Device for inserting strings

Details Device for inserting strings Device for inserting strings

1991-12-04

1994-01-11

Gellner, Michael L.

Music

Instruments

Stringed

84307, 84313, G10D 304

Patent

active

052770940

ABSTRACT:
A device for installing one end of a string on a string musical instrument. A track on the body of the instrument has a first depression for receiving the bridge of the instrument for that string. The bridge has a string raising saddle on it, which can be adjusted in height and can be adjusted parallel to the length of the string. The installed end of the string extends past the saddle to a slide supported in a second depression on the track. A bolt on the slide receives a nut supported at the track to adjust displacement of the slide between a position where the supported string is at highest pitch and a position to which the slide can shift for the string to be at lowest pitch. A pivotable eccentric lever has two cam surfaces on it at different distances from the pivot axis of the lever. The different high and low pitch levels of the string are established by the different pivot positions of the lever cooperating with the displacement slide. Displacement range is adjustable. The individual device of the invention and particularly its track is narrow enough that a respective device or track may be positioned on the instrument for each of the strings with the devices next to each other.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2152783 (1939-04-01), Beauchamp
patent: 2972923 (1961-02-01), Fender
patent: 4563934 (1986-01-01), Keizer
patent: 4608905 (1986-09-01), Takabayashi
patent: 5088375 (1992-02-01), Saijo
patent: 5140884 (1992-08-01), Bowden

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