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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8097798 | Finger-mounted striking devices for activating musical instrument strings The finger-mounted striking devices described herein are for use on stringed musical instruments, in particular for but not limited to electric or acoustic bass instruments. The paired devices consist of elongated cylindrical wooden shafts of differing length. The o... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7947886 | Guitar slide holder This is a device that will securely store and hold a guitar slide while allowing the user to perform single-handed guitar slide transitions (installation or removal of a guitar slide) with minimal interruption. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7939736 | Adjustable lever arm capo A capo (10) for use with a stringed instrument comprises a top arm (12), lower arm (16) and a lever arm (24). The top arm (12) is adapted to extend across a fingerboard of the instrument above the strings (4), and a side arm... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7829774 | Guitar slide A musical instrument slide including a body portion and a light source. The light source includes a switch for selective activation, enabling the slide body to emit light when activated. As the musician moves the slide across the strings as the instrument, such as a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7572964 | Guitar-slide ring A device that allows a musician to conveniently play both slide guitar and traditional styles, that includes a ring-shape member to accurately receive the guitarists finger, upon which a second and wider half-cylindrical shaped bearing surface is attached via a tape... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7476792 | Versatile finger ring guitar slide with variable bar length A metal guitar slide ring, for playing a stringed musical instrument such as a guitar in a slide style, is configured to accept insertion of a musician's finger and still allow the fingertips to remain flexible and free to play instrument strings. The ring is config... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7375268 | Machine with which stringed instruments will be picked or plucked A machine for placement on the fingertips of players of stringed instruments with which the strings will picked or plucked. Designed as a set, the two picks do not collide as the musician moves his or her fingers to pick the stringed instrument, The abrasion of the ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7329808 | String bending device for stringed musical instruments A string bending device for stringed instruments and methods of use are claimed. The novel device permits the user to tension a string to change the pitch and tone by means of a tension arm and attached string pad. The string pad is unique in that it possesses an ar... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7304224 | Exercise and training device for acoustic guitar players A practice and exercise device for acoustic guitar players. The device includes a housing, a plurality of strings, and a circuit to generate a sound having a tone, wherein the tone is selected from the group consisting of A, D, and E tones. The circuit is housed in ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7285709 | Modular automated assistive guitar A modular automated assistive guitar is described comprising a base assembly, a pick assembly, a strumming mechanism and a fretting mechanism which, in combination with a standard guitar or similar stringed musical instrument (e.g., banjo, steel guitar, ukulele), fo... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285708 | System of stringed musical instruments with substitutable fingerboards A stringed musical instrument having an elongate neck and a body which may have a resonant cavity at one end and a head at the other end thereof. Strings extend across the neck and, when vibrated, generate musical sounds. The invention relies upon fingerboards which... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7115806 | Intonation aid and position locator for violin family of instruments A teaching aid for instructing proper finger position on a “fret-less” stringed instrument (for example, violin, viola, cello, bass) comprises a template that is positioned along the fingerboard at the proper finger position location (i.e., “first position”)... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109405 | D tuner A tuner for a stringed instrument including a base unit, a pair of projections extending upwardly from the base unit, and a clamping bar for attachment to the base unit with a neck of the stringed instrument therebetween. The tuner also includes tuning screws for mo... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7075001 | Keyboard guitar musical instrument apparatus A musical instrument apparatus including multiple parallel strings defining a string line and a keyboard overlay positioned at an acute angle to the string line to allow for consistent playing feel by consistently positioning the hammers on the keys while allowing l... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6958439 | Dobro capo A capo for use with a dobro or similar stringed instrument. The capo includes upper and lower curved bar members, each bar member having a horizontal arm portion and a downwardly curved arm portion meeting at a juncture. The upper and lower curved bar members are pi... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6859540 | Noise reduction system for an audio system Dividing devices are provided for dividing an input information signal into a plurality of frequency bands, and a level detector is provided for detecting a level of a noise component of the information signal divided by the dividing device. A plurality of threshold... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6835880 | Guitar fretboard capo A C-clamp capo comprises a string press for clamping down on the strings of a string-instrument against a front side of a fretboard. An extension arm curves behind and has an idler clamp with a first pivot attachment. Such enables a clamping action against a backsid... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6734349 | Fingertip musical tap assembly A fingertip musical tap assembly for producing a clicking sound when the user's fingers are tapped on hard surfaces. The fingertip musical tap assembly includes straps being adapted to be fastenable about fingertips of a user; and also includes fastening members bei... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6297435 | Method and apparatus for manually modulating wavelength and manipulating sound for stringed instruments A stringed musical instrument having a bridge and a slide, such as a guitar, wherein the slide is carried by a finger on the strumming or picking hand of the musician, for contact with and movement along the strings in an area adjacent to the bridge.... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6252149 | Finger plate for a stringed instrument In a finger plate for a stringed instrument, the frets are formed arcuately and have a center of curvature through which some extending lines of strings pass, so that lengths of the strings between adjacent frets are made equal and every string crosses ev... