Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
084298000 | Guitar bridges | 28 |
20080229898 | Tremolo Mechanism For A Stringed Musical Instrument With Pivoting String Anchor - A novel pivoting anchor assembly for a tremolo mechanism includes a pivot support structure, a pivot and an anchor structure for receiving and holding an end of a tensioned string. In a preferred embodiment, the pivoting anchor assembly includes a rate screw mounted on a pivoting tuning arm, the rate screw receiving: an anchor block including a string end anchor; a jaw opening; and a knife edge extending into the jaw opening. An upper portion of the rate screw includes a circumferential knife edge seat and extends through the jaw opening such that the knife edge is received within the knife edge seat, so as to form a knife edge pivot. The knife edge pivot allows the anchor block with the string end anchor to pivot both axially and radially relative to the rate screw in response to changes in the magnitude and direction of the tension force exerted long the tensioned string. The changes in the tension force bias the position of the anchor block and string end anchor so as to align the knife edge pivot, the string end anchor holding a string end, and the string apex. | 09-25-2008 |
20090000456 | Stringed instrument with message display - A message display system for a stringed instrument comprises a plurality of bridge pins, each bridge pin being formed with a top surface marked with indicia. The top surfaces with indicia are viewable when the plurality of bridge pins are installed into a bridge of the instrument, and the bridge pins are arranged to display a message to a viewer. Trademarks, band names and short political or personal messages may be displayed. The indicia formed on the bridge pins are not limited to those of the Latin alphabet. The text and symbols of other writing systems or languages, for example, Japanese, Arabic, Chinese, or Korean, may be formed on the bridge pins. For beginner guitar players, the bridge pins may be used to mark the names of the strings (e.g. E A D G B E). | 01-01-2009 |
20090038461 | SADDLE FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - A saddle for a stringed instrument comprising an elongate member having a string support surface for supporting strings of the instrument and a base that abuts the stringed instrument. The elongate member has at least one internal cavity and, in some embodiments, an insert made from a resonant material is received in the internal cavity, the insert being dimensioned to provide an airspace gap between the insert and the base of the elongate member to provide a separation between the insert and the instrument. At least one piezoelectric crystal is embedded in the insert to faithfully and reliable capture the vibrational energy of the strings. Alternatively, a transducer or pickup element is directly received in the internal cavity and is dimensioned to provide an airspace gap between the transducer element and the base to provide a separation between the transducer element and the instrument. The gap between the insert or transducer element and the base of the saddle means that no pressure is applied to the bottom of the insert or transducer element, thereby eliminating string imbalance due to uneven pressure between the saddle and the instrument. | 02-12-2009 |
20090199696 | LOCKING POST SYSTEM FOR A GUITAR BRIDGE - An apparatus for a guitar comprising a first compressible member, one or more spacers and a second compressible member. The second compressible member may be configured to receive the one or more spacers and engage the first compressible member when a force is applied to the first compressible member. | 08-13-2009 |
20100037746 | BRIDGE SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED ACOUSTIC COUPLING IN STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - A bridge system for connection to the instrument body of a stringed instrument, the bridge system including at least one bridge piece configured to contact at least one string of the stringed instrument and a ramp-shaped height and tone adjustment bar between the bridge piece and the instrument body. An adjustment mechanism translates the bridge piece with respect to the height and tone adjustment bar to raise and lower the string and to provide contact between the bridge piece and the height and tone adjustment bar. | 02-18-2010 |
20100132533 | PYROLYTIC CARBON COMPONENTS FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - Pyrocarbon components have been found to create richer, clearer sound when employed as bridges ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100319514 | UNEVENLY-SPACED BRIDGE SYSTEM FOR GUITAR - The invention provides an unevenly-spaced bridge system for a guitar. The bridge system in one embodiment includes a base plate with at least four and preferably five saddles thereon. A first centrally located saddle on the base plate supports a first central string that is typically a wound string, and a second centrally located saddle on the base plate supports a second central string that is typically an unwound string. The first and second centrally located saddles are individually adjustable for intonation. A shared saddle on the plate supports a pair of high strings, typically the high E string and the B string. The disclosed design thus provides the capability for at least the two high strings of the guitar to be supported by a shared saddle, while other strings are individually adjustable for intonation. In this manner, the invention provides an optimal balance between tone and tuning. | 12-23-2010 |
20110005366 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A Stringed Musical Instrument A stringed musical instrument having a body includes a soundboard ( | 01-13-2011 |
