Tuning peg for a stringed instrument
AssigneeGoodbuy Corporation S.A.
InventorChristopher Adams
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Abstract
A tuning peg for a stringed instrument, in particular a guitar, having a winding section on which a string runs and a fastening means for fixing a free end of the string. To this end, a tuning peg according to the invention comprises a clamping element and, on the tuning peg, an abutment section and a retaining section. The retaining section and clamping element are set up such that the clamping element is displaced axially on the tuning peg along the retaining section and locked in a clamping position. The clamping element and abutment section are set up such that that they clamp and retain a longitudinal section of the free end of the string between them.
Claims9
A tuning peg for a stringed instrument having a winding section on which a string runs, and a fastening means for fixing a free end of the string wherein the fastening means comprises the following elements:
- i) a clamping element;
- ii) an abutment section on the tuning peg, wherein the abutment section comprises a circumferential collar;
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- iii) a retaining section on the tuning peg;
- wherein the retaining section and the clamping element are set up in such a way that the clamping element is displaced axially on the tuning peg along the retaining section and locked in a clamping position, and wherein the clamping element and the abutment section are set up in such a way that they clamp and retain a longitudinal section of the free end of the string between one another;
- and further comprising at least one recess in the collar for feeding-through the free end of the string.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.