EP0273372A3 - Neck for string instruments - Google Patents

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EP0273372A3
EP0273372A3 EP87119070A EP87119070A EP0273372A3 EP 0273372 A3 EP0273372 A3 EP 0273372A3 EP 87119070 A EP87119070 A EP 87119070A EP 87119070 A EP87119070 A EP 87119070A EP 0273372 A3 EP0273372 A3 EP 0273372A3
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rod
neck
blind
effective length
rod member
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Walter Zeitler
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Wilfer Hans-Peter
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10D1/00—General design of stringed musical instruments
    • G10D1/04—Plucked or strummed string instruments, e.g. harps or lyres
    • G10D1/05—Plucked or strummed string instruments, e.g. harps or lyres with fret boards or fingerboards
    • G10D1/08—Guitars
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10D3/00—Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars
    • G10D3/06—Necks; Fingerboards, e.g. fret boards

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Abstract

A neck rod member for stringed instruments, particularly for bass guitars. The rod member includes two oblong rod portions which extend parallel relative to each other and essentially contact one another. At one end of the rod member, the portions are fixedly connected to each other, for example, by rivets. At the other free ends of the rod portions, a mechanism for effectively shortening the length of one of the rod portions relative to the effective length of the other rod portion is provided. The neck of the instrument defines an oblong blind-end hole which is open at the free end of the neck. The rod member can be inserted into the blind-end hole in such a way that the mechanism for shortening the effective length of the first rod portion is accessible from the open end of the blind-end bore. The neck rod member includes another mechanism for shortening the effective length of the second rod portion relative to the effective length of the first rod portion. This second mechanism is also accessible from the open end of the blind-end hole.
EP87119070A 1986-12-30 1987-12-22 Trussrod for string instruments Expired - Lifetime EP0273372B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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AT87119070T ATE88592T1 (en) 1986-12-30 1987-12-22 TRUSROD FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS.

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DE19863644694 DE3644694A1 (en) 1986-12-30 1986-12-30 ROD FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS
DE3644694 1986-12-30

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EP0273372A2 EP0273372A2 (en) 1988-07-06
EP0273372A3 true EP0273372A3 (en) 1989-08-16
EP0273372B1 EP0273372B1 (en) 1993-04-21

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EP87119070A Expired - Lifetime EP0273372B1 (en) 1986-12-30 1987-12-22 Trussrod for string instruments

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EP (1) EP0273372B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE88592T1 (en)
DE (2) DE3644694A1 (en)
ES (1) ES2041260T3 (en)

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DE4123319A1 (en) * 1991-07-13 1993-01-21 Warwick Bass Guitars Inh Hans ROD FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS
US6259008B1 (en) * 1999-01-27 2001-07-10 Steven W. Eddinger Double-action truss rod for stringed instruments
ATE298917T1 (en) * 2000-11-01 2005-07-15 Hans-Peter Wilfer NECK FOR A STRINGED INSTRUMENT
US7507887B1 (en) * 2007-06-08 2009-03-24 Blanchard Mark W Precision double acting truss for stringed musical instruments

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US3416399A (en) * 1966-07-28 1968-12-17 Giovanni E. Baldoni Reinforced guitar neck
US4203342A (en) * 1978-09-25 1980-05-20 Montgomery John R Device for affecting deflection control of an elongated musical instrument shaft
US4308780A (en) * 1980-04-17 1982-01-05 Les Guitares Norman Inc. Warp restoring device for the neck of a stringed musical instrument
DE3415752A1 (en) * 1983-05-06 1984-11-08 CBS Inc., New York, N.Y. GUITAR NECK WITH INTEGRATED ROD ANCHOR
US4508003A (en) * 1982-09-30 1985-04-02 Smakula Peter H Truss rod apparatus

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US2460943A (en) * 1947-10-30 1949-02-08 William W Nelson Neck straightening device for musical instruments
DE7824673U1 (en) * 1978-08-18 1979-03-01 Kollitz Brdr Musikinstr Ohg CLAMPING DEVICE FOR PLUCKING INSTRUMENTS

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3416399A (en) * 1966-07-28 1968-12-17 Giovanni E. Baldoni Reinforced guitar neck
US4203342A (en) * 1978-09-25 1980-05-20 Montgomery John R Device for affecting deflection control of an elongated musical instrument shaft
US4308780A (en) * 1980-04-17 1982-01-05 Les Guitares Norman Inc. Warp restoring device for the neck of a stringed musical instrument
US4508003A (en) * 1982-09-30 1985-04-02 Smakula Peter H Truss rod apparatus
DE3415752A1 (en) * 1983-05-06 1984-11-08 CBS Inc., New York, N.Y. GUITAR NECK WITH INTEGRATED ROD ANCHOR

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ES2041260T3 (en) 1993-11-16
US4852449A (en) 1989-08-01
EP0273372A2 (en) 1988-07-06
ATE88592T1 (en) 1993-05-15
EP0273372B1 (en) 1993-04-21
DE3785564D1 (en) 1993-05-27
DE3644694C2 (en) 1990-11-29
DE3644694A1 (en) 1988-07-14

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