Tremolo adjustment apparatus
OwnerFloyd D. Roseinventor
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Abstract
A float angle adjustment apparatus for use with a stringed musical instrument including a lower block, attachable within the instrument, and an upper block. The lower block includes top, bottom, front, side, and rear surfaces, and a lower tailpiece extending outwardly from the lower block. The upper block includes top, bottom, front, side, and rear surfaces, and an upper tailpiece extending outwardly from the upper block. The upper tailpiece is spaced apart from the lower tailpiece. The upper block is pivotally attached to the lower block such that moving the upper and lower tailpieces relative to one another, such as via an adjustable screw, pivots the upper block relative to the lower block and, in turn, adjusts a float angle of a baseplate attachable to the top of the upper block.
Claims20
A stringed musical instrument assembly comprising:
- a stringed musical instrument including an instrument body having a top surface and a bottom surface;
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- a floating tremolo coupled to the instrument body, the tremolo comprising:
- a pivotable baseplate having a float angle relative to the top surface of the instrument body;
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- a float angle adjustment apparatus comprising:
- a first support block extending from an underside of the baseplate and at least partially into the instrument body below the top surface, the first support block having a first member extending outwardly from the first support block;
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- a second support block pivotally connected to the first support block and coupled to the instrument body through a spring mechanism, the second support block having a second member extending outwardly from the second support block,
- wherein adjustment of a distance between the first member and the second member pivots the first support block about the second support block and, in turn, pivots the baseplate relative to the instrument body to adjust the float angle of the baseplate.
A floating tremolo apparatus comprising:
- a baseplate;
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- a float angle adjustment apparatus connected to the baseplate for adjusting a float angle of the baseplate relative to a surface of a stringed musical instrument, the adjustment apparatus comprising:
- a first support block extending from an underside of the baseplate, the first support block having a first member extending outwardly from the first support block;
- a second support block pivotally connected to the first support block, the second support block having a second member extending outwardly from the second support block;
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- an adjustable screw coupling the first member and the second member, wherein rotation of the screw causes the first member to move relative to the second member and pivot the first support block about the second support block and, in turn, pivot the baseplate to adjust the float angle of the baseplate.
A float angle adjustment apparatus for a floating tremolo comprising:
- a lower block attachable by a spring mechanism to a body of a stringed musical instrument, the lower block including top, bottom, front, side, and rear surfaces, and a lower tailpiece extending rearwardly from the lower block;
- an upper block pivotally connected to the lower block and including top, bottom, front, side, and rear surfaces, and an upper tailpiece extending rearwardly from the upper block, the upper tailpiece being spaced apart from the lower tailpiece;
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- an adjustable screw coupling the lower tailpiece to the upper tailpiece such that rotation of the screw causes the top surface of the upper block to pivot relative to the top surface of the lower block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.