Tunable string holder for musical instrument
AssigneeDr. Thomastik und Mitarbeiter Ohg
InventorPeter Infeld
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Abstract
A string holder for a string instrument comprises a support which is secured for the string instrument and formed with a plurality of generally parallel longitudinal guides in each of which a respective support block can be displaced through a relatively long longitudinal distance. This block can be locked at any location along the respective guide. Each of the blocks carries a two-arm lever one of whose arms is secured to the respective string and the other of whose arms is acted on by a screw for displacement of the one arm through a relatively short distance for fine tuning of the distance between bridge and anchor point for the respective string.
Claims10
A violin tailpiece for anchoring longitudinally extending violin strings that are spanned over a bridge, said tailpiece comprising:
- a support adapted to be secured to a string instrument and formed with a plurality of generally parallel longitudinal guides;
- respective support blocks displaceable through relatively long longitudinal distances in said guides;
- means for arresting each of said blocks at any of a multiplicity of longitudinally offset positions in the respective guide;
- respective string anchors securable to respective strings of said instrument and displaceable on the respective blocks through relatively short longitudinal distances;
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- means for steplessly displacing each of said anchors through said short distances on the respective block and for fixing each of said anchors against displacement on the respective block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.