US1577245A - Tuning device for violins - Google Patents
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- vIn the accompanying "drawings; forming v m/F'part of this specifi 'cationz 1 jFi'gure 1- is a plan" viewshowing' the arrang'e'ment' of my 'novel device between the tail-,pieceand the bridge of a, violin.
- Figure 2 is altra'nsverse section taken Figure -1,rlooking toward the right. 7 Figure; 3 isaniend elevation "of my novel device in [proper relationto violin strings.
- novel device comprises a c'oncavo-convex body EL,- prefer- ,2 while the lip the tuning the ably of sheetv metal.
- the said "body 4 is provided with four apertures 5 and is also provided with curvilinear lips '6 and 7, the lip GbeingshoWn higher than" the lip 7 in about the extent indicated, and the "lip .6 being arranged adjacent to the" bridge 7 is arranged ⁇ adj acent ito the tail piece'l; Q1111 addition to the body 4: the'devicejcom- I I prises 'a plurality of beaded screws '8,"and
- the novel tuning device being arranged ,on'and engaged Withthe several strings3 in the manner illustrated, all that is neces sary to ftune'the strings to correct pitch is to adjust thenuts 9 on the screws 8.
- Man'-' I "It will be apparent from'theforegoing 9 may be nickel plated or otherwise embel lished' with a view to enchan'cing the finished appearance of'the violin. s
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- March 16 ,1926.
F.A.BUA fv TUNING DEVICE FOR VIOLINS Filed March 19, 1924 ATTORNEY 1T0 all whomjt mag concern;
Patented, Mag -ie rnnivxnl nui r; or ILODI, new-JERSEY; a
TUNING imvrcnron vIoLnvs.
' f i Application'filed'llIarch 19, 1924. Serial No. 700,339. g
7 citizen" of Zth'ez UnitedfQStat'esQ'residing at ;-Lodi, in the county. of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have" invented new and use- *ful Improvementsin Tuning Devices for 'Violins, ofwhich the following is a specifica 1 tioni c V a"violin may be expeditiously and easily tuned to correct-pitch.'- g I i ,The tuning device of my invention is also advantageous because it is susceptible of beingfembellished so that when applied I i to a viol-in it will enchance rather than detract from the finishedappearance of the invention consists in the improvement as (hereinafter describedand definitely claimed;
vIn the accompanying "drawings; forming v m/F'part of this specifi 'cationz 1 jFi'gure 1- is a plan" viewshowing' the arrang'e'ment' of my 'novel device between the tail-,pieceand the bridge of a, violin.
Figure 2'is altra'nsverse section taken Figure -1,rlooking toward the right. 7 Figure; 3 isaniend elevation "of my novel device in [proper relationto violin strings.
Figure it is an enlarged detail section taken in the plane i'ndicated by thezli'ne 4.-& of
' 1 imilar numerals ofreference designate i corresponding parts in 'all of the"* views of [the drawings.= v 1 g T flIn Figure 1,-Jthe; tail piece of a VlOllIl ile the four strings novel device for four strings to correctypitch is arranged fibetweenthe tail piece '1 andthebridge 2 as' is clearly shownin Figure 1,.gwhile the arrangementofthe device relative to the violin strings 3 is brought out in' Figure l and'also in Figures 3 and 4;
Among other elementsiny novel device comprises a c'oncavo-convex body EL,- prefer- ,2 while the lip the tuning the ably of sheetv metal. The said "body 4 is provided with four apertures 5 and is also provided with curvilinear lips '6 and 7, the lip GbeingshoWn higher than" the lip 7 in about the extent indicated, and the "lip .6 being arranged adjacent to the" bridge 7 is arranged {adj acent ito the tail piece'l; Q1111 addition to the body 4: the'devicejcom- I I prises 'a plurality of beaded screws '8,"and
nuts 9.,of sleeve type,. the said nuts 9 hav ing rounded" lower ends 10 to engage the strings without injury thereto; When desired the upper ends of the nuts 9 which] i I are enlarged as illustrated may be knurled as indicated by 11 in Figure 3 so as" to facilitate theturning of the nuts through the; medium of. the thumb andfforefinger of the performer. The screws 8' receive the strings Binthe' slots 12 of thejscrews, and f thence there isno-j liability of the screws beingturned about their axes whenthenuts 9 [are turned downon-the strings. v H
The novel tuning device being arranged ,on'and engaged Withthe several strings3 in the manner illustrated, all that is neces sary to ftune'the strings to correct pitch is to adjust thenuts 9 on the screws 8. Man'-' I "It will be apparent from'theforegoing 9 may be nickel plated or otherwise embel lished' with a view to enchan'cing the finished appearance of'the violin. s
ifestly this maybe quickly and easily "done, I p p v and the correct pitch readily attained.- f in the plane indicatedby the line 2-2 of fthat .not only the 'body't, .but the nuts 5 l i I have entered into afdetailed descrip- I tion of the construction andrelative arrangement of the parts embracedin the pres} 'entand preferred embodiment of my in-{ ,a
vention-in order to impart afull, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment.
