Stringed musical instrument
US7465858B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10D3/12
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, having a body with a neck secured to the body and over which are laterally stretched substantially parallel strings, which strings are stretched over a bridge mounted on the body upper face between a tuning key disposed on a head at a distal end of the neck and initial points of termination on the body upper face with the bridge disposed on the upper face intermediate the keys and the initial points of termination. The complete termination arrangement for the strings is comprised of channels in the body for each of the strings which extend from the initial points of termination to final points of terminal securement on the body displaced laterally from the initial points of termination with the strings stretched over a dense non-displaceable surface. Accordingly, the strings are thereby further lengthened beyond the bridge in order to subject the strings to greater tension for a specified musical pitch to provide increased resonance and performance.
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