Stringed instrument pick
AssigneePerry A. Mills
InventorPerry A. Mills
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Abstract
A stringed instrument pick of highly resilient spring material and preferably of a Beryllium Copper alloy and the like, whereby thickness is reduced to a distinct range of thinness conducive to accuracy in performance, and with initial deflections followed by instantaneous return to a planar condition without permanent deformation, for the predictable positioning of the picking edge within the fractional second time frame of plucking.
Claims5
A pick for plucking musical instrument strings and comprised of a planar body of Beryllium Copper alloy whose Beryllium content is greater than one percent and of spring temper having a picking edge spaced from a bend line extending transversely of the planar body, said planar body being of a thickness cooperating with the physical properties of the spring metal establishing an initial deflection when forced against a string followed by instantaneous and complete return to the planar condition when released from the string.
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