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US 11,741,921 B1Granted
Apparatus and method for stringed instrument tailpiece
OwnerChristopher Threlkeld-Wiegandinventor
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Abstract
A stringed instrument tailpiece includes an elongate body. Openings, which may be slots or through-holes, are formed at a bridge-end of the elongate body to engage a musical instrument's one or more strings. An opening at the gut-end of the elongate body is configured to engage a gut, which attaches to an instrument endpin.
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A musical instrument tailpiece, comprising:
- an elongate body;
- at least one opening formed at a bridge-end of the elongate body to engage a musical instrument's one or more strings, wherein at least one channel is configured to convey a musical instrument string from an opening through a portion of the elongate body and out through the face of the bridge-end;
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- an opening at the gut-end of the elongate body to engage a gut.
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A musical instrument tailpiece, comprising:
- an elongate body;
- at least one opening formed at a bridge-end of the elongate body to engage a musical instrument's one or more strings;
- and
- an opening through the face of the gut-end of the elongate body to engage a gut, wherein the opening is a through hole.
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A musical instrument tailpiece, comprising:
- an elongate body;
- slot-openings formed at a bridge-end of the elongate body to engage a musical instrument's one or more strings;
- and
- an opening at the gut-end of the elongate body to engage a gut, wherein the opening is a single through-hole configured to accommodate a single-leg gut.
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A stringed musical instrument, comprising:
- a tailpiece including:
- an elongate body;
- slot-openings formed at a bridge-end of the elongate body to engage a musical instrument's one or more strings;
- and
- an opening at the gut-end of the elongate body to engage a gut;
- and
- a single-leg gut connecting the gut-end of the elongate body to an endpin of the stringed musical instrument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.