Music – Instruments – Stringed
Patent
1983-10-12
1985-11-19
Fuller, Benjamin R.
Music
Instruments
Stringed
G10D 308
Patent
active
045534667
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a lever apparatus which is adapted to be used on the neck of a musical instrument such as a guitar or other string instrument. The apparatus contains a plurality of spring biased lever arms each of which are pivotally mounted to a common rod by means of an associated U-shaped member. Each lever arm is directed parallel to an associated string of the instrument and has at one end an elastomeric pad which is positioned in a first position to be out of contact with the string. In a second position the user applies pressure to the lever arm with his finger which moves the pad into contact with the string. As soon as pressure is released, the spring automatically returns the arm to the first position. By using the common rod, multiple arrays of such lever arms can be mounted on the neck of the instrument to enable the user to access any string as well as at different fret locations. The nature of the mechanism is such that the same spot on each string will be accessed by the selective actuation of the lever arms.
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patent: 756743 (1904-04-01), Verrecchio
patent: 808510 (1905-12-01), Buchanan
patent: 4428273 (1984-01-01), Favron
Fuller Benjamin R.
Plevy Arthur L.
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