Adjustable neck attachment for stringed instruments
OwnerJeff B. Harrisinventor
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Abstract
An attachment device for adjustably mounting the neck to the body of a stringed musical instrument, for example a banjo, has a pair of plates for attachment respectively to the neck and body of the banjo. A pivot point locates one plate with respect to the other, and a pair of adjustment screws interconnect the plates, cooperatively controlling the angle at which the neck extends away from the body. Elongated holes in one of the adapter plates receive the adjustment screws, permitting the neck to be rotated with respect to the body, about the longitudinal axis of the neck. The device may include a brace bar extending across the body of the instrument to hold a tailpiece. A setscrew opposes tension in the adjustment screws to hold the plates in desired relative positions.
Claims9
In a stringed musical instrument having a body, an elongate neck extending therefrom, and at least one string extending along said body and said neck, an adjustable neck attachment device for connecting said neck to said body, comprising:
- (a) a neck adapter plate and means for attaching said neck adapter plate to said neck;
- (b) a body adapter plate and means for attaching said body adapter plate to said body;
- (c) single point pivot means associated with said neck adapter plate and said body adapter plate for permitting angular adjustment of the position of said neck adapter plate with respect to said body adapter plate about said single point pivot means;
- (d) angle adjustment means extending between said body adapter plate and said neck adapter plate for adjusting the angular position of said neck with respect to said body by rotating said body and neck adapter plates with respect to one another about an axis extending through said pivot means and generally perpendicular to the length of said neck;
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- (e) rotational adjustment means associated with said angle adjustment means, for adjustably holding said neck in a selected position of rotation with respect to said body, about an axis extending generally along the length of said neck and through said pivot means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.