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8173882 |
Tremolo assembly of stringed instrument
A stringed instrument defines a hollow volume and includes at least one string. A tremolo assembly of the stringed instrument is adapted to vary tension in the string and comprises a tone block...
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8163987 |
Vibrato string retainer bracket
The present invention provides a bracket, which can be easily installed to a vibrato device having a string bar with projecting string pins. The bracket facilitates re-stringing the strings through...
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8119893 |
Magnetic bridges and tailpieces for stringed instruments
Improved bridges and tailpieces for stringed instruments, such as guitars and banjos. The bridge and tailpiece each include a void at each end of their respective base pieces, near the vertical...
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8110733 |
Tuning stabilizer for stringed instrument
A self-contained tuning stabilizer for a stringed instrument consists of a body which is attachable to the stringed instrument like a capo, the stabilizer containing mechanical members for...
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8071868 |
Musical instrument vibrato mounting adapter apparatus
A vibrato mounting apparatus for mounting a vibrato device, such as a Bigsby Vibrato, to an electric guitar without making changes to the guitar body is herein disclosed. The vibrato device...
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8008559 |
Tremolo block
A tremolo assembly includes a metallic block having an upper end near a pivoting mounting point. The lower end of the block depends downwardly into a space within a guitar body. The tremolo block...
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7977556 |
Music notation system
The invention relates to a music notation system that obviates the need for one to have any knowledge of conventional music notation in order to play a keyboard, including those that are a...
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7960630 |
Tremolo mechanism for a stringed musical instrument with angled saddle rollers
A tremolo mechanism having a novel roller mounted beneath a tensioned string of a stringed musical instrument is described. During oscillatory movement, the tensioned string exerts both a static...
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7956262 |
Locking post system for a guitar bridge
An apparatus for a guitar comprising a first compressible member, one or more spacers and a second compressible member. The second compressible member may be configured to receive the one or more...
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7888571 |
Tremolo mechanism for a stringed musical instrument with cam actuated lock
The tremolo mechanism includes a novel cam actuated lock having a plurality of parallel locking channels disposed on an engagement surface of a movable locking arm and further having a locking...
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7838752 |
Guitar bridge with a sustain block and Tune-O-Matic saddles
A guitar bridge includes bridge plate having a slot-shaped aperture formed therein. A saddle holder attached to an upper surface of said bridge plate supports a post-shaped saddle. A sustain block...
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7838751 |
Hand actuated tremolo system for guitars
A tremolo device with a movable bridge, an adjustment device, and a support frame is implemented on an acoustic guitar, with features that can also be employed on an electric guitar or other...
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7829773 |
Tremolo mechanism having bridge segments adjustable in three dimensions
A tremolo mechanism for varying the pitch of the strings of a musical instrument to create a vibrato effect includes a plurality of separately adjustable bridge segments, one for each string, which...
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7820898 |
Thunderline bolt on tremlo system
A bolt on tremolo unit. The tremolo arm is depressed which rotates a shaft within a frame. The rotating shaft engages a conrod against a folded steel sheet. This forces it to tip thus lowering the...
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7795516 |
Neutral tension bridge
A bridge mechanism for keeping at least one string on a musical instrument at a desired tension, having: a first body having a string contact point located at an intonation harmonic;at least one...
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7772470 |
Guitar tremolo
A self-contained, surface-mount guitar tremolo is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes a surface-mount base plate; a plurality of individually adjustable string fingers attached to the base...
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7745709 |
Tremolo attachment for a stringed instrument
This tremolo device includes a flat hand plate and a short mounting post welded perpendicularly to bottom of the hand plate. The hand plate is configured and bent to form a curved eminence and...
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7718873 |
Stringed instrument vibrato device
A vibrato device is disclosed for an instrument that has a plurality of strings. The vibrato device includes a base plate with a pivot means formed proximately to a forward side thereof. A...
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7709713 |
Mounting plate and vibrato assembly for vibrato system on a guitar
A vibrato mounting bracket for a guitar, said vibrato unit having a frame having: a) a generally fiat central portion extending from a bottom peripheral edge portion of the guitar, said flat...
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7663039 |
Locking post system for a guitar bridge
An apparatus for a guitar comprising a first compressible member, one or more spacers and a second compressible member. The second compressible member may be configured to receive the one or more...
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7645927 |
Pitch adjustment device for string instruments
A pitch adjustment device for selectively adjusting the pitch of the string(s) of a stringed musical instrument. Each string of the instrument is attached to a respective pitch adjustment device....
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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...
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7557282 |
Hardtail converter block for a tremolo equipped guitar
A converter block for a Stratocaster.®. style tremolo system that effectively changes it to a hardtail configuration. Players who do not use the tremolo can benefit from the ease and stability in ...
