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US 6,320,108 B1Granted
String instrument
OwnerVolker Worlitzschinventor
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Abstract
A string instrument with one or more synthetic strings. The instrument includes (a) a tailpiece with at least one contact ridge and (b) a bridge spaced apart from the tailpiece. The synthetic string includes a conventionally not played, freely oscillating string segment between the contact ridge of the tailpiece and the bridge. The entire segment between the contact ridge of the tailpiece and the bridge has a uniform construction and a substantially constant diameter.
Claims8
A String instrument with one or more synthetic strings, including:
- (a) a body;
- (b) a neck affixed to the body at one end;
- (c) a tailpiece on the body, the tailpiece is located opposite to the neck;
- wherein the tailpiece includes at least one contact ridge;
- and
- (d) a bridge on the body spaced apart from the tailpiece;
- wherein said synthetic string includes a first end, a second end, and a segment with a uniform construction and a constant diameter;
- wherein the segment includes an unplayed, freely oscillating string segment between the contact ridge of the tailpiece and the bridge, and wherein the entire segment between the contact ridge (2) of the tailpiece (3) and the bridge has a uniform construction and a constant diameter.
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A String instrument with one or more synthetic strings, including:
- (a) a body;
- (b) a neck affixed to the body at one end;
- (c) a tailpiece on the body, the tailpiece is located opposite to the neck;
- wherein the tailpiece includes at least one contact ridge;
- and
- (d) a bridge on the body spaced apart from the tailpiece;
- wherein said synthetic string includes a first end, a second end, and a segment with a uniform construction and a constant diameter;
- wherein the segment includes an unplayed, freely oscillating string segment between the contact ridge of the tailpiece and the bridge, and wherein the entire segment between the contact ridge (2) of the tailpiece (3) and the bridge has a uniform construction and a constant diameter;
- wherein four or more strings are provided, of which the free oscillating segments between the instrument bridge and the respective contact ridges of the tailpiece are respectively associated with one note, wherein these notes form intervals which correspond to the intervals in the played areas of the strings on the other side of the instrument bridge.
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A Synthetic string for a string instrument, which instrument includes:
- (a) a body;
- (b) a neck affixed to the body at one end;
- (c) a tailpiece on the body, the tailpiece is located opposite to the neck;
- wherein the tailpiece includes at least one contact ridge;
- and
- (d) a bridge on the body spaced apart from the tailpiece;
- an instrument bridge and a tailpiece having a contact ridge,
- wherein the string includes a first end, a second end and a segment with a uniform composition and a constant diameter,
- wherein the string on the second end is provided with connecting means for securing the string to the tailpiece;
- the connecting means having a greater breadth than said string segment, and wherein the uniform and constant segment begins at a distance from the connecting means (4) which distance is smaller than the distance from the connecting means to the area in which the synthetic string lies upon the contact ridge of the tailpiece for that instrument.
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A String instrument with one or more synthetic strings, including:
- (a) a body;
- (b) a neck affixed to the body at one end;
- (c) a tailpiece on the body, the tailpiece is located opposite to the neck;
- wherein the tailpiece includes at least one contact ridge;
- and
- (d) a bridge on the body spaced apart from the tailpiece;
- wherein said synthetic string includes a first end, a second end, and a segment with a uniform construction and a constant diameter;
- wherein the segment includes an unplayed, freely oscillating string segment between the contact ridge of the tailpiece and the bridge, and wherein the entire segment between the contact ridge (2) of the tailpiece (3) and the bridge has a uniform construction and a constant diameter;
- wherein the string instrument is selected from the group consisting of violin, viola, cello and double bass.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.