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US 4,377,963 AGranted
Self-contained musical string cassette
OwnerRoger H. Siminoffinventor
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A holder or cassette in the form of a spool having wound thereon a string for a musical instrument, is disclosed. The free end of the string is secured to the spool, while the opposite end utilizes the traditional "ball" or loop which is affixed to the tailpiece or bridge of the instrument. The spool has an axial opening so that it can be mounted over a correspondingly shaped tuning machine shaft, and the spool can also have an internal bar which slips into a slot in the shaft. Musicians can quickly change strings using the invention without the need to actually thread the string through the tuning machine and then cut off the excess as is currently done. Instead, the ball end of the string is inserted into the bridge or tailpiece and a cassette is mounted over the shaft; the tuning machine or peg is then turned in conventional fashion to take up the slack in the string and the instrument is once again ready for use.
Apparatus for furnishing a supply of string to a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of tuning machines for adjusting a respective plurality of said strings between said tuning machines and a fixed string end of said instrument, comprising a separate cassette for each said supply of string engageable with each said tuning machine, said cassette including a spool for storing said string in a generally rotational orientation, access means mounted around said spool for allowing one end of said string to extend therethrough towards said fixed string end of said instrument, and covering means on said spool for enclosing said supply of string, said covering means and said spool having aligned apertures for mating engagement with said tuning machine, said access means being rotatable relative to said spool and said covering means to permit said string to be selectively unwound from said cassette to replace a predetermined length of said string between said tuning machine and said fixed string end of said instrument.
Apparatus for furnishing a supply of string to a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of tuning machines for adjusting a respective plurality of strings between said tuning machines and a fixed string end of said instrument, comprising a separate cassette for each said supply of string engageable with each said tuning machine, said cassette including a spool for storing said string in a generally rotational orientation, and covering means on said spool for enclosing said supply of string, said covering means and said spool having aligned apertures for mating engagement with said tuning machine to permit said string to be selectively unwound from said cassette while said spool is mounted on said tuning machine to replace a predetermined length of said string between said tuning machine and said fixed string end of said instrument.
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