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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4168648 | Capotasto An open capotasto essentially comprising a substantially U-shaped, metallic bracket, one leg of which is provided with a string depressor cushion or pad and the other leg of which with a clamping or tightening device. Both legs of the bracket can be resil... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4165670 | Slidable capo A device for eliminating the need for a guitar player to utilize his index finger for fretting guitar strings at different frets. A preferred embodiment comprises a metallic frame having three sections extending equiangularly from a central, common edge. ... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4154134 | Chord playing attachment for stringed instruments A chord playing attachment for stringed instruments, such as guitars and the like, wherein combinations of string depressors are pressed down on the strings to produce a chord. The string depressors are connected with a spring action to a component which ... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4149443 | Stringed instrument capo A capo for a guitar, banjo or similar stringed instrument includes a body providing an arm for engaging the instrument's strings and a clamp mechanism operable by one hand to move the cap into and out of clamped relationship with the instrument's neck. Fu... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4143576 | Capo A fretted neck of a guitar having a plurality of strings spaced above the fretboard and a capo selectively movable along the length of the neck for retaining all of the strings in abutting relationship to the fretboard. The capo includes a clamp frame hav... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4128034 | Pressure bar for a capo tasto The invention is a pressure bar for a capo tasto which attaches itself to a stem of a stringed instrument, having a fret board and strings adjacent to the fret board, and which depresses the strings against the fret board in order to change the key of the... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4104947 | Capo An apparatus which clampingly engages the neck and the strings and fingerboard of a stringed instrument for selectively adjusting the pitch of the strings. The apparatus includes positioning guides for aligning the apparatus with respect to the frets whic... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4048894 | Capo tasto The invention is a capo tasto which attaches itself to a stem of a stringed instrument, having a fret board and strings adjacent to the fret board, and which depresses the strings against the fret board in order to change the key of the stringed instrumen... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4037507 | Capo tasto A capo tasto made of a metallic plate, a medium count nylon string, a synthetic rubber plate and other accompanying improvements, compresses the guitar neck and tightens the guitar strings by combined pressure of a synthetic rubber plate and a medium coun... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3971287 | Damper for string instrument A damper for a stringed instrument has an elastic foldable web provided with catch members positioned at the end portions thereof, a hinge portion positioned at the longitudinally central portion thereof and notches of substantially isosceles triangular s... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3933073 | Musical instrument capo This device consists primarily of an L-shaped configurated body having one leg hollow and in which is slidably received a spring loaded bar carrying a rubber sleeve thereon for automatically depressing the strings of a musical instrument, downward upon th... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3933077 | Converter for guitars A device for converting a conventional Spanish guitar into an instrument which can be played like a Hawaiian guitar. The device comprises a spacer member in the form of a rod of substantial thickness that is slipped underneath the strings of the guitar to... | 01/20/1976 |
