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US 2025/0078784 A1Published application
Banjo Mute And Damper
OwnerCody Fielder Meyocksinventor
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Abstract
This banjo mute uses a unique design to expand and contract in order to fit between the coordinator rod or dowel stick of most banjos, and the underside of the banjo's head. It acts by applying varied pressure at different points along the underside of the banjo's head, thus effecting the volume, tone, and resonance of the instrument. It provides customizable volume adjustment and tonal control based on proximity to the bridge and amount of pressure applied. It could be used in a similar manner to effect the volume and tone of other stringed instruments.
Claims7
A banjo mute and damper comprising:
- a two-piece height-adjustable apparatus with flat upper platform whose first piece contacts the underside of a banjo head, and whose second piece rests for support on a banjo's dowel stick or coordinator rod, and by contacting the underside of said banjo head changes the volume or tone of said banjo, and whose mechanism of adjustment is a hollow post supporting said platform which recesses into an opening of a second lower component which rests on said coordinator rod or dowel stick, the recess in which houses a male adjustment mechanism which mates with said hollow post, and which second lower component acts as a base or support for the adjustment of said upper post and platform.
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