Music – Instruments – Stringed
Patent
1993-05-25
1995-03-07
Gellner, Michael L.
Music
Instruments
Stringed
84307, 84314N, G10D 300
Patent
active
053947835
ABSTRACT:
A stringed musical instrument of the guitar type has a plurality of strings which extend from tuning devices on a head portion, along a neck portion, to a body portion of the instrument. A plurality of string support assemblies are mounted in the material of the musical instrument adjacent to a connection between the head and neck portions of the instrument. Each of the string support assemblies includes a pair of spheres which are held in engagement with each other. One of the strings presses against a pair of spheres to position the string relative to the head and neck portions of the instrument. In one embodiment of the invention, the spheres have different diameters. In this embodiment of the invention, the string bends around the larger one of the two spheres. The spheres, whether of the same diameter or of different diameters, are disposed in a recess which extends part way through the string support. An end of the recess is blocked by material which is received in the recess. To block the end of the recess, a punch removes material from a sheet and presses it into an open end of the recess.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4304163 (1981-12-01), Siminoff
patent: 5173565 (1992-12-01), Gunn
patent: 5260504 (1993-11-01), Turner
Gellner Michael L.
Spyrou Cassandra C.
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