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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7812238 | Device for mouthpiece exercises for a woodwind instrument A device for mouthpiece exercises for learning to play a woodwind instrument includes a mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument and a damper which can be placed onto the mouthpiece. The damper has a tubular section at its end facing the mouthpiece and can be inserted in... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7365263 | Intonation training device An intonation training device for training musicians in just intonation. As disclosed, the device is a pocket-sized portable device with an audio output and a user interface which includes an LCD display and a device such as a push button for selecting an item from ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351897 | Wind instrument finger exercise device A wind instrument manifesting a trumpet and a French horn, for example, is for exercising the fingers includes key plungers arranged on a top wall of a housing with the plungers supported by a movable plate in the housing chamber. Springs are associated with each pl... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7262359 | Digital recording device for electric guitars and the like A digital recording device includes a housing that is engageable with a lower curvature of a guitar's frame. The housing includes an arcuate inner surface, an arcuate outer surface coextensively shaped with the inner surface, and a padded member conjoined to the ext... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262354 | Stringed practice device and method The disclosed apparatus relates to a stringed practice device comprising: a neck with an upper end and a lower end; a headstock coupled to the lower end of the neck; and where the headstock comprises a plurality of tuning posts. The disclosed method relates to a usi... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256336 | Stringed instrument and associated fret mapping method A stringed instrument and associated fret mapping method. The instrument includes a neck having a fret board provided with a plurality of frets having offset string contact regions along their length, whereby accurate intonation of a note is achieved when a string i... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7230175 | Portable exerciser for stringed instrument players A handle for grasping by one hand and a neck with a fingerboard for fingering with the other hand for use by stringed instrument players. The fingerboard is correlated to a section of the fret-board of a conventional stringed instrument such as a guitar, bass, or ba... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7157633 | Simulated stringed instrument practice device A simulated stringed musical instrument practice device having integrally formed longitudinal ridges simulating strings is herein disclosed. The present invention generally comprises an elongated section of material that is similar in shape to the neck of a conventi... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7064260 | Stringed instrument finger training device A small, portable device used to exercise and train the fingers of a stringed instrument player. The device is a rigid, short neck body, u-shaped in cross-section and designed to simulate a short section of the neck of a stringed instrument, such as a guitar. The ne... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6982375 | Musical teaching device and method A musical teaching device has a carriage to be placed in juxtaposition with a piano keyboard. The carriage has a pair of gloves slidably attached to move along the length of the carriage. The fingers of the gloves include signaling devices to indicate proper movemen... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6911011 | Digit therapy device A digit therapy device and method for progressively desensitizing a patient's sensitive digit tip such as a sensitive tip of a finger, thumb, toe or big toe. In one embodiment of the invention, the device comprises at least one elongated flexible member and an optio... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6768045 | Practice appliance A new and improved sound reflector and a mouthpiece mount. The mouthpiece mount is secured to the sound reflector to position a mouthpiece adjacent to and generally perpendicular of the reflector. ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6683240 | Drummers foot exerciser and bass drum practice pedal An adjustable spring-loaded hinge connects a pedal with a base normally biased at an acute angle. The spring which is adjustable in tension resists downward movement of the pedal to provide exercise and practice for a drummer. A height adjustable stop lim... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6414229 | Portable electronic ear-training apparatus and method therefor A portable electronic device and method therefor provide a user with all the high quality synthesized instruments associated with a computer software ear-training method, along with some additional unique features. Such features include the provision of: ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6031168 | Practice bagpipe chanter The present invention is a practice chanter for simulating a bagpipe chanter. In its most basic form, the practice chanter of the present invention includes a flexible airtube, a fipple head attached to the flexible airtube, and a rigid whistle tube attac... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5955125 | Confectionary holder The present invention relates to a confectionary holder which simulates the sound of rain as the holder is vertically positioned. The holder comprises a transparent tube having ends, two sides, and at least two sets of indents directed inward toward the c... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5952593 | Removable frets for fretted stringed musical instruments A fretted stringed musical instrument is provided with channels which can removably accommodate frets. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the channels are provided at locations where it is sometimes, but not always, desirable to have a fret. The ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5952595 | Chord hand finger conditioner for guitar players A exercising and conditioning device is used in the chord hand of people who play a guitar or similar stringed instruments. The device has a body with an upper surface containing a longitudinal groove. At least one string is tensioned within the groove be... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5756914 | Fitness fingerboard for guitarists A finger exerciser is disclosed for use to train and strengthen the finger mechanics of a musician on a stringed musical instrument such as a guitar. The string tension is adjustable to provide a variation in tension for the fingers to displace the string... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5744737 | Muscle control development system and kit therefor A muscle control development system for developing selected hand, wrist and arm muscles of a user includes first and second rimless pads formed of a resilient, elastically deformable material. The first pad is a pancake pad having a relatively thin profil... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5533949 | Hand-muscle developer with music producing means A hand-muscle developer including a casing, a strap for fastening the casing to the hand, a music IC circuit board installed inside the casing, a speaker mounted on the casing and connected to the music IC circuit board, a battery power supply to provide ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 4776323 | Biofeedback system for an exerciser A biofeedback system to train an exerciser while he carries out athletic activity in which his arm or feet members move rhythmically, the system translating this movement into an audible musical rhythm which makes it possible for the exerciser to being hi... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4765608 | Finger exerciser This device is designed to fit on the wrist and fingers of a musician, so as to develop the hand and fingers for better speed and coordination. Primarily, it consists of a fork secured to the wrist of the user, and tines of the fork are provided with slee... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4739689 | Thumb rest for stringed musical instrument A player's finger rest for the body of a guitar, or the like, includes a slide having a slideway oriented generally along the length of the strings, and a pivotable finger lever supported on a pivot shaft which is movable along the slideway, whereby the f... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4696220 | Violin student sizing device The device consists of a chin rest which simulates the chin rest portion of a violin and rests on the shoulder of the violin player and underneath the chin. The hollow tube with markings extends from the chin rest portion of the device. A second tube tele... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4658697 | Training mouthpiece for brass instruments A training mouthpiece for brass instruments in which the walls of the mouthpiece are made of transparent material and the walls of the mouthpiece are of constant thickness to minimize or avoid distoration of view through the walls. The undistorted visual ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4619250 | Therapeutic appliance for improving functions of hand fingers A therapeutic appliance for improving the functions of an individual's carpal joints, hand and fingers includes a palm splint cloth shaped so as to accommodate a hand with its fingers spread apart. Finger retainer members are disposed on the front surface... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4581973 | Pad with drumhead for electronic drum A pad for an electronic drum has a vibration responsive plate that is mounted on a cushion and has on its upper surface a relatively thin buffer pad, the plate having cushioning means on its outer edge between it and peripheral supporting structure, and a... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4581972 | Pad for electronic drum A pad for an electronic drum has a vibration responsive plate that is mounted on a cushion and has on its upper surface a relatively thin buffer pad, the plate having cushioning means on its outer edge between it and peripheral supporting structure, so th... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4557176 | Practice drumstick A drumstick having an elongated, hollow, non-tapered body portion with a closed, rounded striking tip at one end and an open, non-tipped portion at the opposite end. The manner of practice playing is the same as that used in conventional live performance ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4522197 | Gloves for recovering the functions of the carpal joint, the hand and the fingers Web-like triangular sacs are disposed between the finger stalls of a glove-shaped body to fan the respective fingers by feeding compressed air into the sacs. A plurality of sacs are arranged on the palm portion of the body, each running from the relative ... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4505178 | Chord hand callus exerciser Disclosed is a training device useful to people who play guitar or similar stringed instruments. Its main purpose is to build hard callus pads on the ends of the fingers used in chording the guitar. Its secondary purpose is to strengthen the muscles used ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4428268 | Self-contained guitar amplification system The invention is an improved amplification system for guitars that does not require electrical energy. The system is self-contained and intended for use by the guitarist to listen to the music that he produces on an electrical-type guitar without connecti... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4406208 | Music teaching aid A music teaching device for coordinating oscillatory downward and upward foot movement with basic musical time divisions includes a platform providing a primary foot impact surface. The platform has a detachable subassembly including a pair of upstanding ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4378724 | Wind instrument practice accessory A practice device for brass and woodwind musical instruments projects into one end of the instrument mouthpiece affording resistance like that of the instrument. Resilient gripping members hold the device at a position selected by the player so that a rea... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4364298 | Stringed simulator A stringed simulator 10 is provided which is portable, compact and produces low sound levels. The simulator 10 enables a player to practice both right and left hand fingering which closely simulates practice on a corresponding full-size instrument. The si... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4285263 | Wind-instrument fingering guide A finger guide for a clarinet has two substantially rectilinear rods that are connected by an offset-rod portion that holds the two rod portions in offset positions. Mounting posts on either end of the rectilinear rods fit in a sleeve extending radially f... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4245544 | Mouthpiece practice holder and tuning adjuster A mouthpiece practice holder has a base which approximates the envelope of that portion of a brass instrument normally held by the left hand and supports a mouthpiece from a brass instrument for practice playing or buzzing. A mouthpiece rod is adjustably ... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4235143 | Simulated violoncello A simulated violoncello having an elongated body shaped in conformity with the fingerboard of a violoncello and a pair of curved panels adapted for confinement between the knees of the user and attached to the body to simulate the knee-held side portions ... | 11/25/1980 |
