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US 4,378,723 AGranted
String tuning and fastening arrangement
OwnerDonald T. Scholzinventor
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Abstract
A stringed musical instrument has separate members commonly mounted at the head of the instrument for providing individual support and adjustment for each of the strings. Each fastening and tuning member comprises an elongated support piece carrying a clamping member that engages and clamps the string with the clamping action increasing as the string is tensioned. The tension is adjusted for tuning purposes by longitudinally displacing the elongated support piece. In the preferred embodiment, the clamping member is a slidable button operating on a forced wedge principle.
Claims12
Fastening and tuning apparatus for a stringed musical instrument comprising:
- a support base,
- means for securing the support base to the instrument,
- a clamping member,
- a support piece for carrying said clamping member,
- and manual tuning means coupled to and for longitudinally displacing said support piece to increase and decrease string tension to thereby tune said stringed musical instrument,
- said clamping member comprising a wedge member constrained to move linearly along an inclined plane toward the base of the support piece to wedge the string against the base of the support piece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.