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20080202312 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING MULTIPLE SOLID-STATE LIGHT SOURCES - The present disclosure may relate generally to controlling multiple light sources and to systems and methods for reducing inefficiencies and interference in a light emitting diode (LED)-based backlighting systems for LCD televisions. | 08-28-2008 |
20090183619 | MODULAR BRIDGE FOR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A stringed musical instrument employs string tensioners to support and apply tension to corresponding musical strings. Each musical string is supported by one string tensioner, and each of the string tensioners is linearly movable independent of others of the string tensioners. Further, an adjustment mechanism is provided for selectively linearly moving each string tensioner. In a preferred embodiment, an effective playing length of each string is defined between the associated string tensioner and the nut of the instrument. As such, individual linear adjustment of the string tensioners enables the user to vary the playing length of the associated musical string. In other embodiments, a string tensioner is provided that supports a musical string from a position on a side of the string opposite the associated musical instrument surface. | 07-23-2009 |
20090301283 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT USING SPRING TENSION - A stringed musical instrument employs springs to apply tension to corresponding musical strings. Each spring is chosen and configured for its ability to impart a string tension generally matched to the appropriate tension of the string at perfect tune. Preferably, the spring is selected and arranged so that the tension in the string maintains at or near perfect tune even as the string elongates or contracts over time. In one embodiment, once a string is placed in appropriate tune, a mechanical visual indicator is set. As such, if tune of the string changes due to string elongation or contraction, the change is reflected by misalignment of the mechanical visual indicator even if the change cannot be aurally detected. Perfect tune can be reestablished by realigning the indicator. In another embodiment, a force modulating member is interposed between a spring and its corresponding musical string. The force modulating member is adapted so that the tension actually applied to the string by the spring is not linearly related to the force exerted by the spring as the spring changes in length. | 12-10-2009 |
20100236373 | Clamping Ball End for Musical Strings - This invention relates to a ball-ender apparatus for securing to a pre-selected length wire by passing through the apparatus and being secured by a precision screw from which the wire receives medial pressure locking the wire in place. Without an expensive winding machine or winding of wire or even modifications made to musical instruments, wire can be tensioned, after the precision screw is screwed onto the wire within the clamping ball end housing to securely hold the wire in place. | 09-23-2010 |
20100236374 | TAILPIECE FOR A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - In general, the present invention provides a tailpiece for a musical instrument. Among other things, the tailpiece includes a treble side, a bass side, and a surface topography (i.e., along its bottom surface) causes the tailpiece to twist/rock when the bass side is brought under tension. Among other features, the topography includes a protrusion positioned proximate the treble side, and that comes in contact with the actual musical instrument. The twisting or rocking action causes a lower set of strings attached to the tailpiece to be lengthened, thus, creating difference musical sounds and/or tones. | 09-23-2010 |
20100236375 | MAGNETIC BRIDGES AND TAILPIECES FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - Improved bridges and tailpieces for stringed instruments, such as guitars and banjos. The bridge and tailpiece each include a void at each end of their respective base pieces, near the vertical hole or slot, into which is fixedly set a permanent magnet. The magnet attracts to the ferromagnetic metal bridge posts or tailpiece posts to retain the bridge or tailpiece on the posts and keep them from falling off when the strings are removed from the instrument. | 09-23-2010 |
20100282041 | STRING ALIGNMENT PEG - A String Alignment Plate for stringed instruments to reduce the excess friction in that portion of the string in the head region, generated at the nut of the instrument as a string passes through a notch of the nut and then bends in order to align with the tuning pin or machine head. The additional friction is created at the point of the bend where the string rubs excessively against the nut. This friction impedes tuning and results in differential tension of the string on either side of the nut. The String Alignment Plate is affixed to the head of the instrument and keeps the portion of the string in the head area in-line or parallel with that portion of the same string as it extends from the bridge to the nut, thus removing the bend. Once the string reaches the String Alignment Plate, the string curves around the Peg on the String Alignment Plate to the tuning peg or machine head. | 11-11-2010 |
