Tuning pin tool
OwnerJames Boustead Seeryinventor
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Abstract
A tool for fitting to a tuning pin of an instrument for inhibiting movement of the tuning pin. The tool comprises a tuning pin engaging portion comprising a through hole for engaging a tuning pin and one or more flexible resilient arms extending from the tuning pin engaging portion. The one or more flexible resilient arms configured, in use, to engage with other tuning pins adjacent to the tuning pin, and/or with the strings attached thereto, to inhibit movement of the tuning pin.
Claims16
A tool for fitting to a tuning pin of an instrument for inhibiting movement of the tuning pin, said tool comprising:
- a single piece of wire comprising:
- a tuning pin engaging portion formed by a coil of the single piece of wire that defines a through hole for engaging a tuning pin, and
- at least one flexible resilient arm that is integral with and extends from the tuning pin engaging portion, wherein the at least one flexible resilient arm is configured, in use, to engage with other tuning pins adjacent to the tuning pin to inhibit movement of the tuning pin.
A tool for fitting to a tuning pin of an instrument for inhibiting movement of the tuning pin, said tool comprising:
- a tuning pin engaging portion comprising a through hole for engaging a tuning pin, and
- a plurality of flexible resilient arms extending from the tuning pin engaging portion and configured, in use, to engage with other tuning pins adjacent to the tuning pin to inhibit movement of the tuning pin;
- and
- wherein the flexible resilient arms further comprise a coiled region.
A method of tuning an instrument string of an instrument, said method comprising
- fitting a tool on to a first tuning pin of the instrument, the tool comprising:
- a single piece of wire comprising:
- a tuning pin engaging portion formed by a coil of the single piece of wire that defines a through hole for engaging the first tuning pin, and
- at least one flexible resilient arm that is integral with and extends from the tuning pin engaging portion, wherein the at least one flexible resilient arm is configured, in use, to engage with further tuning pins adjacent to the first tuning pin to inhibit movement of the tuning pin;
- placing a tuning lever on the first tuning pin and tuning a string connected to the first tuning pin;
- tuning the string with the tuning lever;
- positioning the at least one flexible resilient arm of the tool to engage with the further tuning pins adjacent to the first tuning pin to inhibit movement of the first tuning pin when the tuning lever is removed, and
- removing the tuning lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.