Enhanced string instrument
AssigneeZrm Sound, LLC
InventorsPeter Harold Zaret, Dale K. Rodgers
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Abstract
An acoustic musical string instrument, such as a guitar, and related methods include one or more of 1) slanted sound posts extending between the front sound board and a lateral brace on the back plate of the guitar; 2) longitudinal braces extending between a lateral brace and a side wall of the guitar, 3) longitudinal blocks extending between adjacent lateral braces of the guitar, between a lateral brace and the neck block, or between a lateral brace and the tail block; and 4) a metal covered bridge plate.
Claims20
An musical string instrument comprising:
- a hollow body defining an interior, a tail end, and a neck end opposite from the tail end, and including a sound board, a back plate, and a side wall extending between the sound board and the back plate,
- wherein the sound board includes lateral braces arranged in the interior and contacting an interior surface of the back plate;
- a bridge plate arrange on an interior surface of the sound board;
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- slanted sound posts arranged in the interior, the slanted sound posts each defining a first end and a second end distal from the first end, the first end contacting the sound board and the side wall, and the second end contacting the back plate and one of the lateral braces.
A method of enhancing sound produced by a musical string instrument, comprising:
- providing a musical string instrument including:
- a hollow body defining an interior, a tail end, and a neck end opposite from the tail end, and including a sound board, a back plate, and a side wall extending between the sound board and the back plate, the sound board including lateral braces arranged in the interior and contacting an interior surface of the back plate;
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- a bridge plate arrange on an interior surface of the sound board;
- providing slanted sound posts, each defining a first end and a second end distal from the first end,
- arranging the slanted sound posts in the interior such that for each of the slanted sound posts, the first end contacts the sound board and the side wall, and the second end contacts the back plate and one of the lateral braces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.