20110126689 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT USING SPRING TENSION - A stringed musical instrument employs springs to apply tension to corresponding musical strings. Each spring is chosen and configured for its ability to impart a string tension generally matched to the appropriate tension of the string at perfect tune. Preferably, the spring is selected and arranged so that the tension in the string maintains at or near perfect tune even as the string elongates or contracts over time. In one embodiment, once a string is placed in appropriate tune, a mechanical visual indicator is set. As such, if tune of the string changes due to string elongation or contraction, the change is reflected by misalignment of the mechanical visual indicator even if the change cannot be aurally detected. Perfect tune can be reestablished by realigning the indicator. In another embodiment, a force modulating member is interposed between a spring and its corresponding musical string. The force modulating member is adapted so that the tension actually applied to the string by the spring is not linearly related to the force exerted by the spring as the spring changes in length. | 06-02-2011 |
20110283861 | SYSTEM FOR ADDING A STRING TO A STRINGED INSTRUMENT - The invention relates to a system for adding a string to a stringed instrument, consisting of an additional string and an additional tuning machine which can be clamped onto the head of the stringed instrument using a clamping member. The system moreover preferably comprises a hooking member to which the string can be hooked, and fixing means for fixing the hooking member to the stringed instrument. | 11-24-2011 |
20120285311 | INTERCHANGEABLE TUNERS FOR A TAILPIECE OF A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - In general, the present invention provides a tailpiece for a musical instrument. Among other things, the tailpiece includes a plurality of openings for receiving a plurality of strings and a detachable tuner positioned within one or more of the plurality of openings. Among other features, the tailpiece includes a set of detachable keyhole inserts positioned within one or more of the openings of the tailpiece unoccupied by a detachable tuner. Each detachable tuner is interchangeable with one of the detachable keyhole string inserts, thus allowing players to use tuners with any string desired for complete customization based on each player's preference. | 11-15-2012 |
20120285312 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT USING SPRING TENSION - A stringed musical instrument employs springs to apply tension to corresponding musical strings. Each spring is chosen and configured for its ability to impart a string tension generally matched to the appropriate tension of the string at perfect tune. Preferably, the spring is selected and arranged so that the tension in the string maintains at or near perfect tune even as the string elongates or contracts over time. In one embodiment, a force modulating member is interposed between a spring and its corresponding musical string. The force modulating member is adapted so that the tension actually applied to the string by the spring is not linearly related to the force exerted by the spring as the spring changes in length. | 11-15-2012 |
20130042742 | Adjustable Guitar Ramp - A stringed instrument and a ramp which including a flexible plate and a plurality of rotatable elements or screws for flexing the plate to adjust the curvature of the plate with respect to the strings with the rotatable elements or screws rotatably disposed in the flexible plate for flexing the plate to adjust the curvature of the plate along at least two axes with two spaced screws operably disposed in the plate for flexing the plate in relation to the adjacent string, so that the distance between each string and the flexible plate is adjusted to the desired specifications of the musician. | 02-21-2013 |
20130167705 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT USING SPRING TENSION - A stringed musical instrument employs springs to apply tension to corresponding musical strings. Each spring is chosen and configured for its ability to impart a string tension generally matched to the appropriate tension of the string at perfect tune. Preferably, the spring is selected and arranged so that the tension in the string maintains at or near perfect tune even as the string elongates or contracts over time. In one embodiment, once a string is placed in appropriate tune, a mechanical visual indicator is set. As such, if tune of the string changes due to string elongation or contraction, the change is reflected by misalignment of the mechanical visual indicator even if the change cannot be aurally detected. Perfect tune can be reestablished by realigning the indicator. In another embodiment, a force modulating member is interposed between a spring and its corresponding musical string. The force modulating member is adapted so that the tension actually applied to the string by the spring is not linearly related to the force exerted by the spring as the spring changes in length. | 07-04-2013 |
