Music – Instruments – Stringed
Patent
1985-05-02
1987-04-07
Fuller, Benjamin R.
Music
Instruments
Stringed
84297R, 84298, G10D 304, G10D 314
Patent
active
046551166
ABSTRACT:
A tuning mechanism for harmonically tuning and pitch tuning guitar strings. The mechanism is part of the bridge. It includes a base and a plurality of saddles which are mounted on the base and are slidable longitudinally back and forth to adjust the effective length of the strings of the guitar. Each saddle is mechanically connected to a guide member which is located in a groove in the base. A tuning screw through the guide member slides the guide member and the saddle back and forth to tune a guitar string. A securing bolt is then tightened to fix the saddle in place on the base. The mechanism also includes a pivotable pitch tuning member which pivots back and forth in response to a pivoting force applied by a pitch tuning screw to adjust string tension. The string receiving end of each saddle can be raised or lowered to adjust the height of the string above the base.
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patent: 4430919 (1984-02-01), Matsui
patent: 4457201 (1984-07-01), Storey
patent: 4497236 (1985-02-01), Rose
patent: 4506585 (1985-03-01), Desmond
Fuller Benjamin R.
Hoshino Gakki Co. Ltd.
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