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7566823 Bridge system for acoustic guitars  
A bridge system for acoustic guitars which utilizes a string anchor rigidly attached to the under-side of the bridge plate, with provisions in the bridge, soundboard, and bridge plate to allow the...
7385125 Electric string instruments and string instrument systems  
Marching band string instruments and wearable string instruments are described that include a stiff waist band to prevent excessive side to side movement during use, while providing easy doff and...
7365255 Optimally coupled string instrument bridge  
An optimally coupled stringed musical instrument bridge having an individual bridge assembly supporting and retaining each string. Each assembly comprises an action (height) and intonation (length)...
7342158 Musical instrument with multiple resonance chambers  
A device, system and method for a musical instrument are disclosed herein. The exemplary musical instrument may have a first resonance chamber having a first bridge coupled to a surface of the...
7301086 Tailpiece of a stringed musical instrument  
A tailpiece of, for instance, an electric guitar including a bridge main body attached to the guitar main body by two protruding stud screws so as to be moved and adjusted in the direction of the...
7301085 Stringed musical instrument having harmonic bridge  
A stringed musical instrument is provided with a plate or soundboard that is curved to define a crest parallel to the strings. If the instrument is a closedbox instrument, another plate opposing...
7279626 Suspension device for strings on a stringed instrument  
The invention relates to an suspension apparatus for mounting a string on a stringed instrument. The apparatus has a base plate secured to the instrument, a shuttle slidably attached to the base...
7235730 Bridge for stringed instrument and stringed instrument  
A bridge for a stringed instrument located on an upper surface of a body of the stringed instrument including lever arm retainers located on the upper surface of the body. Each lever arm retainer...
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...
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...
7102072 Apparatus and computer program for detecting and correcting tone pitches  
The tone pitch of a given tone waveform is detected by forming an envelope waveform of the given tone waveform, holding the level of the envelope waveform at each of the zero cross times of the...
6870083 Variable configuration guitar bridge  
A bridge for a musical instrument has a bridge body and a plurality of saddles disposed substantially upon the bridge body. A least a plurality of saddles are individually adjustable in height, so...
6867354 Tremolo unit for electric guitar  
Various kinds of members are located on the body of an electric guitar, and strings are supported by the members at predetermined positions along the longitudinal direction. The strings are...
6849792 Guitar pickup support assembly  
A guitar pickup mounting system is provided for mounting a pickup on a base plate adjacent a bridge which rides on first and second posts extending from the guitar body. Thus a height of the bridge...
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...
6803510 Asymmetrical stringed instrument bridge  
An asymmetrical stringed instrument bridge incorporating, among other elements, an integral member, a string mounting edge, a foot edge, a treble edge, and a bass edge. The asymmetrical stringed...
6777601 Stringed musical instrument soundboard system  
A stringed musical instrument having two soundboards. A bridge is located between the two soundboards. The two soundboards tend to equalize any upward or downward pull by the bridge caused by the...
6765137 Guitar bridge lock  
An improved floating bridge lock for stringed musical instruments is provided. The improved floating bridge lock comprises a mount and a throw bolt for mounting on a stringed musical instrument....
6710235 Electric guitar with tremolo unit  
An electric guitar has strings. Each string has a first contact point defined on a neck and a second contact point defined on a base plate attached to a body. The guitar includes a hinge mechanism...
6689943 Acoustic guitar with integral pickup mount  
A guitar is constructed to have a hollow body and to have a top member that has a pickup mounting portion integrally formed therein. A slot is cut into the pickup support area, and a pickup is...
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...
6521819 String instrument suspension system  
The electric guitar includes a main solid sound box body at one end, a head at the opposite end and an elongated neck integrally interconnecting the head to the solid body. The solid body includes...
6465722 Bridge for a musical instrument  
A bridge for attaching strings to a musical instrument. The bridge has a body comprised of a base and a main portion with saddle chambers formed in the main portion. Holes are formed within the...
6441282 Stringed instrument having height-adjustable bridge assembly  
A stringed instrument such as a contrabass uses a height-adjustable bridge assembly for supporting strings under tension with a desired height, which is manually adjusted by a human operator. The...
6420639 Vibrato apparatus  
A vibrato apparatus ( 10 ) for a stringed instrument ( 11 ), the instrument having a body ( 12 ) and a neck ( 13 ) extending from the body, the apparatus comprising, tuning elements ( 16 ) on the...
6420638 Guitar neck assembly and method of manufacturing same  
A neck for an acoustic guitar made from a plywood material which is glued with and at least partially impregnated with a phenolic resin. The plywood neck is stronger and more durable than...
