Acoustic stringed musical instrument pitch changer system and related methods
OwnerJoseph Glaser, IIinventor
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Abstract
A pitch changer system for an acoustic string musical instrument, including a lever assembly, a dual-string attenuation assembly, and a lever tensioning assembly. Applying force to move the lever in a first direction forces a bell crank of the lever assembly into rotation such that a coupling system of the lever tensioning assembly causes a swing plate of the dual-string attenuation assembly to force a string bending post of the dual-string attenuation assembly into rotation to elongate and thereby temporarily change the pitch of a string coupled to the string bending post.
Claims20
A pitch changer system for a stringed musical instrument having a body, a neck, and a saddle assembly attached to the body, the pitch changer system comprising:
- a lever assembly configured to be mounted to said body of said stringed musical instrument, said lever assembly including a lever rotatably coupled to a mounting plate;
- a dual-string attenuation assembly configured to be mounted to said saddle assembly, said dual-string attenuation assembly including:
- a housing coupled to said saddle assembly and including a first vertical slot and a second vertical slot extending through said housing;
- a rotating string bending post positioned within said first vertical slot and hingedly coupled to said housing, said rotating string bending post including a string aperture configured to receive a first string of said instrument and a string pin to secure said first string to said rotating string bending post during use;
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- a static string pin receiver positioned within said second vertical slot, said static string pin receiver including a string aperture configured to receive a second string of said instrument and a string pin to secure said second string to said static string pin receiver during use;
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- a lever tensioning system configured to be mounted to said body of said stringed musical instrument, wherein applying force to move said lever in a first direction forces said rotating string bending post into rotation to elongate and thereby temporarily change the pitch of said first string.
A method of equipping a stringed musical instrument having a body and a neck with a pitch changer system, comprising the steps of:
- creating a lever assembly bore in the body of the stringed musical instrument dimensioned to receive a lever assembly;
- creating a lever tensioning system bore in the body of the stringed musical instrument dimensioned to receive a lever tensioning system;
- installing said lever assembly within said lever assembly bore, said lever tensioning system within said lever tensioning system bore, and a dual-string attenuation assembly to a saddle assembly;
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- interconnecting said pitch changer system such that, during use, an application of force to said lever temporarily changes the pitch of a string coupled to the dual-string attenuation assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.