Electric violin

Details Electric violin Electric violin

1989-01-04

1990-04-24

Witkowski, Stanley J.

Music

Instruments

Electrical musical tone generation

84744, 84DIG30, G10H 318

Patent

active

049190334

ABSTRACT:
The invention presented consists of an electric violin having (a) a body shaped so as to have a fingerboard indentation along an upper end in a location to the right of a fingerboard extending therefrom; a first bow indentation along a right side; an arcuate-shaped lower end; and a second bow indentation along a left side; (b) a fingerboard having a lower portion mounted on the body and an upper portion extending from an upper end of the body, the fingerboard having sufficient width to accomodate a plurality of strings (c) a head disposed on the end of an upper portion of the fingerboard, the head having a plurality of pegs, each corresponding to a string; (d) a plurality of strings, each removably attached to the body, extending along the fingerboard and removably attached to each of the pegs on the head; and (e) a magnetic pickup associated with the body and having an upper portion mounted on the body so as to be operatively connected with each of the plurality of strings and a lower portion mounted in the body capable of providing sounds to a suitable amplification means.

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patent: 858587 (1907-07-01), Ehlenz
patent: 2978495 (1961-04-01), Dopera et al.
patent: 3788183 (1974-01-01), Mariner
patent: 4051761 (1977-10-01), Nylen
patent: 4305320 (1981-12-01), Peavey
patent: 4334452 (1982-06-01), Morrison et al.
patent: 4425831 (1984-01-01), Lipman

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