An apparatus for manufacturing a guitar string includes a table part; a holding part holds both ends of a first wire so that the first wire is rotatable; a winding part which is movable in a direction in which the first wire is extended, so that the winding part sequentially winds a second wire around on the outer surface of the first wire being rotated; and a supply part for supplying the second wire to the winding part, wherein the supply part includes a height measuring part; a first pulley part including a movable pulley and a movable body; a bobbin part around which the second wire has been wound; a motor part for rotating the bobbin part; and a control part which controls the speed of the second wire supplied to the winding part by controlling the operation of the motor part.

The present invention relates to a string instrument (1; 100) comprising a resonator (2), a handle (3) and a tailpiece (4; 40), wherein the handle (3) and the tailpiece (4; 40) are bound to the resonator (2) for combining at least one string to the instrument, further comprising at least one couple of magnets essentially opposed each other, a first magnet (11; 110) of the at least one couple of magnets bound to the resonator (2) and a second magnet (12; 120) of the at least one couple of magnets arranged at a first distance from the first magnet, so that to apply, between the first magnet (11; 110) and the second magnet (12; 120), a repulsive force or an attractive force, respectively, depending on the opposed polarities, equal or opposite, of the first magnet and the second magnet, wherein the attractive force or the repulsive force is active on the resonator (2).

The present invention relates to a string instrument (1; 100) comprising a resonator (2), a handle (3) and a tailpiece (4; 40), wherein the handle (3) and the tailpiece (4; 40) are bound to the resonator (2) for combining at least one string to the instrument, further comprising at least one couple of magnets essentially opposed each other, a first magnet (11; 110) of the at least one couple of magnets bound to the resonator (2) and a second magnet (12; 120) of the at least one couple of magnets arranged at a first distance from the first magnet, so that to apply, between the first magnet (11; 110) and the second magnet (12; 120), a repulsive force or an attractive force, respectively, depending on the opposed polarities, equal or opposite, of the first magnet and the second magnet, wherein the attractive force or the repulsive force is active on the resonator (2).

Exemplary embodiments of stringed instruments including extended string retaining saddle straps are disclosed. The exemplary embodiments include an extended string retaining saddle strap connected to each of, and between, a string connection to the instrument's strings at a bottom portion of a body portion of the stringed instrument and a saddle strap connector at an upper portion of the body portion of the stringed instrument. In an aspect, the saddle strap connector may be connected to a neck block portion joining a neck portion of the stringed instrument to the body portion, within a hollow interior of the body portion. In an aspect, connecting the extended string retaining saddle strap to each of, and between, the string connection and the saddle strap connector creates a tension that tends to pull the string connection and the saddle strap connector towards each other.

Exemplary embodiments of stringed instruments including extended string retaining saddle straps are disclosed. The exemplary embodiments include an extended string retaining saddle strap connected to each of, and between, a string connection to the instrument's strings at a bottom portion of a body portion of the stringed instrument and a saddle strap connector at an upper portion of the body portion of the stringed instrument. In an aspect, the saddle strap connector may be connected to a neck block portion joining a neck portion of the stringed instrument to the body portion, within a hollow interior of the body portion. In an aspect, connecting the extended string retaining saddle strap to each of, and between, the string connection and the saddle strap connector creates a tension that tends to pull the string connection and the saddle strap connector towards each other.

An apparatus for manufacturing a guitar string includes a table part; a holding part holds both ends of a first wire so that the first wire is rotatable; a winding part which is movable in a direction in which the first wire is extended, so that the winding part sequentially winds a second wire around on the outer surface of the first wire being rotated; and a supply part for supplying the second wire to the winding part, wherein the supply part includes a height measuring part; a first pulley part including a movable pulley and a movable body; a bobbin part around which the second wire has been wound; a motor part for rotating the bobbin part; and a control part which controls the speed of the second wire supplied to the winding part by controlling the operation of the motor part.

Disclosed is an improved string saddle or yoke that can have a string bent thereover without causing a separation of the string's windings.

Guitar strings made of a magnetic copper-nickel-tin-manganese alloy are disclosed. Also disclosed are processing steps that can be performed to fabricate the guitar strings from the alloy. Further described herein are alternative uses for the strings on other electric stringed instruments.

Guitar strings made of a magnetic copper-nickel-tin-manganese alloy are disclosed. Also disclosed are processing steps that can be performed to fabricate the guitar strings from the alloy. Further described herein are alternative uses for the strings on other electric stringed instruments.

A musical string, in particular a musical string for a string instrument, includes at least one load-bearing string core having a first plastic fiber with a first cross-sectional shape and a first cross-sectional surface area. The string core further has a second plastic fiber with a second cross-sectional shape and a second cross-sectional surface area. The first cross-sectional shape is different from the second cross-sectional shape, and/or the first cross-sectional surface area is different from the second cross-sectional surface area.