20110146472 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ADJUST THE SAME GUITAR TO A LEFT OR A RIGHT HANDED GUITAR PLAYER - A guitar with a sliding base, enabling to play in the same guitar, either, with left hand, or with right hand. Wherein, the first end of the connecting section of the guitar strings, located at the guitar wide area, connected to the present invention system, that includes part that connected to the guitar body, and has a track that another part is connected to, wherein, one side of the upper part, is detachable and enabling to slide the upper part from one side of the track to another side of the track, causing reversal and turning the upper part upper side to face the guitar body, and the part that was face to the guitar body staring up. Whereby, the guitar strings are connected to that system, while turning the system of the present invention up side down, the guitar strings are changing direction on the guitar body. Wherein, respectively, both end of the system at the guitar are to be turn side in order to enabling turning guitar from right handed guitar to a left handed guitar and the same in the opposite changing direction. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154972 | Device for Facilitating Stringing of a Musical Instrument - A device for facilitating the stringing of a guitar is provided. More specifically, a device is provided that includes a head portion with at least one member for contacting and maintaining a first end of a guitar string around a cylindrical axle of a guitar bridge while the other end of the string is being interconnected to the tuning pegs of the instrument. Thus, the tool facilitates the stringing of a guitar by, for example, allowing the use of both hands to interconnect a second end of the guitar string to the tuning peg. | 06-30-2011 |
20110252941 | Fix-mounted Guitar Bridge - Disclosed is a guitar bridge having a body comprised of a main base plate and a tone device. The bridge main base plate mounts flush to the guitar main body upper surface by a plurality of coupling screws. The bridge tone device extends perpendicular to the underside surface of main base plate into and out of contact from a tone chamber formed into the top surface of the guitar main body. Strings are threaded over a plurality of saddles then through a plurality of holes formed in the bridge main base plate. Strings continue through a plurality of holes formed through the guitar main body where the strings terminating ball ends are anchored against the underside surface of guitar main body. | 10-20-2011 |
20110259171 | STRINGED INSTRUMENT STRING ACTION ADJUSTMENT - A stringed musical instrument comprises of a headstock with tuners, a neck having a fretboard, a body having a top and back, a saddle with a bridge secured to the body and one or more strings stretched from the headstock over the neck, fretboard, and over a portion of the top of the body to contact points on the bridge saddle. The instrument is further provided with a means for adjusting the saddles up or down in any interval to change individual string action height while the saddles maintain full contact to the body of the instrument without the employment of inferior air gaps between the bottom of the string and the instrument's body. The elimination of air gaps under the instrument's saddle or bridge offer improved sonic sustain and enhanced musical tone. | 10-27-2011 |
20120118124 | Guitar pitch stability system with saddle clamps - This invention improves guitar pitch stability and requires no modifications to a guitar or any of its parts. It is a low profile design which pertains in particular to Fender Stratocasters or any electric guitars with a similar bridge plate and tone block design. This invention does basically two things. First, the guitar strings are rerouted giving a much softer string bend past the string saddles (similar to Gibson guitars) which significantly reduces string drag (friction) at the saddles. After “dive-bombing” downward or going upward in pitch via the tremolo arm (as with a Stratocaster), the guitar returns to its original pitch when the tremolo arm is released. Second, readjustable saddle clamps are used which hold and lock all six string saddles together in position and to the bridge plate after string height and intonation adjustments have been made. | 05-17-2012 |
20120285313 | Device for Facilitating Stringing of a Musical Instrument - A device for facilitating the stringing of a guitar is provided. More specifically, a device is provided that includes a head portion with at least one member for contacting and maintaining a first end of a guitar string around a cylindrical axle of a guitar bridge while the other end of the string is being interconnected to the tuning pegs of the instrument. Thus, the tool facilitates the stringing of a guitar by, for example, allowing the use of both hands to interconnect a second end of the guitar string to the tuning peg. | 11-15-2012 |
20130055876 | GUITAR ACCESSORIES - A string-doubling apparatus and a face-mounted whammy bar system for stringed instruments are disclosed. A string-doubling apparatus may include a bridge portion and a nut assembly, both with multiple bearing surfaces to facilitate a double stringing of the instrument. A face-mounted whammy bar system may include a lever arm and a rotatable rod for manually and reversibly altering the string tension of an instrument. | 03-07-2013 |
20130247742 | STRING TENSION SUPPORT STRUCTURE | 09-26-2013 |
20130255467 | ADJUSTABLE SADDLE - An adjustable saddle for a musical instrument having a base with a plurality of depressions. The depressions receive a plurality of support guides that are releasably and slidably connected to the base. The support guides have an upper front edge with a front slot and an upper rear edge with a rear slot. | 10-03-2013 |
20140007753 | STRING INSTRUMENT - The invention relates to a string instrument, in particular a guitar ( | 01-09-2014 |
20140053705 | BRIDGE FOR STRING INSTRUMENT, SADDLE FOR STRING INSTRUMENT, AND STRING INSTRUMENT THEREWITH - A bridge for a string instrument, which has a simple structure and is easily processed, is provided, whereby the material cost of the saddle is decreased and superior vibrancy of sound is provided. The bridge has a saddle body | 02-27-2014 |
