Easy fret

#This invention relates to the fretting of stringed, musical instruments such as six or twelve stringed guitars, ukuleles, mandolins, banjos, and the like, and more particularly to the manual, mechanical means of fretting of said fretted, stringed, musical instruments.

#Easy Fret is a fretting means for fretted, stringed, musical instruments, but it has special application to six or twelve stringed guitars to which reference is made in the accompanying drawings and description. However, the said Easy Fret is not limited thereto.

#The prior art for this invention includes a disadvantage of having at least three springs and three rods for the making of each chord, the number of springs and rods being controlled by the number of notes in the chord. The greater the number of notes in the chord, the greater the number of springs and rods, and the greater the tension of the springs and the friction of the rods that is encountered by the musician as the fretting means is operated. The guitar without the fretting means requires a certain amount of force applied by the fingers upon the strings of the said guitar. To this customary unit of force add the force to overcome the tension of the springs and the friction of the rods which is developed during the operation of the said fretting means. The more springs and rods, the more extra force is needed to make the said chords, the more rapidly the fingers of the musician will get tired, and thus more work is necessary to sustain the conditioning of the fingers for prolonged operation of the said fretting means.

#Other objects and features of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the specification and appended drawings illustrating by example a construction of my invention, in which drawings:

#FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of the means for securing Easy Fret to the neck of a guitar.

#FIG. 2 is perspective view of a two bolt only design for the chord selecting means of East Fret.

#Referring to the drawings for description, FIG. 1 illustrates the means for securing Easy Fret to a six or twelve stringed guitar or any fretted, stringed, musical instrument, said means consisting of a screw (1) for fastening the brace (6) to the clamp (2), a brace (6) for holding the bolt (17), a clamp (2) for securing the brace (6) and for securing the winged nut (3), a winged nut (3) for holding the cleat (4) thus allowing the tension adjustments by the turning of the winged nut (3), a cleat (4) for holding the said guitar, a swivel (5) for making turning movements for tension adjustments, and a soft, pliable substance for noiseless operation (19).

#FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view of the chord selecting means for a six or twelve stringed guitar or any fretted, stringed, musical instrument, said chord selecting means consisting of a screw (1) for fastening the brace (6) to the clamp (2), a brace (6) for holding a set of two bolts only (FIG. 3;17), a clamp (2) for securing the brace (6) and securing the winged nut (3), a winged nut (3) for holding the cleat (FIG. 1;4) thus allowing tension adjustments by the turning of the winged nut (3), a pressure panel (7) for pressing the chord selecting means upon the strings (11) behind the frets (10) of the said guitar, and a screw (8) for fastening the said finger panel (7) to the said set of two bolts only (FIG. 3;17).

#FIG. 3 is a vertical, diagonal, cross sectional view of a chord selecting means for a six or twelve stringed guitar or any fretted, stringed, musical instrument, said chord selecting means consisting of a screw (1) for fastening the brace (6) to the clamp (2), a brace (6) for holding a set of two bolts only (17), a clamp (2) for securing the brace (6) and securing the winged nut (3), a winged nut (3) for holding the cleat (4) thus allowing tension adjustments by the turning of the winged nut (3), a cleat (4) for holding the said guitar, a swivel (5) for giving the turning movement for tension adjustments, a pressure panel (7) for pressing the chord selecting means upon the strings (11) behind the frets (10) of the said guitar (12), screws (8) for fastening said finger panel (7) to the set of two bolts only (17), a set of two bolts only (17) for holding the plate (15) with screw (14) and for holding said pressure panel (7) with screw (8), a plate (15) for securing plate extensions (16), a set of plate extensions (16) for the fretting of the strings (11) behind the said frets (FIG. 2;10), a set of two springs only (13) to prevent accidental dampening of the said strings (11) of the said guitar (12), screws (14) for securing said plate (15) to the said set of two bolts only (17), and a soft, pliable substance (19) for noiseless operation of the said chord selecting means.