at pitch, and long life during storage and end use. The potential for...
6320108 String instrument  
A string instrument with one or more synthetic strings. The instrument includes (a) a tailpiece with at least one contact ridge and (b) a bridge spaced apart from the tailpiece. The synthetic...
6127615 Stringed-instrument practice device  
A stringed-instrument practice device for improving a player's rhythm-hand technique involved in playing a stringed instrument. Such a device may have a generally rectangular base including a...
6111176 String assembly including one or more anchors for use with a stringed instrument  
A stringed instrument, such as a guitar having unique string assemblies is provided. The string assembly includes a string and anchor elements arranged on at least one end of the string. A method...
6078001 Machine head for guitars  
A machine head for guitars is disclosed. In the machine head, the tension of a string is adjusted by sequentially rotating a manually operated adjusting knob, a worm engaging with the knob, a worm...
RE36484 String support for stringed instrument  
A nut (30) and/or saddle (20) supports the strings (14) of a stringed musical instrument (10) allowing essentially fully unrestricted movement of the strings, both forward and background ...
5986190 String bearing and tremolo device method and apparatus for stringed musical instrument  
This is a method and an apparatus that provides string bearings (32) and constant inter string pitch correction and pitch trajectory control tremolo device (64 or 80) for a stringed musical...
5945615 Tuning systems for stringed instruments  
A set of strings for use with a stringed instrument, such as a guitar, is provided. The set of strings may include one string or a plurality of strings wherein each string has a predetermined...
5889221 Stringed instruments having impact absorber between top and back  
A stringed instrument has a body which is composed of a back case and a top case combined by screwing up screw receiving bosses of the back case to screw attaching bosses of the top case with a...
5814746 Pitch modifying guitar bridge assembly  
The pitch changer is mounted in a cavity in the backside of a Spanish Guitar and incorporates a bell-crank lever of which one end protrudes out of cavity through a hole in cover and lays parallel...
5767429 Automatic string instrument tuner  
A tuning system is described for automatically tuning a musical instrument having adjustment means for changing the frequency of a musical tone produced by a musical string of the musical...
5753838 Guitar string holder  
The guitar string holder can effectively convert a twelve-string guitar into either a six-string guitar or a Nashville guitar by lowering six of the twelve strings below the operative plane. The...
5708225 Guitar apparatus  
A guitar having a body, a headstock, a neck, a plurality of strings, and a tremolo device including at least two bevelled-slotted pivot points. The bevelled-slotted pivot points have a top and...
5661252 Acoustic arm  
Improved dynamic-acoustic system of guitar (X) with soundbox (184), creates a better scheme of dynamic forces cooperating with soundboard (168) of guitar (X). This system makes it possible for the...
5567897 Guitar pull string device  
A string tension adjustment device for electric guitars, and particularly for use in conjunction with guitars having a bolt-on neck. The string tension adjustment device includes a body which holds...
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