String instrument tuning guard
OwnerNora J. Thorwardinventor
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Abstract
A tuning guard is arranged for presentation between the string members of a string instrument and the instrument tuner head to provide protection against marring, scratching, and the like during a tuning procedure. The organization includes a series of apertures for receiving the tuning studs therethrough, with intercommunicating slits for providing appropriate flexure and accommodation of the rods. A modification of the invention includes adhesive members for effecting the securement of the organization, as well as torroidal ring members mounted to a bottom surface of the guard impregnated with a lubrication oil for effecting of impregnating the tuning rods with a lubricant to minimize corrosion and adhere to the string members relative to the rods.
Claims3
A string instrument tuning guard in combination with a string instrument member, wherein the string instrument member includes an instrument neck mounted to an instrument body, wherein the instrument neck extends exteriorly of the instrument body and terminates in an instrument tuner head, the tuner head includes a plurality of individual adjusting members rotatably mounted to the tuner head, with each of said adjusting members including an adjusting rod projecting from a top surface of the tuner head to provide a plurality of adjusting rods, each of said adjusting rods including a flexible string member wound thereabout for effecting musical tuning of each string member, wherein the guard apparatus includes,
- a flexible support plate, the flexible support plate includes at least a first row of equally spaced apertures, the apertures each receiving one of said adjusting rods therethrough for securement of the flexible support plate relative to the tuner head, and
- a second row of second apertures arranged parallel relative to the first row of apertures, and each of said apertures of the first row of apertures is aligned with a respective second aperture, with a connecting slit directed therebetween in a diametrically aligned relationship, and each connecting slit is arranged in a parallel relationship, and including a medial slit orthogonally bisecting the connecting slit to permit flexure of the support plate and apertures in receiving the adjusting rods therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.