Easy install musical instrument string system
AssigneeJames E. Ball
InventorJames E. Ball
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Abstract
An easy install musical instrument string system having a substantially rectangular holder strip with a front surface, a back surface, a top end and a bottom end. A plurality of channels are defined in the front surface of the holder strip running from the top end to the bottom end of the strip. Musical instrument strings are disposed in each channel in the order the strings would be attached to the particular instrument for which the strings are adapted. A sheet covers the strings and the front surface of the strip and attaches to the back surface of the strip. The ends of the strings extend past the ends of the holder strip far enough to be attachable to the head and body of a particular stringed musical instrument.
Claims9
An easy install musical instrument string system, comprising:
- a holder strip, substantially rectangular in shape, and having a front surface, a back surface, a top end, and a bottom end;
- a plurality of channels defined along the front surface of said holder strip, and running from said top end to said bottom end;
- a plurality of musical instrument strings having first and second ends each of said strings being disposed in each of said channels, said plurality of strings being arranged in an order adapted for replacement on a musical instrument, the first and second ends of said strings extending past the top end and the bottom end respectively, of said holder strip;
- a sheet disposed upon the front surface of said holder strip, said sheet being dimensioned and configured for maintaining the strings within the channels;
- a plurality of sheaths, one of said sheaths being disposed on the first end of each said strings, respectively;
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- a plurality of connection tabs, one of said tabs connecting each adjacent pair of said sheaths.
An easy install musical instrument string system further comprising:
- a substantially rectangular holder strip having a front surface, a back surface, a top end and a bottom end;
- plurality of first channels defined along the front surface of said holder strip and extending from the top end to the bottom end;
- a plurality of musical instrument strings having first and second ends, each of said strings being disposed in each of said first channels, said plurality of strings being arranged in an order adapted for replacement on a musical instrument, the first and second ends of said strings extending past the top end and the bottom end, respectively, of said holder strip;
- a first sheet disposed upon the front surface of said holder strip, said first sheet being dimensioned and configured for maintaining the strings within the first channels;
- a generally triangular head strip having a front surface, a back surface, and a plurality of second channels defined in the front surface of said head strip;
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- a second sheet disposed upon the front surface of said head strip, the said second sheet having a plurality of perforation lines defined therein;
- wherein the first ends of said strings are disposed in the second channels defined in said head strip.
An easy install musical instrument string system comprising:
- a substantially rectangular holder strip having a front surface, back surface, atop end and a bottom end;
- a plurality of channels defined along the front surface of said holder strip and extending from the top end to the bottom end;
- a plurality of musical instrument strings having first and second ends, each of said strings being disposed in each of said channels, said plurality of strings being arranged in an order adapted for replacement on a musical instrument, the first and second ends of said strings extending past the top end and the bottom end, respectively, of said holder strip;
- a sheet disposed upon the front surface of said holder strip said first sheet being dimensioned and configured for maintaining the strings within the channels;
- a plurality of semi-cylindrical blocks positioned in each of said channels, above each of said strings and below said sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.