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7569759 Tuning key cover for a stringed musical instrument  
The invention relates to a protective tuner cover for the tuning section of a stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar. The tuner cover is sized to enclose the instrument headstock, or a...
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...
7521615 String tension adjustment structure  
A string tension adjustment structure includes a dock, a winding axle longitudinally coupling with the dock that has an upper end fastened to a worm gear held in the dock and a lower end to wind a...
7488879 Peg for stringed instrument  
A peg for a stringed instrument having a head and a hole formed in the head includes: a main body which is mounted to the head; a worm gear rotatably provided to the main body and having a knob on...
7335830 Method and device for attaching a musical instrument string to a musical instrument tuning peg  
Provided is a string tuning mechanism that enables a musician to clamp and anchor a musical instrument string to a musical instrument tuning peg. The claimed subject matter enables the musician to...
7304226 Stringed instrument tuning device  
A stringed instrument tuning device is disclosed that is enhanced over the prior art by an included mechanism that enables the tuning knob to be positioned freely in any rotational position after a...
7154032 String attachment system apparatus and method for a stringed musical instrument  
A string attachment system for securing a string to a stringed musical instrument. The string attachment system includes a bridge pin having an elongate stem defining an outer surface formed for...
7138572 Peg for stringed instruments  
The present invention provides a peg for stringed instruments, which can reduce rotational errors of a worm gear due to a backlash caused during tuning of a string as low as possible. The peg is...
7102065 Tuning device  
An apparatus for use in tuning a string of a musical instrument includes a shaft which extends from a pinion gear. A sleeve is fixedly connected to the shaft and encloses an end portion of the...
7084337 Ergonomic stringed instrument  
A stringed instrument having a stationary support; one part of the instrument interfacing with the musician's sternum, another part pivotally interfacing with the support using two pivot axes...
7081573 String instrument with protective string cap assemblies  
A string instrument including a body; a headstock; a neck extending between the body and the headstock; a plurality of tuning mechanisms retained by the headstock and each having a stem with a...
6989482 Stringed instrument string winder and method of manufacturing the chord winder  
A peg for a stringed instrument is provided, The peg has a main body 10 ; a pair of bearings 12 erected at two sides of the main body so as to oppose each other, a worm gear 21 which is...
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...
6815596 Thread spool device for stringed instrument  
A peg for a stringed instrument having rotatably supported, at the main body 20 for mounting at the head portion H of the stringed instrument, a worm wheel 30 having a winding shaft 40 at one...
6706956 Peg mechanism and peg for stringed instruments  
A peg mechanism and peg for stringed instruments is provided. It requires no skilled techniques and dedicated tools for manufacturing and maintaining instruments easily. It is applicable to the...
6703547 Tuning peg construction  
An improved tuning peg construction 10 for applying selective tension on a string 101 of a musical instrument 100 wherein the construction includes a tuning peg member 20 having a threaded...
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...
6608248 Device for tuning a string of a musical instrument  
A device for tuning a string of a musical instrument includes a pinion which is connected with a string post and a worm which is disposed in meshing engagement with the pinion. An annular groove...
6600096 Guard to protect tuning adjustments on a string musical instrument  
A guard assembly for preventing accidental movement of the tuning adjustments for adjusting the tension of strings on an associated string instrument, the guard assembly which includes a bracket,...
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...
6365809 Tuning post for stringed musical instrument  
A tuning post for a stringed musical instrument which includes an integral string severing mechanism which automatically severs the excess length of a string while the string is being tensioned. A...
6353165 String instrument with protective string cap  
A string instrument including a body; a headstock; a neck extending between the body and the headstock; and a plurality of tuning mechanisms retained by the headstock and each having a stem with a...
6172287 Guitar string tuning device  
Disclosed is a guitar string tuning device. The device comprises a tuning peg for winding therearound and unwinding therefrom a guitar string thereby to tune the guitar string, the tuning peg...
6133515 Structure of a guitar bridge  
A guitar bridge capable of reducing the shifting in the holding position of the guitar strings due to the tilting of the individual string saddles. The guitar bridge has string-receivers for each...
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...
5998713 Tuning peg  
A tuning peg incorporates an internal planetary gear reduction mechanism so that a stringed instrument, such as the cello, violin or viola, can be easily and precisely tuned. In order to change the...
5869780 Tuning pin apparatus having impediment function against the rewinding  
A piano tuning pin apparatus for prevention of loosening of the piano string, i.e., of rewinding of a piano tuning pin, characterized by setting the tuning pin constructed additionally a brake...
