Shoulder rest device for use with a violin or viola

Details Shoulder rest device for use with a violin or viola Shoulder rest device for use with a violin or viola

1994-10-11

1996-04-16

Spyrou, Cassandra C.

Music

Instruments

Stringed

G10D 102

Patent

active

055072135

ABSTRACT:
A shoulder rest for a violin or viola musical instrument having a support member made of an elastic polyurethane foam material and having opposing surfaces where said surfaces have a multiplicity of regions of depressions and regions of elevations and are so dimensioned and proportioned to permit the regions of elevation to exclusively and compressively bear against the back of the violin such that external forces transmitted to the support member are resiliently transferred through the regions of elevation thereby reducing the bearing surface area against the back of the musical instrument and consequently minimizing the dampening effect the support member has on the sound of the violin or viola. The shoulder rest is removably mounted to the musical instrument by a continuous elastic band carried by the support member and having opposing bights for compressively engaging the lower bout and end peg of the instrument.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4884487 (1989-12-01), Feldkamp
patent: 4951541 (1990-08-01), McMillan

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