Endpin block apparatus for stringed instruments

An endpin block apparatus, for use with a stringed instrument and an endpin, referred to as an x-axis endpin block, the endpin block apparatus comprising:

• an endpin block body, an x-axis barrel, a block barrel bore sized and disposed in the x-axis endpin block to hold the x-axis barrel, an endpin shaft holder, a plurality of holes in the x-axis endpin block for the endpin, a tailgut-shaft-holder contact surface, and a plurality of elements for holding the endpin at a desired angle relative to the x-axis endpin block;
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• in which the x-axis barrel further comprises a barrel screw, a barrel threading, and a barrel hole;
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• in which the plurality of elements for holding the endpin at a desired angle relative to the x-axis endpin block comprise a worm drive and a barrel lock gear which engage with each other, and which barrel lock gear is affixed to the x-axis barrel.

An endpin block apparatus, for use with a stringed instrument and an endpin, referred to as an x-axis endpin block, the endpin block apparatus comprising:

• an endpin block body, an x-axis barrel, a block barrel bore sized and disposed in the x-axis endpin block to hold the x-axis barrel, an endpin shaft holder, a plurality of holes in the x-axis endpin block for the endpin, a tailgut-shaft-holder contact surface, and a plurality of elements for holding the endpin at a desired angle relative to the x-axis endpin block;
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• in which the x-axis barrel further comprises a barrel screw, a barrel threading, and a barrel hole;
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• in which the plurality of holes in the x-axis endpin block for the endpin comprise a block combined hole;
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• in which the plurality of elements for holding the endpin at a desired angle relative to the x-axis endpin block comprise a worm drive and a barrel lock gear, which worm drive is securely mounted to the endpin block body, and which worm drive is external to or internal to the x-axis endpin block, and in which the endpin fits in the block combined hole, and the endpin is adjustable to any of a range of desired angles.

An endpin block apparatus, for use with a stringed instrument and an endpin, referred to as an x-axis endpin block, the endpin block apparatus comprising:

• an endpin block body, an x-axis barrel, a block barrel bore sized and disposed in the x-axis endpin block to hold the x-axis barrel, an endpin shaft holder, a plurality of holes in the x-axis endpin block for the endpin, a tailgut-shaft-holder contact surface, and a plurality of elements for holding the endpin at a desired angle relative to the x-axis endpin block;
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• in which the x-axis barrel further comprises a barrel screw, a barrel threading, and a barrel hole;
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• in which the plurality of holes in the x-axis endpin block for the endpin comprise a block combined hole;
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• wherein the plurality of elements for holding the endpin at a desired angle relative to the x-axis endpin block comprise an endpin stopper and an endpin stopper block void, inside the x-axis endpin block, sized to securely hold the endpin stopper;
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• which endpin stopper is affixed to an endpin top shaft and which endpin stopper has a larger external diameter than the endpin top shaft and a larger external diameter than the barrel hole;
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• the x-axis barrel may rotate inside the endpin block body until the endpin stopper reaches a rotated angle, at which the endpin stopper and the endpin are positioned in line with the endpin stopper block void;
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• at that rotated angle, the endpin may then be pushed up, into the endpin block body so that the endpin stopper is securely seated into the endpin stopper block void.