Slide bar devices and assemblies

Details Slide bar devices and assemblies Slide bar devices and assemblies

1998-07-31

2000-08-29

Ro, Bentsu

Music

Instruments

Stringed

84320, 84322, G01D 300, G01D 316

Patent

active

061111775

ABSTRACT:
Slide bars are used by musicians when playing string instruments to achieve different effects and sounds to stylize their musical compositions Existing slide bars, when not use, are usually removed, or rotate with difficulty around the finger, to continue play thereby interrupting play for a short, but discernible, period of time The slide bar devices and assemblies of this invention are easy to use and reduce down time to a non-discernible degree The slide bar device has a slide member with a longitudinal axis and an outer surface for contacting all of the strings of the string instrument. A ring member is attached to the slide member and adaptable for wear around any of the musician's fingers. The axis of the ring member is parallel to, and spaced away from, the axis of the slide member The center of gravity of the slide member is spaced away from, and radially outward of, the ring member. The ring member is sized to rotate freely on the finger and has a length such that when the slide bar device is over the finger, the ring member does not interfere with bending both phalange joints of the finger thereby enabling the musician to finger the strings to the same extent as if the slide bar device were not present. Flipping motions of the hand quickly rotates the slide member from over to under to over the finger. Sleeves, mounted on over the slide members, produce yet other sounds. The slide members can be made of any metal and the sleeves of any different metal glass ceramic or plastic.

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Axys Reversible Guitar Slide, Jul. 11, 1998 Http:///www.sixthfinger.com/main.html Sixth Finger Music Co., 3 pages.

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