Music – Instruments – Stringed
Patent
1996-11-19
1998-09-15
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Music
Instruments
Stringed
G01D 300
Patent
active
058082166
ABSTRACT:
A string mounting and tuning device for a stringed musical instrument having an L-shaped member formed with a saddle platform and an integral attachment block is pivotally disposed within a cavity in the body of the stringed instrument with a surface of the L-shaped member being substantially coplanar with a flat surface of the instrument body. The attachment block defines a plurality of stepped bores, each of which hold one end of a string of the stringed instrument and the saddle platform is formed with a saddle support plate provided with an apertured flange holding longitudinal adjustment screws, each screw threadably engaging a string saddle guide allowing the position of each saddle guide to be separately adjusted.
A biasing assembly comprising a spring member mounted at one end to the attachment block and mounted at the other end to a spring anchor member balances the rotational force exerted on the L-shaped member caused by the instrument strings. A pivot point assembly is provided beneath the surface of the saddle platform to pivotally receive conical pivot points allowing the L-shaped member to be rotated when a tremolo arm rotatably mounted in the saddle platform is pulled or depressed.
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Donels Jeffrey W.
Hale John S.
Shoop Jr. William M.
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