Fine tuner device for stringed instruments

Details Fine tuner device for stringed instruments Fine tuner device for stringed instruments

1996-05-20

1998-06-16

Spyrou, Cassandra C.

Music

Instruments

Stringed

G10D 314

Patent

active

057674272

ABSTRACT:
A device for tuning a stringed instrument includes a housing attachable to the instrument, an elongate output shaft extending from within a gear chamber of the housing and having a string spindle on a distal end zone thereof, and an in-line drive gear assembly within the gear chamber for turning the spindle in order to wind a string of the instrument thereabout, thereby adjusting the string tension. The drive gear assembly includes a first reduction gear assembly, operable by turning a first knob, for rotating the spindle in accordance with a first rate of rotation to make coarse adjustments, and a second reduction gear assembly, in-line with the first reduction gear assembly, and operable in conjunction therewith by turning a second knob, thereby rotating the spindle in accordance with a second rate of rotation for fine tuning the instrument.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4329904 (1982-05-01), Monteleone

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