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US 4,305,322 AGranted
Stringed musical instrument
OwnerLester X. Ray, Sr.inventor
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A stringed musical instrument is disclosed in which the strings are stretched between the ends of an elongate curved bow member. The bow member is adapted to be held by the player with a side of the upper end against the cheek of the player. The playing strings are all attached to a peg at the lower end of the bow member and to tuning keys at the upper end of the bow member. When played, the vibrations caused by the playing strings are transferred to the cheek of the player such that the mouth of the player, when opened and shaped to various degrees and forms, constitutes not only a sound box but permits the playing of a tune. Where the bow member is flexible, a reinforcing member running from one end of the bow member to the other along the outside curved portion can be used to counteract the pulling force of the playing strings as they are tensioned. In this manner, the tuning of the playing strings can be maintained.
A stringed musical instrument comprising, an elongate curved bow member adapted to be held by the player with a side of the upper end against the cheek and at least one playing string joined to said bow member near the lower end of said bow member by a peg, near the upper end of said bow member by a tuning key, and extending across the bight of said bow member, whereby the vibrations caused by the playing of said playing strings are transferred to the cheek of the player such that the mouth of the player when opened and shaped to various degrees and forms plays a tune, the mouth of the player also acting simultaneously as a sound box to resonate and radiate the tune produced.
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