20140102280 | Adjustable Stress-A-Way Bridge - For over 150 years, conventional acoustic guitar designs have anchored the strings on a bridge attached to the guitar face; passing over a saddle; notched to align the strings over the fingerboard; and terminating at the tuning keys. The strain on the bridge and entire guitar face top over time eventually causes the thin guitar face top to warp. This phenomenon negatively impacts the quality of the instrument. | 04-17-2014 |
20140311317 | High Performance Guitar Bridge Pins - Guitar bridge pins are formed of hard materials shaped to mechanically cooperate with standard guitar bridge configurations. Either molded or machined into a prescribed shape, guitar bridge pins fit into tapered shaped holes of most common guitar bridges. Guitar bridge pins of these systems include a main body portion into which a recess seat is formed. Further a string via is arranged from the recess seat to an exit aperture, the string via provides a path through which a guitar string may pass. These guitar pins provide a high-performance system for mounting and fixing guitar strings at the bridge of a standard guitar. Specifically these bridge pin devices include at least four major integrated elements including a main body, a recess seat, a string via and a stud element. Additionally, these bridge pin systems may also include cooperating spacing and locking washers which may be used in conjunction with threaded fasteners. When fastened to a guitar bridge as prescribed, these bridge pins securely couple guitar strings there to while additionally holding together a bridge assembly including the bridge plate, sound board and bridge. | 10-23-2014 |
20150007705 | SHOULDER STRAP OPERATED PITCH CHANGING MEANS FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for changing the pitch of a string or strings of a string instrument. | 01-08-2015 |
20150135929 | ANCHORING SYSTEM FOR A STRING IN A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A system for anchoring a guitar string comprising a guitar top, a bridge fixed to the guitar top, and at least one aperture extending through the bridge and top for receiving an end of a string with a ball attached thereto. A bridge pin has a body that is insertable into the aperture. The body has two spaced-apart legs forming a space therebetween wide enough to accommodate the string but not the ball. A rear side of the legs has matching anchoring surfaces that are constructed and arranged to receive and retain the ball when the string is in tension. | 05-21-2015 |
20150294651 | GUITAR STRING TUNING AND ANCHOR SYSTEM - An apparatus for securing one end of a guitar string to a guitar is disclosed. The apparatus includes a mount adapted to be secured to and extend upwardly from the bridge of the guitar, and where the mount defines a pivot axis above the bridge of the guitar. The apparatus also can include a string holder pivotally connected to the mount at the pivot axis, the string holder comprising an anchor to securely hold the end of the guitar string, the string holder having a first end and a second end, the first end positioning the guitar string below the saddle height of the bridge. Additionally, the apparatus can include a position adjuster operatively connected to the mount and the string holder, where the position adjuster can be used for adjusting the pivot angle of the string holder to adjust tension on the guitar string. | 10-15-2015 |
20150340017 | Compensated Saddle for a Stringed Instrument - A saddle for a string instrument. The saddle has a main saddle piece and a spindle projecting from the main saddle piece along the same axis. A releasably locking ring is rotatably engaged upon the first spindle, and the ring has a compensation feature. | 11-26-2015 |
20160098976 | ADJUSTABLE GUITAR SADDLE - An adjustable guitar saddle is provided. The adjustable guitar saddle includes saddle piece. Each saddle piece includes a top portion and a bottom portion. At least the bottom portion may be sized to fit within a saddle bridge channel of a guitar. The saddle piece may include at least one bottom threaded aperture running through the bottom portion towards the top portion. At threaded screw may mate with the threaded aperture. The threaded screw rotates and adjusts the height of the adjustable guitar saddle relative to the saddle bridge. The bottom portion of the saddle piece may be placed within the saddle bridge channel and a guitar string may rest on the top portion. | 04-07-2016 |
20160189691 | KEYLESS LOCKING TREMOLO SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments disclosed herein describe keyless locking tremolo systems and methods for musical instruments that are configured to tune and restrain strings for a musical instrument without an external tool. Embodiments are configured to adjust the vertical positioning of a tightening post and string clamp without an external tool. | 06-30-2016 |
20160379608 | ATTACHMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR STRINGS OF STRINGED INSTRUMENT, ESPECIALLY GUITAR - The invention relates to an attachment arrangement for the strings of a stringed instrument, especially a guitar. To the body of the stringed instrument is attached a bridge body, first restraining means for restraining the strings from the first end area, second restraining means, which are arranged in conjunction with the bridge body for restraining the strings from the second end area Lever means are arranged in conjunction with the bridge body in order to move the second restraining means for temporarily loosening and/or tightening the strings by means of a lever part included in the lever means. The lever means are provided with moving means comprising at least one moving mechanism, which is a mechanism separate from the lever means. One or more second restraining means are arranged to move with respect to the bridge body. The moving means are arranged to transmit the movement of the lever means into the desired movement of one or more restraining means. | 12-29-2016 |