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6242676 | Stringed instrument slide A slide for stringed instruments with a bend extension and a finger tab. The slide allows for instantaneous switching between fingered play and slide play.... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6160212 | Guitar slide A guitar slide 10 includes a cylindrical body 20 defining an internal cavity 21. The cavity is defined by a very gradually tapered inner surface 25 which tends to result in a frictional connection with the musician's finger. A forward opening 30 is reduce... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6150592 | Multiple-stringed musical instrument with levers controlling individual strings Levers are used on a multiple-stringed musical instrument to enable the player, while performing, to raise and lower the pitches of individual strings. Finger pressure upon the levers, by tightening or slackening individually selected strings, can be used... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6127615 | Stringed-instrument practice device A stringed-instrument practice device for improving a player's rhythm-hand technique involved in playing a stringed instrument. Such a device may have a generally rectangular base including a plurality of tunable strings. The base has two rests thereon wi... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6111177 | Slide bar devices and assemblies Slide bars are used by musicians when playing string instruments to achieve different effects and sounds to stylize their musical compositions Existing slide bars, when not use, are usually removed, or rotate with difficulty around the finger, to continue... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6075189 | Artificial finger tip An operator or artificial finger tip for entering commands and data into a personal data device, such as an electronic notebook, by contacting the screen of the personal data device. The operator comprises a partially rigid base which encircles the finger... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6054643 | Guitar pick with gripping means An ergonomic musician's pick or pick holder for use with string instruments, such as a guitar, mandolin, bass guitar, or ukelele, has a curved finger grip portion on one side adapted to form a finger cradle for either the thumb or index finger of a user a... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5902944 | Finger-controlled means for contacting strings on a guitar Finger-controlled members for contacting the strings on a guitar includes three string-contacting finger members, one for the index finger, one for the middle or second finger, and one for the third or ring finger. Each of the string-contacting finger mem... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5847298 | Supplemental fret attachment for musical stringed instrument A guitar includes a guitar body having a bridge, and an elongated neck having a first end connected to the guitar body and a second end joined to a head having a series of tuning pegs. A plurality of vibratable musical strings is stretched along the lengt... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5831189 | Device for facilitating the playing of stringed instruments A device for facilitating the playing of stringed instruments comprises a stand (6) with two lateral pieces (7, 7') between which is arranged a pressure plate (5) with a length which is larger than the distance between at least three crossbars (3) on a ne... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5804753 | Stringed instrument The stringed instrument includes an aluminum head formed of a stepped annular flange with a shoulder intermediate smaller and larger diameter flange portions. A groove is formed in the shoulder to enable the smaller diameter flange portion to vibrate rela... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5515762 | Guitar slide A guitar slide for permitting the user to contact a single string, or any pair of adjacent strings of a stringed instrument. The guitar slide includes a body of a length sufficient to contact any pair of adjacent strings on a stringed instrument, an inner... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5345851 | Articulated fingerboard for a stringed musical instrument A fingerboard is provided for a stringed musical instrument of the type having a nut, a bridge and a plurality of strings supported by the nut and the bridge. The fingerboard has a top surface underlying the strings and has a longitudinal axis generally p... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5287788 | Tonal exponent The `Tonal Exponent` is a mechanical device which clamps onto the neck of a stringed musical instrument and allows one or more of the instrument's strings to be selected and mechanically depressed and held-down throughout a song or a portion of a song. Th... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5056397 | Fixed fingering device for fretted stringed musical instrument An inventive fixed fingering device adapted to secure a string of a guitar or other fretted stringed instrument at selected fret positions in order to quickly and easily vary the length of the string available for vibration to change the pitch when the st... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4545281 | Device for string instruments for adjusting chords A device for adjusting chords in string instruments wherein elements for effectively shortening the musical length of a string are disposed on the instrument for taking over the former function of the fingering hand for the use in playing chords or tones.... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4222303 | Musical justification for guitars and the like A justifying device for a stringed musical instrument comprises a housing having a plurality of keys mounted in the upper part thereof for vertical movement between an initial position and a depressed position, the keys being arranged in the housing in tr... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4204454 | Instructional apparatus for stringed instrument The present invention provides a keyboard adapted to be secured over the neck of a stringed instrument. The keyboard comprises a platform which supports a plurality of depressible plungers or keys aligned in rows and positioned directly above the strings ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4195546 | Chord selector A chord selector is used on a stringed instrument such as a guitar. The selector has a body portion adapted to fit over the head end and a plurality of flexible curved arms. Each arm is movable over a base and through a passageway and has a tip projecting... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4171659 | Electrified guitar accessory An accessory for use on a guitar or similar stringed instruments comprises the combination of a rigid member adapted to be manually held against the strings of the instrument along the finger board, there being a vibration-responsive electrical pickup fix... | 10/23/1979 |