20130220099 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT USING SPRING TENSION - A tensioner for a string on a stringed musical instrument is provided. The tensioner can include an elongated body, at least two spring modulation members, a spring modulation support, and at least one spring. Each of the spring modulation members have a first portion pivotably attached to a portion of the elongated body. The spring modulation support is pivotably attached to a second portion of each of the spring modulation members. The spring is interposed between the elongated body and the spring modulation support. | 08-29-2013 |
20130276613 | TENSIONING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A STRINGED INSTRUMENT - The present invention provides a tensioning apparatus for a string of a stringed instrument, the apparatus including a supporting body portion for releasable engagement between a string and a surface of the neck of the stringed instrument at a fret on the fret board, thereby to raise the string relative to the fret on the fret board; the apparatus further including a biasing element by which lateral tension may be applied to the string. | 10-24-2013 |
20130291705 | TOP MOUNTED TREMOLO AND TUNING APPARATUS - A tremolo and tuning apparatus is provided for a stringed musical instrument having a body, a neck extending from the body, a nut on an end of the neck remote from the body, and a string extending over the neck. The string makes a first critical contact at a point on the nut of the instrument and a second critical contact at a point on the apparatus. The apparatus includes a mounting frame configured for mounting on the surface of the body, an attachment post secured to the body, a base plate pivotally mounted with respect to the attachment post and having a surface adapted to receive a force, a string mounting assembly mounted on the base plate for holding the string, and a resilient member assembly for engagement with the mounting frame outside the body of the instrument and supplying a force to the base plate surface. | 11-07-2013 |
20140013923 | Temperature and humidity effect elimination for stringed musical instruments - A solution is described which by meant of thermal expansion keeps the tension of the strings of a stringed musical instrument constant in every temperature and humidity level. Then it nearly eliminates the effect of temperature and humidity changes on the pitch of the stringed musical instruments. Different mechanisms are suggested in order to employ this invention. | 01-16-2014 |
20140174275 | STRING LOCKING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC GUITAR AND TAILPIECE - A string locking structure for an electric guitar is provided with a first string passing path and a second string passing path that are formed in a tailpiece, and a body-side string passing hole that is formed in a body. The first string passing path is a through-hole extending from a front surface part to a rear surface part of a tailpiece body member. A first half part of the second string passing path is a path shared with a first half part of the first string passing path, and a latter half part thereof is a through-hole curved at a right angle and leading to a bottom surface part of the tailpiece body member and communicates with the body-side string passing hole. Each string can be locked in two modes: a first string locked mode in which the string is passed through the first string passing path of the tailpiece and locked, and a second string locked mode in which the string is passed by way of the tailpiece attached to the surface of the body from the back surface side of the body. | 06-26-2014 |
20140230628 | String Changing Device For Bigsby Tailpieces - A method and devices for changing and dampening guitar strings are disclosed. The string changing device comprises a flexible urethane foam having trapezoidal sides so that the front face of the device can be inserted into the space between the Bigsby tailpiece and a front face of a guitar to temporarily hold at least one eyelet of a guitar string onto a pin of the Bigsby tailpiece while a guitar string installer is installing a string on a headstock tuning peg. | 08-21-2014 |
20140260890 | TUNE STABILIZING DEVICE FOR A STRINGED INSTRUMENT - Some embodiments may generally relate to a wire tension stabilizing device. Such a device may comprise a floating base plate and at least one clamping block which can be fastened to the base plate using a clamping screw. One or more tensioned wires may be clamped between the base plate and the clamping block. An embodiment may also include a set of fine-tuner screws adapted to engage the tensioned wires side-on to effect slight adjustments in tension. Embodiments may optionally include elements which bias the clamping block(s) away from the base plate so that the two separate when the clamping screw is loosened. Embodiments may be adapted for installation on musical instruments, such as guitars, or may be adapted for use in any application where precise wire tensioning must be maintained despite large transient fluctuations in tension. | 09-18-2014 |
