Music – Instruments – Stringed
Patent
1987-06-08
1989-06-20
Franklin, Lawrence R.
Music
Instruments
Stringed
84291, 84307, G10D 312
Patent
active
048401030
ABSTRACT:
An improved device for fixing the strings of an acoustical stringed instrument including a generally rectangular block, preferably composed of a metal such as aluminum or bronze, having a bottom surface, upwardly extending wall surfaces and a top surface. The block is provided with a bore extending from the block's top surface to the bottom surface. The bore is in a generally normal relation to the block's top surface and is provided with a notch extending from the top surface to the bottom surface of the block. The block's bottom surface, in addition, is provided with a generally circular depression centered approximately over the mid-point of the notch opening at the bottom surface.
The block is positioned in the interior of an acoustical stringed instrument so that the bore is operatively aligned beneath the opening in the bridge of the instrument designed to receive the end of a string having a restraining means at the string's terminus. The string end is passed through the hole in the bridge, through the bore of the block, and into the interior of the instrument. When tension is applied to the string, the end of the string moves into the notch in the bore, and the restraining means engages the depression on the bottom surface of the block, fixing the string in place.
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