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US 2011/0252940 A1Published application
Vibration apparatus and method for seasoning stringed musical instruments
AssigneeTonerite, Inc.
InventorAgapitus B. Lye
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for seasoning stringed musical instruments comprises an electric vibration generator coupled to a string cradle. The string cradle is detachably attachable to the strings of the instrument through a plurality of flanges extending between the strings.
Claims22
Apparatus for seasoning a stringed musical instrument, comprising:
- a string cradle having a plurality of outwardly extending flanges, each flange dimensioned for extension between strings of a stringed musical instrument;
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- means for transmitting mechanical vibrations to the strings through the flanges without the stringed musical instrument being played.
A method for seasoning a stringed musical instrument comprising the steps of:
- providing a stringed musical instrument to be seasoned;
- providing a string cradle having plurally outwardly extending flanges, each flange dimensioned for extension between adjacent strings of the stringed musical instrument;
- fitting the string cradle into engagement with the strings of the stringed musical instrument by inserting each flange into engagement with at least one string of the stringed musical instrument;
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- transmitting mechanical vibrations to the strings through the flanges.
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Apparatus for seasoning a stringed musical instrument having a known spacing dimension between strings, the apparatus comprising:
- a vibration transmission member having plural projections, the lengthwise dimension of the projections permitting extension through the strings when the vibration transmission member is positioned over the strings opposite the stringed musical instrument, the projections spaced apart by the known spacing dimension of the stringed musical instrument;
- means along each projection for gripping each string of the stringed musical instrument against a corresponding one of the projections;
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- wherein vibrations passing from the vibration transmission member through the projections further cause vibrations in the strings and resulting seasoning of the stringed musical instrument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.