20140305278 | TAILPIECE OF A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - In general, the present invention provides a tailpiece for a musical instrument. Among other things, the tailpiece includes: a treble side; a bass side opposite the treble side, wherein the treble side is longer than the bass side at a tip of the tailpiece such that the treble side extends further towards a bridge of the musical instrument along an axis oriented from a tail end of the tailpiece towards the tip of the tailpiece; and a plurality of string holes for holding a plurality of strings of the musical instrument. | 10-16-2014 |
20150310837 | Slide guitar - Slide guitar for providing various improvements and advantages including instant accurate string height adjustments simultaneously at the nut and bridge. The slide guitar has a marked adjustment knob adjacent a graduated scale under the headstock to visually determine with repeated mathematical accuracy the exact distance between the bottom of the strings and the top of the first fret as a point of reference. The improved string musical instrument includes a leveling head embedded into portions of the headstock and neck wherein the leveling head contains a slide selector having a sloped surface for contacting the nut combined with a dual bridge for instantly changing the instrument's string height and bridge type. The slide guitar instantly changes from a conventional type guitar to a steel type guitar creating an improved variable string action slide guitar. | 10-29-2015 |
20160086586 | String Clamping System for Musical Instruments - A string clamping and tuning mechanism for stringed instruments is disclosed, where the string tension actuates one or more levers to generate two points of clamping force along the string. In a first embodiment, a single lever is used to generate two points of clamping force along the string. In a second embodiment, the clamping force is less concentrated at a first point of clamping force than a second point of clamping force to optimize the holding power of the mechanism. In a third embodiment, a second lever with a screw adjusted stop causes an increase or decrease in the tension in the string. | 03-24-2016 |
20080236361 | String for musical instrument and method for manufacturing the same - A string for a musical instrument of this invention includes a core and a winding wound around the core to have a wound string structure. The winding has a winding body, and a coating film formed on the winding body. The coating film includes a vinyl resin and aminotriazole. | 10-02-2008 |
20080276786 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SOUND MAXIMIZER - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to deriving a useful life value of a vibrating member in a musical instrument by analyzing a spectral response to sound produced by the vibrating member. | 11-13-2008 |
20090064840 | Music string - A music string ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090071313 | MUSIC STRING - A string for musical instrument is disclosed, the string formed from precipitation hardening stainless steel, where Ti has been added to improve the precipitation hardening properties. The string has a superior resistance to relaxation and is corrosion resistant, thus improving its tuning stability and maintaining its tone quality, thus prolonging its service life. | 03-19-2009 |
20090158912 | MARKED PRECOATED STRINGS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A coated string for a stringed device which includes a coating applied to the surface of the string. The coating includes a base layer bonded to the surface of the string and an at least partially transparent low-friction top coat applied to the base layer. The base layer includes heat activated pigments that change color when heated above a color shifting temperature. In one embodiment, the color of the pigment in one area contrasts with the color of the pigment in an adjacent area without otherwise affecting the low-friction surface of the coating. The areas of different color created in locations along the length of the low-friction coated string. | 06-25-2009 |
20090183620 | MUSIC STRING - A music string ( | 07-23-2009 |
20090217795 | String for Musical Instrument - The present disclosure relates to a string for a musical instrument comprising duplex stainless steel. The string has high mechanical strength and a high resistance to relaxation. Also, the corrosion resistance is high. Therefore, the string according to the present disclosure has a long service life. | 09-03-2009 |
20090260501 | MULTI-MODE OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR - There is described an optical fiber sensor for sensing one of vibration, temperature, and strain, comprising: a laser source; a first single mode optical fiber having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the laser source for receiving and propagating light from the laser source; a multimode optical fiber having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the second end of the first single mode optical fiber for receiving the light and thereby exciting a plurality of modes of the multimode optical fiber, the multimode optical fiber being stretched at an out of band frequency and operated at a point at which an output is a linear function of a displacement of the multimode fiber; and a sampling photo-detector module connected to the second end of the multimode optical fiber for spatially filtering an output of the multimode fiber to obtain a spatially filtered interference pattern, and for detecting a variation of the spatially filtered interference pattern when one of the vibration, temperature, and strain is applied to the multimode optical fiber. | 10-22-2009 |
