Music – Instruments – Stringed
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-04
2011-01-04
Enad, Elvin G (Department: 2832)
Music
Instruments
Stringed
C084S304000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07863508
ABSTRACT:
A String Alignment Plate for stringed instruments to reduce the excess friction in that portion of the string in the head region, generated at the nut of the instrument as a string passes through a notch of the nut and then bends in order to align with the tuning pin or machine head. The additional friction is created at the point of the bend where the string rubs excessively against the nut. This friction impedes tuning and results in differential tension of the string on either side of the nut. The String Alignment Plate is affixed to the head of the instrument and keeps the portion of the string in the head area in-line or parallel with that portion of the same string as it extends from the bridge to the nut, thus removing the bend. Once the string reaches the String Alignment Plate, the string curves around the Peg on the String Alignment Plate to the tuning peg or machine head.
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Enad Elvin G
Horn Robert W
Kreher David J.
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