Capo

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1977-04-11

1979-03-13

Franklin, Lawrence R.

Music

Instruments

Stringed

G10D 304

Patent

active

041435761

ABSTRACT:
A fretted neck of a guitar having a plurality of strings spaced above the fretboard and a capo selectively movable along the length of the neck for retaining all of the strings in abutting relationship to the fretboard. The capo includes a clamp frame having a generally horizontally extending portion that mounts a retainer bar and a generally vertically extending portion, a finger operated clamp member, and a torsion spring mounting the clamp member on the clamp frame and resiliently urging it to a clamping position, and the torsion spring being mounted on the clamp frame. In one embodiment the retainer bar mounts a roller for each string while in a second embodiment the retainer bar mounts rollers with one of the rollers being of a length to extend across two strings. In a third embodiment the retainer bar mounts two plastic inserts that have downwardly extending rectangular teeth for holding the guitar strings against the fretboard.

REFERENCES:
patent: 620560 (1899-03-01), Averitt

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