Music – Instruments – Stringed
Reexamination Certificate
2009-06-11
2010-10-19
Donels, Jeffrey (Department: 2832)
Music
Instruments
Stringed
C084S291000, C084S267000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07816592
ABSTRACT:
A stringed musical instrument comprises: a headstock with tuners; a neck having a fingerboard, and a neck extension; a body having a top, a back, a longitudinal recess in the back for receipt of the neck extension and a bridge with a saddle secured to the body; and, one or more strings stretched from the headstock over the neck and fingerboard and over a portion of the top of the body to contact points on the bridge saddle. The instrument is further provided with a pivotal mount for mounting the neck to the body and a string action adjustment member for moving the neck lower extended end within the body longitudinal recess and thereby the position of the neck relative to the body, whereby the height of the strings are adjusted relative to the neck and its fingerboard.
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Donels Jeffrey
Heslin Rothenberg Farley & & Mesiti P.C.
Horn Robert W
Spiegel Joseph L.
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