Stringed instrument resonance system
AssigneeFender Musical Instruments Corporation
InventorsTimothy P. Shaw, Joshua D. Hurst, Brian C. Swerdfeger
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Abstract
A stringed instrument, such as a semi-acoustic electric guitar, can employ a resonance system that consists of a body having at least one internal cavity accessed by a soundhole continuously extending from a top cover. The soundhole may have a continuously curvilinear transition from the top cover and a length corresponding with an altered resonance frequency of the instrument body.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising an instrument body having at least one internal cavity accessed by a soundhole continuously extending from a top cover, the soundhole disposed between and contacting a first rail of a suspension and a second rail of the suspension, the soundhole having a continuously curvilinear transition from the top cover and a length corresponding with an altered resonance frequency of the instrument body.
A system comprising a body having a single internal cavity accessed by a soundhole continuously extending from a top cover, the soundhole contacting first and second rails of a suspension, each rail extending parallel to the top cover, the soundhole having a continuously curvilinear transition from the top cover and a length corresponding with an altered resonance frequency of the body.
A method comprising:
- providing an instrument body having a single internal cavity accessed by at least one soundhole continuously extending from a top cover, the soundhole disposed between and contacting first and second rails of a suspension, the at least one soundhole having a continuously curvilinear transition from the top cover and a length corresponding with a first altered resonance frequency of the instrument body;
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- changing the soundhole to produce a second altered resonance frequency of the instrument body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.