Music – Instruments
Patent
1980-03-07
1982-09-28
Witkowski, S. J.
Music
Instruments
84267, 84291, 84329, G10D 108, G10D 300, G10H 318
Patent
active
043512178
ABSTRACT:
An improved guitar provided with a removable tailblock assembly which replaces the conventional fixed interior tailblock. The tailblock assembly includes a ringlike reinforcing member which is disposed in the interior of the guitar body and extends between the top and bottom walls, and is secured to the inner face of the curved end portions of the side walls at their junction. The end portions of the side walls have notches or openings formed therein which align with the opening in the reinforcing member. A ringlike insert is fixedly positioned within these latter openings, and is fixedly secured to the guitar body, such as to the side walls. This insert defines therethrough a large opening which is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the guitar body and provides convenient access to the interior thereof. The insert has webs or seats formed adjacent the inner end thereof, and a removable plate is positioned within the insert so as to close off the opening, the plate being fixedly secured to the insert by removable fasteners.
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