Adjustable neck-angle joint for stringed musical instrument
OwnerChristos Zervas, Sofia Kourouinventors
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OwnerChristos Zervas, Sofia Kourouinventors
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Adjustable neck-angle joint for stringed musical instrument, directed to the technique and the way of joining the neck (12) and the body (13) of a stringed musical instrument. The two parts are joined together with the use of screws. At their contact points they include a convexo-concave formation (15), (14) which provides absolute contact between the instrument's body (13) and the neck (12) with the ability to rotate laterally in a predetermined manner. Thus making possible to change the angle between the longitudinal axis of the neck (12) and the longitudinal axis of the instrument's body (13). The neck (12) is changing its angular position relative to the instrument's body (13) regulating the space between the strings and the upper surface of body, as well as the asked force on the top an acoustic musical instrument or the body of an electric musical instrument, by its strings. The instrument can be easily setup according to the player's personal preferences, such as the “action” and the desirable instrument natural resonance.
Adjustable neck-angle joint for stringed musical, instrument, which is constituted by two parts, the body and the neck, joined together with the use of screws. The number and the type of the screws vary, depending on the desirable tightness of the joint. It has the characteristic that a part of the joint's contact area on the side of the body is a convex cylindrical shape with an axis parallel to the body's width and that the part of the joint's contact area on the side of the neck is a similar concave cylindrical shape, with an axis also parallel to the width of body. These cylindrical shapes are in absolute contact, creating a convexo-concave joint. The instrument's body and neck rotate laterally in a predetermined manner, adjusting their relative angular position. There are channels, vertical to the instrument's width and parallel to the longitudinal axis. They are located either on the body's side of the joint or on neck's side of the joint. The mounting screws are sufficiently long to penetrate these channels, while they are constantly fixed in the other joint's part. While changing the neck-angle, the mounting screws make an angular movement within the channels.
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