5847295 Tuning device for string instruments  
An improved attachment means for attaching a tuning device to a stringed instrument is disclosed. With a tuning device having a housing forming an integral cylindrical portion, a gusset is affixed...
5760320 Stringed instrument  
A stringed instrument, such as a guitar, has a finger-board, a headstock located at one end of the finger-board, and a plurality of machine-heads mounted on the finger-board for adjusting the...
5696341 Guitar string tuning system  
A tuning knob and tuning knob system for a stringed instrument such as a guitar replaces the existing tuning knob. The present tuning knob is a cylindrical knob with exterior knurls and a central...
5627331 Guitar having improved accessibility for string attachment  
The head of the subject guitar is an assembly of a functional portion and a cover. The functional portion includes tuning machines and pickups and the posts of the tuning machines extend from an...
5585580 Peg bender  
The PEG BENDER is a small mechanical device that can be used on many stringed musical instruments. This device, mounted entirely on a special long-shafted tuning peg, is easily installed on most...
5505110 Peg with inclined bore for stringed musical instruments  
A peg for stringed musical instruments which allows quick and easy string replacement and which includes an inclined bore which communicates with a groove that encircles the head of the peg. In a...
5485773 Guitar string installation and adjustment mechanism  
The mechanism includes an assembly which fits in a notch in the bottom of the body of a guitar to carry the strings around the bottom in order to allow the guitar to be as short as feasible while...
5463924 Repositionable tuning peg  
A tuning peg for tuning a stringed instrument. The inventive device includes a tapered shaft for receiving one of the instrument strings thereabout. A thumb piece is coupled to the tapered shaft by...
5388491 Cello tuning peg  
A tuning peg for a cello musical instrument where the tuning peg has a tapered cylindrical body which has an axially extending recess therein. A handle is removably mounted to the cylindrical body...
5381715 Tuning device  
An improved device for tuning a string of a musical instrument includes a string post which is axially movable relative to a housing. A clamp assembly inside the string post grips a portion of the...
5277095 String tuner  
A single screw clamping tuner is provided for clamping and tuning a string of a stringed musical instrument. The tuner includes one and only one externally threaded screw which accomplishes both...
5272953 String winder tool for musical instrument  
A musical instrument string winder for engaging a musical instrument knob (e.g. guitar knob) for tightening or loosening a musical instrument string includes a knob socket and a turning handle. The...
5175387 Seven string electric guitar  
The invention is an electric guitar that has seven strings and a scale length of 25.5 inches. The highest string is a "top A" string that provides the guitarist access to higher notes than is...
5131307 Stringed instrument system  
A stringed instrument system comprising a body having a headward edge, a tailward edge, a upper edge, a lower edge, a front and a back. A first fingerboard extends beyond the headward edge of the...
5103708 Gearless tuner  
A gearless tuner for a stringed musical instrument comprises a generally cylindrical housing for mounting on the instrument including an axial opening extending therethrough; a knob core sized for...
5097736 Stringed instrument tuning device  
A tuning device includes a tuner housing extending from a string instrument, such as a guitar, with an integral orthogonal threaded mounting portion mounted in a peg head aperture. A tuner rod...
5018424 Tuning peg  
A tuning peg for a stringed musical instrument comprises a cylindrical housing adapted to be mounted on a stringed musical instrument. The housing has a central chamber, an axially extending slot...
4970930 Musical instrument string clamp and cutter  
A string cutting and clamping apparatus for a stringed instrument which includes an axial bore in the string winding shaft and a screw threaded cutting and clamping stem mounted therein. The wall...
4811645 Tuning mechanism for stringed instrument  
The tuning mechanism comprises a support which carries a shaft on which is mounted an arm that extends generally as a radius of the shaft. The arm has a turnable assembly that receives and retains...
4748889 Machine head  
A machine head for use with a guitar or other stringed musical instrument has a rotatable peg with a string receiving transverse hole. An axial bore extends from the free end of the peg to the...
4735124 Peg box for stringed instruments  
A peg box for a stringed instrument adapted to facilitate the introduction of the musical strings in the aperture of the tuning pegs. The peg box is made of a solid beam of material having a flat...
4712463 Bridge and tuning mechanism for stringed instruments  
Located on the body as distinguished from the headstock of an instrument such as a guitar is a combined bridge, string lock and fine tuner. The upper end of each string is attached to the...
4686883 Guitar with improved vibrato and tuning adjustment assemblies  
A string instrument particularly such as a guitar is provided with an improved vibrato assembly to obtain a vibrato/tremolo effect, and further including improved tuning adjustment mechanisms for...
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