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US 8,076,559 B2Granted
Intonation cantilever
OwnerRichard Warren Tooneinventor
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Abstract
An aspect of the system relates to an intonation control mechanism for controlling, for example, the pitch of a plucked or vibrated string of a stringed instrument through a string contact point located at an appropriate intonation harmonic.
Claims20
An intonation cantilever for a stringed instrument, comprising:
- a mounting plate with at least one hole
- an elongate slide portion with an adjustment screw connecting the elongate slide portion to the mounting plate through at least one hole in the elongate slide portion, the elongate slide portion configured to extend along at least a part of a length of at least one string between a first position to a second cantilevered extended intonation position with respect to the mounting plate;
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- at least one attachment configuration to connect the mounting plate to at least one of a body, a soundboard, and a neck of the stringed instrument.
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An intonation cantilever for a stringed instrument, comprising:
- at least one adjustment screw;
- at least one baseplate portion;
- at least one slide portion connected to the at least one baseplate portion, wherein the adjustment screw extends through the slide portion into the baseplate portion and the slide portion configured to extend between a first position to a second cantilevered extended position with respect to the at least one baseplate portion, the slide portion having at least one saddle to engage a string of the stringed instrument;
- at least one lateral tension screw connecting the baseplate portion to the slide portion;
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- at least one connection connecting the at least one baseplate portion to the stringed instrument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.