Class 29/896.22 - Musical instrument or tuning fork making

Subclass of Class 29 - Metal working
Definition: Process wherein the manufactured device is especially adapted
No. of patents: 24
Last issue date: 07/12/2005

Number	Title	Issue Date
6915756	Bells A bell is described having the first at least three or more frequencies substantially in harmonic sequence. A method for designing such a bell is also disclosed. An optimization procedure is described wherein an initial bell shape is modified until the first at leas...	07/12/2005
6898832	Method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit In a method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit, a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator is formed by etching a quartz crystal wafer to form a quartz crystal tuning fork base, quartz crystal tuning fork tines connected to the quartz crystal tuning fork base, and ...	05/31/2005
6883215	Piezoelectric/electrostrictive device and method of manufacturing same A piezoelectric/electrostrictive device includes a pair of mutually opposing thin plate sections, a movable section, and a fixation section for supporting the thin plate sections and the movable section. One or more piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements are arrang...	04/26/2005
6817072	Method of manufacturing a piezoelectric/electrostrictive device A method of producing a piezoelectric/electrostrictive (P/E) device includes the steps of providing a first substrate, securing metal plates to the first substrate to form a second substrate, and subjecting the second substrate to at least one cuffing treatment to f...	11/16/2004
6643902	Piezoelectric/electrostrictive device and method of manufacturing same A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric/electrostrictive device comprises a pair of mutually opposing thin plate sections, a movable section, and a fixation section for supporting the thin plate sections and the movable section. Piezoelectric/electrostr...	11/11/2003
6606772	Method for manufacturing piezoelectric oscillator A method is provided for fabricating a piezoelectric vibrator without degrading vibration characteristics. The piezoelectric vibrator has a vibration plate formed with a piezoelectric vibration portion and a frame portion integrally connected with a base ...	08/19/2003
6281419	Method of mounting plate in grand piano A method of mounting a plate in a grand piano is provided for ensuring an appropriate bridge pressure in accordance with an actual amount of swelling of a soundboard and its distribution in a simple manner without requiring bridge pressure setting and re-...	08/28/2001
6233825	Metallic stringed musical instrument body and method of making said body Guitars have traditionally been manufactured from a variety of wood combinations to produce the best sound possible. The advent of modem day CNC machining has allowed for the construction of a hollow, lightweight, metallic stringed musical instrument body...	05/22/2001
6212772	Production of a caribbean steel pan Process for the formation of a Caribbean steel pan using a hydroforming press and the resulting pans....	04/10/2001
6145197	Method of assembling a grand piano A method of assembling a grand piano, an outer rim for a grand piano and a manufacturing method thereof, an arm for a grand piano and a fabricating method thereof, and a keyboard musical instrument are provided. The method of assembling a grand piano comp...	11/14/2000
5911168	Neck connection for a stringed instrument made in one piece, and method for the production thereof Neck connection for an method for the production of a stringed instrument, comprising at least a body (1) and a neck (2), in which both the neck (2) and the body (1) are made of plastic and the body (1) and the neck (2) are in one piece, and the neck conn...	06/08/1999
5572791	Method for positioning a pickup on an electric guitar In an electric guitar, the sound produced upon playing on a string thrown, to a predetermined tension, along and over the fingerboard between the bridge and the head is checked by ear to determine phantom semitone frets with the fingerboard extended imagi...	11/12/1996
5330848	Resonator body for drums A resonator body for musical drum instruments is formed by shaping and gluing together several superimposed material layers, particularly wood veneer layers or plywood layers. The resonator body has the shape of a hollow cylinder. Abutting edges of the in...	07/19/1994
5305819	Guitar, and method of manufacturing guitars A method by which many identical wooden necks for solid-body electric guitars are manufactured, these being of the conventional type wherein the inner neck ends are connected to the solid bodies by screws. Edge regions of the undersides of at least some o...	04/26/1994
5189771	Method of making a musical instrument transducer A transducer for a stringed musical instrument incorporating an electrically conductive ground plane, along with a piezoelectric transducer and a conductive strip. The piezoelectric transducer is comprised of a polyvinylidene flouride co-polymer. The grou...	03/02/1993
5125312	Stringed musical instrument A light weight guitar construction and associated method of manufacture involves the use of a light weight wood core material having deposited thereover a strengthening layer preferably of carbon fiber and a fiberglass sheet layer both impregnated with a ...	06/30/1992
5029375	Method of fabricating a stringed instrument piezoelectric transducer A transducer for a stringed musical instrument incorporating an electrically conductive ground plane, along with a plurality of piezoelectric transducers and a conductive strip. The ground plane, piezoelectric transducers and conductive strip are secured ...	07/09/1991
4800635	Method of manufacturing flute headjoints A mold is made from a flute chimney model having a precision bore, and a chimney is cast from the mold with substantially no shrinkage in bore diameter. The mold can be made from a chimney model having an entire undercut surface thereon, and the chimney c...	01/31/1989
4727634	Musical instrument transducer A transducer for a stringed musical instrument incorporating an electrically conductive ground plane, along with a plurality of piezoelectric transducers and a conductive strip. The ground plane, piezoelectric transducers and conductive strip are secured ...	03/01/1988
4681009	Neck apparatus for stringed musical instruments An improved neck apparatus for stringed musical instruments including an elongate base and a longitudinal channel disposed in the base. An acoustically inert filler is disposed in and intimately bonded to the inside surface of at least a portion of the ch...	07/21/1987
4670955	Method of assembling a musical instrument neck A musical instrument neck formed from first and second elongate neck blanks, each having an inner face, the inner faces being fastened together. An elongate arcuate groove extends along the inner face of the first neck blank only. Coaxial holes are formed...	06/09/1987
4606105	Method of banjo construction A method of banjo sub-assembly construction is disclosed. The metal tone ring and mating wooden rim are fabricated and assembly with an interference fit so as to provide a tight and permanent interface therebetween and thereby enhance the quality and volu...	08/19/1986
4304277	Reinforced head and neck element for a stringed instrument and process of manufacture A head and neck element for a stringed instrument is disclosed in which opposed, elongated, tension resistant members are separated by a spacer while simultaneously supporting a fingerboard and grip surfaces to produce an integrated element resistant to w...	12/08/1981
4034456	Machine for providing ball ends on musical instrument strings Ball-ender apparatus for securing an annular ball to a wire musical instrument string. A carriage reciprocable between front and rear positions carries a rotatable ball support spindle. An upstanding ball feed tube receives a column of balls from an oscil...	07/12/1977

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Class 29/896.22 - Musical instrument or tuning fork making