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A TABLE STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TABLE STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
20230169941 · 2023-06-01 ·

A table stringed musical instrument includes string fastening members in an instrument structure. The string fastening members receive and fasten strings to the instrument structure. The instrument is a free stringed musical instrument configured for one or more, advantageously at least two or four or more players so that the string fastening members are grouped for at least two, advantageously at least four or more physically separate groups and additionally so that the strings to be received and fastened are thereby grouped for at least two or four or more separate groups and thereby for at least two or four or more different player positions. The first group of the string fastening members receives the first group of strings. The second group of the string fastening members receives the second group of strings, etc. The strings of the first group differ from those of the second group.

A TABLE STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TABLE STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
20230169941 · 2023-06-01 ·

A table stringed musical instrument includes string fastening members in an instrument structure. The string fastening members receive and fasten strings to the instrument structure. The instrument is a free stringed musical instrument configured for one or more, advantageously at least two or four or more players so that the string fastening members are grouped for at least two, advantageously at least four or more physically separate groups and additionally so that the strings to be received and fastened are thereby grouped for at least two or four or more separate groups and thereby for at least two or four or more different player positions. The first group of the string fastening members receives the first group of strings. The second group of the string fastening members receives the second group of strings, etc. The strings of the first group differ from those of the second group.

INSTRUMENT SUPPORT
20230169942 · 2023-06-01 ·

An instrument support for a guitar including a bridge for resting on a leg of a person, the bridge lying in an x-z plane, wherein at the opposite ends of the bridge with respect to a direction x a first holder and a second holder are respectively provided for receiving the guitar, the first holder having a first holding member and a second holding member for holding the guitar, the holding members each having a nominal bearing surface with a normal, against which it is intended to bear the guitar, the first member being alignable in such a way that its normal is aligned along the y-direction, the second member being alignable in such a way that its normal is aligned along the z-direction, wherein in that the second member is aligned in such a way that its normal is aligned along the z-direction.

INSTRUMENT SUPPORT
20230169942 · 2023-06-01 ·

An instrument support for a guitar including a bridge for resting on a leg of a person, the bridge lying in an x-z plane, wherein at the opposite ends of the bridge with respect to a direction x a first holder and a second holder are respectively provided for receiving the guitar, the first holder having a first holding member and a second holding member for holding the guitar, the holding members each having a nominal bearing surface with a normal, against which it is intended to bear the guitar, the first member being alignable in such a way that its normal is aligned along the y-direction, the second member being alignable in such a way that its normal is aligned along the z-direction, wherein in that the second member is aligned in such a way that its normal is aligned along the z-direction.

Kit For Attaching Interchangeable Accessories To An Instrument
20170301326 · 2017-10-19 ·

A kit for attaching one or more interchangeable accessories, for example, sound makers, fashion accessories, utility accessories, instrument accessories, etc., to an instrument, for example, a drum stick, a drum head, a post of a bass drum pedal or a hihat, a cajón, a microphone, a guitar, a stand, etc., to enhance sound, functionality, and visual elements of the instrument is provided. The kit includes one or more interchangeable accessories and at least one attachment system. The attachment system includes an attachment member and a connector element. The attachment member, for example, a clamp assembly with an accessory housing and a release assembly, or a generally cylindrical attachment member, or a cap member is removably attachable to a predetermined location of the instrument. The connector element is a female connector or a male connector for engageably connecting the attachment member to an opposing connector of one of the interchangeable accessories.

Stand for supporting a musical instrument
11670266 · 2023-06-06 ·

A musical instrument stand is detachably secured to a musical instrument and is movable from a stowed position into a deployed position to support the musical instrument in an upright orientation. The stand includes a low-profile track that is attached to the back of the instrument and an assembly that is configured to removably receive the track to secure the assembly to the musical instrument via the track. The assembly has a base member and a leg member that is pivotally attached to the base member at the tops thereof and is pivotal between the stowed and deployed positions. In the stowed position, the leg member lays against the base member. In the deployed position, the leg member forms together with the base member and instrument an A-frame like support for the instrument. The stand is low profile in relation to the musical instrument and does not interfere with the normal operation of the instrument.

Stand for supporting a musical instrument
11670266 · 2023-06-06 ·

A musical instrument stand is detachably secured to a musical instrument and is movable from a stowed position into a deployed position to support the musical instrument in an upright orientation. The stand includes a low-profile track that is attached to the back of the instrument and an assembly that is configured to removably receive the track to secure the assembly to the musical instrument via the track. The assembly has a base member and a leg member that is pivotally attached to the base member at the tops thereof and is pivotal between the stowed and deployed positions. In the stowed position, the leg member lays against the base member. In the deployed position, the leg member forms together with the base member and instrument an A-frame like support for the instrument. The stand is low profile in relation to the musical instrument and does not interfere with the normal operation of the instrument.

Efficient Acoustic Enhancement of End pins and receptacles for stringed musical instruments and the like using customized filler materials
20170249926 · 2017-08-31 ·

The invention presented herein allows efficient modification of endpins for musical instruments such as cello or bass that use cavities in one or more components that accommodate filler material. The filler materials are composed of materials that affect the acoustic outcomes. The user can modify the endpin acoustic outcomes relatively quickly by changing the filler composition until a desired acoustic outcome is achieved. This allows various acoustic outcomes using the same shape, materials, and construction for the endpin components. Several embodiments are illustrated for endpins, pedestals, stringed instrument sound posts, interior blocks, bass bars, speaker legs and the like.

Tone control member and tone-controlled functional acoustic guitar
09747873 · 2017-08-29 · ·

The present invention relates to a tone-controlled functional acoustic guitar that prevents a body from being deformed to avoid the changes in sound, increases sound transmission, finely adjusts tone fields in accordance with a player or user's selection, and has a specific structure on a head thereof to suppress bending on a neck caused by the tension of strings. According to the present invention, the tone-controlled functional acoustic guitar includes: a body having a top plate, a bottom plate and a side plate connecting the top plate and the bottom plate with each other; a neck fixed to one side of the body; a head disposed at the end portion of the neck; and a tone control member detachably mounted at the inside of the body in such a manner as to be controlled in length to support a space between the top plate and the bottom plate of the body, wherein the tone control member includes: a contacting and moving member; and height control means expandably and contractably moving the contacting and moving member.

Tone control member and tone-controlled functional acoustic guitar
09747873 · 2017-08-29 · ·

The present invention relates to a tone-controlled functional acoustic guitar that prevents a body from being deformed to avoid the changes in sound, increases sound transmission, finely adjusts tone fields in accordance with a player or user's selection, and has a specific structure on a head thereof to suppress bending on a neck caused by the tension of strings. According to the present invention, the tone-controlled functional acoustic guitar includes: a body having a top plate, a bottom plate and a side plate connecting the top plate and the bottom plate with each other; a neck fixed to one side of the body; a head disposed at the end portion of the neck; and a tone control member detachably mounted at the inside of the body in such a manner as to be controlled in length to support a space between the top plate and the bottom plate of the body, wherein the tone control member includes: a contacting and moving member; and height control means expandably and contractably moving the contacting and moving member.