6300550 Retrofit guitar tremolo  
A retrofit tremolo is designed to replace an existing tremolo in a guitar or other musical instrument. The retrofit tremolo has a bridge that removeably holds a pair of knife edge inserts. The...
6297435 Method and apparatus for manually modulating wavelength and manipulating sound for stringed instruments  
A stringed musical instrument having a bridge and a slide, such as a guitar, wherein the slide is carried by a finger on the strumming or picking hand of the musician, for contact with and movement...
6297434 Wedge adjustable bridge for stringed instruments  
An adjustable bridge for stringed instruments that utilizes a wedge mechanism seated on a base that in turn is seated on the top surface of a stringed instrument, with the wedge mechanism...
6255568 Saddle for an electro-acoustic stringed instrument  
A saddle for an electro-acoustic stringed instrument is provided having a string supporting member supported by a plurality of pillars. The pillars have bases and are separated from each other by...
6191346 Stringed instrument  
A stringed musical instrument is disclosed, taking the form of a banjo in the preferred embodiment. Securing means 205 are provided for securing ends of strings 203 and a bridge 206 supports the...
6184450 Universal, multi-position, tuning mechanism and bridge for stringed musical instruments  
An improved, universal, multi-position, tuning mechanism and bridge for stringed musical instruments, designed to provide quick, easy adjustment of the tension of the each string of musical...
6166309 Bridge mechanism for guitar  
In a bridge mechanism for a guitar, the bridge main body having a recess for the saddle and an intermediate member between at least one side of the saddle and the recess. A respective recess or...
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...
6124536 Bridge mechanism for the acoustic guitar  
A bridge mechanism for an acoustic guitar for fine adjustment of the height and length of the strings. The bridge mechanism is installed on a thin installation plate that is wider laterally than...
6118057 Electric guitar string tension adjustment structure  
An electric guitar string tension adjustment structure, which includes a bridge body mounted on a bottom block to hold a tremolo arm, a set of saddle blocks transversely adjustably fastened to the...
6087570 Stringed musical instrument vibrato apparatus featuring selective string pitch control  
A vibrato apparatus for a stringed instrument, the instrument having a body and a neck extending from the body, the apparatus comprising, tuning elements on the neck and a bridge member on the body...
6034311 Height adjustable point retention bar assembly  
A height adjustable pivot point carrying device for a floating point tremolo, comprising: a base plate with a plurality of cylindrical seat housings extending the base plate. Each cylindrical seat...
6031165 Adjustable bridge for use with a stringed instrument  
An adjustable bridge, according to the present invention, includes a bridge base having a lower edge shaped to conform to the top surface of the sound box of the instrument with which the bridge is...
6031164 Mute acoustic stringed musical instrument having damping bridge  
A mute violin has a soundboard formed with a resonator, a neck projecting from the soundboard, a string holder attached to the other end of the soundboard, strings stretched between pegs screwed...
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...
5939653 Bridge and tremolo arm assembly for an electric guitar  
A bridge and tremolo arm assembly for an electric guitar, including a bridge body mounted on a bottom block to hold a tremolo arm, a set of tension screw seats transversely adjustably mounted on...
5925839 Bridge for supporting the strings of a musical instrument  
A bridge for supporting the strings of a musical instrument including an instrument body and an acoustic transducer, for example, a diaphragm microphone and an air space chamber which is closed...
5922979 Stringed instrument  
A stringed instrument having a hollow body including a top wall, a spaced apart bottom wall, and a side wall interconnecting the top and bottom wall, each of the walls having a plurality of...
5911171 Pickup system for bridge of stringed musical instrument  
A bridge for stringed instruments having a central slotted opening for receipt of the blades of a pickup device such that the blades are adapted to move laterally back and forth and forwardly and...
5883318 Device for changing the timbre of a stringed instrument  
A device for changing the timbre of a stringed instrument of the violin or viol family. The device includes a plurality of sympathetic strings, rigidly fixed at opposite ends in a frame suspended...
5834665 Guitar bridge bias converter  
A guitar bridge bias converter is described which provides the means of converting a right-handed steel strung electric or acoustic guitar to a left-handed instrument. The bridge bias converter for...
5824924 Five position bow playable, electric bass guitar  
An electric bass guitar in which its electronic pick-up is displaced substantially 4-41/2 inches from its bridge, and in which a plurality of holes are provided within its body to receive a support...
5696337 Concave finger board for stringed instruments  
A musical instrument, such as a guitar, having strings across a bridge, a finger board and a nut wherein the bridge, finger board, and nut have a concave curvature. Preferably, the concave...
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