20090272246 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STRING - An improved string for a musical instrument comprising amorphous metal is disclosed. The string may be a single wire of amorphous metal or comprise a core wire and covering wire, wherein the core wire and/or covering wire comprises amorphous metal. Such a string has greater sustain of sound and higher volume of sound over a longer period of use than previously available metal strings. Musical instruments comprising such strings are also disclosed. | 11-05-2009 |
20100071529 | MUSICAL STRING - For achieving a high tuning stability and sound rich in timbre it is provided in a musical string ( | 03-25-2010 |
20100071530 | MUSICAL STRING - A string for musical instruments comprises a core including a gut material and a coating covering the core. The coating includes a material of a polyaryletherketon (PAEK) material class. | 03-25-2010 |
20100095827 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A SILK MONO-FILAMENT WITH A HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH - A method and an apparatus for the manufacture of a single silk mono-filament. The single silk mono filament has a tensile strength of above 40 Newtons. The single silk mono-filament has applications as a musical string or a medical device. | 04-22-2010 |
20100199830 | MARKED PRECOATED STRINGS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A coated string for a stringed device which includes a coating applied to the surface of the string. The coating includes a base layer bonded to the surface of the string and an at least partially transparent low-friction top coat applied to the base layer. The base layer includes heat activated pigments that change color when heated above a color shifting temperature. In one embodiment, the color of the pigment in one area contrasts with the color of the pigment in an adjacent area without otherwise affecting the low-friction surface of the coating. The areas of different color created in locations along the length of the low-friction coated string. | 08-12-2010 |
20100294109 | STRING OF A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - In the case of a string of a musical instrument ( | 11-25-2010 |
20100326254 | String-Replacement Assembly for Musical Instruments - A string-replacement assembly may be installed within an inner cavity of a body of a guitar. The assembly includes a plurality of cartridges each configured to contain a supply of replacement string therein, corresponding to a particular gauge of string for the guitar. Each supply of replacement string is rotatably mounted within a cartridge. A free end of each supply of the replacement string can be threaded through an exit opening in the body of the guitar for installation on a topside of the guitar. When string breaks or needs to be replaced on the topside of the guitar, a portion of the supply of the replacement string may be readily advanced from a corresponding cartridge to a desired length, and installed in a playing position on the topside of the guitar, to replace a removed portion (associated with the breakage or replacement) of the string. | 12-30-2010 |
20110005365 | Musical Instrument String with Hyper Elliptical Wound Cover Wire - A musical instrument string with hyper elliptical wound cover wire includes a wound musical string assembly ( | 01-13-2011 |
20110011238 | Positional constant string pitch control system - A method and apparatus to hold a string of a stringed instrument and allow for precise tuning of the string as chosen by the user. | 01-20-2011 |
20110174134 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STRING INCLUDING SYNTHETIC SPIDER SILK - A method for making a musical instrument string comprises providing a synthetic spider silk and forming the musical instrument string using the silk. A string for a musical instrument comprises a synthetic spider silk. | 07-21-2011 |
20110219933 | MUSICAL STRING - A musical string includes at least one supporting core of the string, and a first winding wire wound in a helical manner around the core of the string. The first winding wire has a core and a first outside layer disposed in substantial surrounding relationship to the core. The core and the first outside layer are pressed and/or welded together at least in sections. | 09-15-2011 |
20120180615 | STRING DAMPENER FOR AN ELECTRIC OR ACOUSTIC STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - An invention is afforded for a dampening apparatus for a musical instrument. The dampening apparatus includes a plurality of dampening pads disposed on a base element. The dampening pads are spaced to allow a string of a stringed musical instrument to fit between two dampening pads. In addition, at least one dampening pad is configured to fit between two strings of the stringed musical instrument to allow for free string vibration. The base element and the plurality of dampening pads are configured to fit between the strings and a fretboard of the stringed musical instrument. | 07-19-2012 |
