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US 10,665,212 B2Granted
String bow practicing aid
OwnerFeliks Volozhanininventor
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Abstract
In embodiments, the invention includes a device for supporting motion of a bow with respect to a bowed string instrument such that motion of the bow is constrained to approximate good playing form. An embodiment includes a clamp for attaching the device to a bowed string instrument, a hinge, and a guide tube. The invention also includes a method using the device, wherein a student learning to play a bowed string instrument may develop good playing form and create a muscle memory associated with such good playing form.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a clamp having an upper surface;
- an elongated post extending upward from the upper surface;
- a hinge member pivotably connected to the post;
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- a guide tube rotatably coupled to the hinge member, the guide tube configured to allow free sliding of a stick of a bow therethrough.
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A training device for a bowed string instrument comprising:
- a clamp for attaching the device to a bowed string instrument;
- a hinge coupled to the clamp and constrained to pivot with respect to the clamp about a hinge axis;
- a guide tube rotatably connected to the hinge and constrained to rotate about a tube axis perpendicular to the hinge axis,
- wherein the clamp, the hinge, and the guide tube are sized to bring a bow into contact with a string of the stringed instrument when a stick of the bow is disposed in the guide tube and when the clamp is attached to the bowed string instrument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.