Music – Instruments – Stringed
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-03
2001-06-05
Hsieh, Shih-Yung (Department: 2837)
Music
Instruments
Stringed
C084S320000, C084S319000, C084S453000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06242677
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to musical instruments and particularly to means for playing string instruments such as guitar. More specifically the invention concerns an auxiliary device for holding plectrums by which the string instruments are played.
As a rule, plectrums are held by the player between the forefinger and the thumb and so plucked against the strings to produce the sound. This traditional arrangement has not been changed for centuries in spite of various improvements and modifications of the playing instruments proper, for example, the so-called “electric” guitar and its variations.
The object of the invention is to improve and make more efficient and convenient the very holding of the plectrum, thereby achieving more accuracy and less fatigue to the player.
A further object of the invention is to provide an auxiliary tool or holder to be conveniently gripped by the player, guided by human engineering considerations, for assuring safe grip and adaptation to various sizes of the player's palm.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Thus provided according to the present invention is a plectrum holding device for playing the guitar and the like string musical instruments, comprising an alongated body member; a butt-like rear member mounted to one end of the body member and configured to rest against the thumb root of the player; a trigger-like front member mounted to the other end of the body member and configured to be gripped by a forefinger phalanx of the player; and means for mounting a plectrum to the body member in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the rear and front members within reach of the player's thumb at one side and the tip of the player's forefinger at the other side of said plectrum mounting means.
Preferably, the device comprises means for varying the distance between the rear and the front members, as well as their relative angular positions.
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Hsieh Shih-yung
Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen, LLP
Pro Music Developments Ltd.
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