20120198982 | STRING-REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - A string-replacement assembly may be installed within an inner cavity of a body of a guitar or non-fretted string instrument. The assembly includes at least one cartridge configured to contain a supply of replacement string therein, corresponding to a particular string gauge for the guitar. Each supply of replacement string is rotatably mounted within a cartridge. A free end of each supply of the replacement string can be threaded through an exit opening in the body of the guitar for installation on a topside of the guitar or non-fretted string instrument. When a string needs to be replaced, a portion of the supply of the replacement string may be readily advanced from a corresponding cartridge to a desired length, and installed in a playing position on the topside of the guitar or non-fretted string instrument, to replace a removed portion of the string. | 08-09-2012 |
20130152761 | MARKED PRECOATED STRINGS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A coated string for a stringed device which includes a coating applied to the surface of the string. The coating includes a base layer bonded to the surface of the string and an at least partially transparent low-friction top coat applied to the base layer. The base layer includes heat activated pigments that change color when heated above a color shifting temperature. In one embodiment, the color of the pigment in one area contrasts with the color of the pigment in an adjacent area without otherwise affecting the low-friction surface of the coating. The areas of different color created in locations along the length of the low-friction coated string. | 06-20-2013 |
20130269501 | ULTRA-HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH MARAGING STEEL MUSIC INSTRUMENT STRING - A musical instrument string is made of maraging steel and has a tensile strength greater than 430 ksi. | 10-17-2013 |
20140041506 | Coated Musical Instrument String - Disclosed is a method for making a coated musical instrument string comprising plating a musical instrument string in a composite electroless plating bath at a specified bath temperature for a specified bath time to create a coated musical instrument string to create wound musical instrument string. The musical instrument string may be plain wire or wound wire made of copper and or steel alloys. The composite electroless plating bath comprises nickel, cobalt, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and/or diamond. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 02-13-2014 |
20140150626 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STRING AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates in particular to a musical instrument string. The musical instrument string comprises a core, produced from a metal material, with a coating. The coating comprises an intermediate layer made of nickel or a nickel alloy applied to the core and a sheathing layer made of tin or a tin alloy applied to the intermediate layer. | 06-05-2014 |
20140311316 | MARKED PRECOATED STRINGS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A coated string for a stringed device which includes a coating applied to the surface of the string. The coating includes a base layer bonded to the surface of the string and an at least partially transparent low-friction top coat applied to the base layer. The base layer includes heat activated pigments that change color when heated above a color shifting temperature. In one embodiment, the color of the pigment in one area contrasts with the color of the pigment in an adjacent area without otherwise affecting the low-friction surface of the coating. The areas of different color created in locations along the length of the low-friction coated string. | 10-23-2014 |
20150143972 | ALUMINUM COPPER WRAP WIRE FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - A string for a musical stringed instrument includes (a) a core wire and (b) a wrap wire coiled tightly around the core wire. The wrap wire is an aluminum-copper alloy having between about 2 wt % and about 10 wt % aluminum. | 05-28-2015 |
20160104466 | STRING FOR A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A string for a bowed musical instrument having a supporting string core and at least one outer winding layer is disclosed. The outer winding layer comprises first and second winding bands having identical thicknesses, and a substantially rectangular cross-section. The outer winding layer being a composite winding layer wherein the materials used in the first and second winding elements having respective different thermal conductivities differs from each other by at least 170 W/mK. | 04-14-2016 |
20160148600 | Locking string-end for musical instruments - The disclosed locking string-end for musical instruments is an elongated string-end which is attached to the string in half of its length. After passing the elongated string-end through holes in the bridge and the tuning post, the string is bent at the point it is attached to the string-end to about 90 degrees, forming a “T” shaped end with the top part of the “T” being longer than the diameter of the hole in the tuning peg, preventing the string from coming out of the tuning peg hole, thus locking the string in place for tuning. | 05-26-2016 |