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US 4,785,705 AGranted
Component multi-neck stringed instrument system
OwnerJeffrey D. Pattersoninventor
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Abstract
A component multi-necked string-instrument is disclosed. At least two instruments are flexibly connected to enable multiple instrument playing with fluidity and ease. The instruments are reverse-strung, stream-lined, having conventional tunings means angularly recessed rearward of the bridge section. Electrical control means are likewise recessed. A limited headstock is also provided for string anchoring, balance and playing ease.
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A multinecked stringed instrument device, comprising:
- (a) at least two stringed instruments, wherein said instruments are adapted to be played adjacent each other in close proximity and in substantially vertical coplanar alignment, where each of said instruments comprise a body having first and second ends, a front side and a back side and a neck connected to said first end of said body, and wherein at least one of said instruments is reverse strung and having tuning means mounted near the second end on a surface angled towards the body's back side, said surface being recessed from the body's front side, said tuning means being linearly aligned at an acute angle to a longitudinal axis of the said body;
- (b) flexible connecting means connecting said instruments, said flexible connecting means further comprising spatial adjusting means for adjusting said proximity between said instruments.
A stringed instrument device, comprising:
- (A) a neck having first and second ends;
- (B) a head connected at said first end for anchoring strings;
- (C) a body having first and second ends, wherein said first end of said body is connected to said second end of said neck, wherein said body is narrow to be played adjacent another stringed instrument device in close proximity and in substantially vertical coplanar alignment therewith;
- (D) tuning means mounted on a recessed surface angled towards a backside of said body, wherein said tuning means is located near the second end of said body for adjusting tensions on said strings, said tuning means being linearly aligned at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the device, whereby the tuning means do not interfere with a player playing said another stringed instrument flexibly connected to said device.
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A component multi-necked stringed instrument device comprising:
- (A) at least two string-instruments, wherein at least one instrument is a twelve-string guitar, each instrument having a neck connected to a first end of a body;
- (B) flexible connecting mean for connecting said instruments in close proximity substantially coplanar alignment;
- (C) adjusting means located on said flexible connecting means for adjusting distances between said instruments;
- (D) electronic sound producing means on each of said instruments;
- (E) input and output means on each of said instruments for electrical communications between each of said sound producing means of said instruments;
- (F) tuning means recessed on a surface angled towards a backside on each of said instruments, said tuning means being located near a second end of said body, said tuning means being linearly aligned at an acute angle to a longitudinal axis of said body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.