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7554023 |
String mounting system
A string mounting system for a stringed musical instrument (10), comprising a helical tension spring (22a-f) connected in series with each string (14a-f), each string (14a-f) being collinear with...
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7547834 |
String replacement assistance apparatus
A string replacement assistance apparatus is used when the strings of a stringed instrument equipped with a tremolo unit are replaced. The tremolo unit makes a pivotal movement in arm-up and...
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7544873 |
Modified tremolo device for stringed musical instrument
A difference between the prior art and the present invention is that the applicant has added two stop screws. The two stop screws are positioned in a track adjuster and extend through the...
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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...
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7531731 |
Tremolo-limiter
The tremolo-limiting product ensures reliable and repeatable returns to the initial tuned position after tension-changing events. Some embodiments of the product can preserve string tuning while...
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7521616 |
Locking cam tremolo device
A cam tremolo device for a stringed musical instrument includes a frame secured to the instrument and a tailpiece rotatably connected with the frame and is characterized by a locking mechanism...
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7479592 |
Stringed instrument vibrato device
A vibrato device for an instrument, such as a guitar, comprises a base plate having a forward side with a pivot means and at least one elongated bridge post fixed thereto. Each bridge post is fixed...
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7459619 |
Tremolo mechanism for guitar
An improved tremolo mechanism for a guitar. The tremolo mechanism for a guitar includes a rotary assembly. The rotary assembly includes a main rotor that includes an arcuate shaped surface defining...
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7435886 |
Interval models for the musical octave
This invention constitutes a set of devices that provides an approach to music instruction that is devoted particularly to demonstrating fundamental tonal properties of the musical octave. Novel...
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7414184 |
Alternative tuning device for stringed musical instruments
A device which attaches to the non-vibrating part of specific string(s) of suitable stringed musical instruments and which enables the musician to repeatably apply alternative predetermined tension...
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7351894 |
Guitar string retainer guide
A stringed instrument including a body having a front surface and a rear surface, a tuning mechanism, a neck having one end joined to the body and an opposite end retaining the tuning mechanism,...
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7339102 |
Cam activated tremolo bridge
An improved reverse tremolo bridge including a base plate attached to a guitar body, a camshaft connected to a slide plate, and cam stops connected to the base plate. Strings for the guitar are...
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7329808 |
String bending device for stringed musical instruments
A string bending device for stringed instruments and methods of use are claimed. The novel device permits the user to tension a string to change the pitch and tone by means of a tension arm and...
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7297851 |
Guitar bridge apparatus
A bridge assembly for a guitar having a bridge plate connected to an anchor plate by a single, horizontally positioned flat spring. The bridge plate has an opening that receives a portion of a...
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7259309 |
Tremolo actuator
A simple “hands-free” electric guitar tremolo and tremolo actuator is provided. An actuator is pivotably attached to the guitar body within a rear cavity of the solid body of the instrument. A por...
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7247780 |
Wrench tremolo bar for a guitar
A guitar has a wrench tremolo bar thereon, replacing the standard tremolo bar, with the wrench tremolo bar having a desired wrench on at least one end of the wrench tremolo bar, to cooperate with...
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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...
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7189908 |
Tremolo assembly
A tremolo assembly for a stringed instrument such as a guitar can be used in an instrument comprising a body, a neck and a head. Strings are strung between the head and the tremolo assembly. The...
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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...
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7179975 |
Method and apparatus for fully adjusting and providing tempered intonation for stringed, fretted musical instruments, and making adjustments to the rule of 18
The present invention involves a tempering formula which utilizes specific pitch offsets, which when applied to the guitar, result in extraordinarily pleasing intonation.
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7145065 |
Releasable tremolo lock device
A quick-release tremolo lock device for installation into a tremolo or vibrato assembly recess or cavity, and for mounting to a movable bridge or a tremolo or vibrato block of a stringed instrument...
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7053287 |
Compensator for a tremolo and a musical instrument
A compensator for a tremolo for a stringed musical instrument, such as an electric guitar. The compensator has an integrated tremolo stop, allowing a musician to continue playing without undue...
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7049504 |
Tremolex
An electronic tremolo producing apparatus for stringed electronic musical instrument is provided. The tremolo apparatus includes an electronic base unit mounted on the instrument with an attached...
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7009096 |
Tremolo unit and electric guitar having the same
A tremolo operating mechanism comprising an arm socket secured onto a base plate, a resin bushing contained in the upper part of the arm socket, a torque adjusting screw screwed into the upper part...
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6989483 |
Adjustable tremolo bridge
A tremolo assembly is implemented for modulating the string tension on a guitar by mounting a bridge carrier on a sliding mount with the fore and aft displacement thereof effected by a transverse...
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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...
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6943284 |
Stabilizer for tremolo bridge
A stabilizer for a tremolo bridge prevents disablement of an instrument in the event of string failure. A cam, operated by the player, serves to support a tremolo bridge such that pre-failure...
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