I ,do not desire," however; to befunderstood asconfining myself to the specific construction and relative arrangement ,of parts inasmuch as in the future. practice of the invention various, changes and modifications may bel made such asrfall i'within' the scope of myinvention as defined in claim.
my appended Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters- Patent, is v I A tuning device of the character described
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Cited By (9)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2534431A (en) * | 1948-03-26 | 1950-12-19 | Ferriera John | String tensioning means |
US2825256A (en) * | 1954-11-22 | 1958-03-04 | Walter A Reich | Universal vibrato for musical instruments |
US3830132A (en) * | 1973-04-10 | 1974-08-20 | C Lowe | Tuning peg |
US4549460A (en) * | 1983-05-06 | 1985-10-29 | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | Electric bass guitar incorporating fine-tuning and string length-adjusting means |
US5018424A (en) * | 1988-11-01 | 1991-05-28 | Steinberger Sound Corporation | Tuning peg |
US5103708A (en) * | 1991-01-16 | 1992-04-14 | Steinberger Sound Corporation | Gearless tuner |
US20040194609A1 (en) * | 2003-04-03 | 2004-10-07 | Allen Timothy M. | Microtuner for stringed musical instruments |
GB2433156A (en) * | 2005-12-10 | 2007-06-13 | Alasdair James Bryce | Alternative tuning device for stringed musical instruments |
US20100089219A1 (en) * | 2008-10-14 | 2010-04-15 | D Arco Daniel | Tuning Stabilizer for Stringed Instrument |
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Cited By (14)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2534431A (en) * | 1948-03-26 | 1950-12-19 | Ferriera John | String tensioning means |
US2825256A (en) * | 1954-11-22 | 1958-03-04 | Walter A Reich | Universal vibrato for musical instruments |
US3830132A (en) * | 1973-04-10 | 1974-08-20 | C Lowe | Tuning peg |
US4549460A (en) * | 1983-05-06 | 1985-10-29 | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | Electric bass guitar incorporating fine-tuning and string length-adjusting means |
US5018424A (en) * | 1988-11-01 | 1991-05-28 | Steinberger Sound Corporation | Tuning peg |
US5103708A (en) * | 1991-01-16 | 1992-04-14 | Steinberger Sound Corporation | Gearless tuner |
US20040194609A1 (en) * | 2003-04-03 | 2004-10-07 | Allen Timothy M. | Microtuner for stringed musical instruments |
US6806411B1 (en) | 2003-04-03 | 2004-10-19 | Timothy M. Allen | Microtuner for stringed musical instruments |
GB2433156A (en) * | 2005-12-10 | 2007-06-13 | Alasdair James Bryce | Alternative tuning device for stringed musical instruments |
US20070131083A1 (en) * | 2005-12-10 | 2007-06-14 | Bryce Alasdair J | Alternative tuning device for stringed musical instruments |
US7414184B2 (en) * | 2005-12-10 | 2008-08-19 | Alasdair James Bryce | Alternative tuning device for stringed musical instruments |
GB2433156B (en) * | 2005-12-10 | 2011-07-06 | Alasdair James Bryce | Alternative tuning device for stringed musical instruments |
US20100089219A1 (en) * | 2008-10-14 | 2010-04-15 | D Arco Daniel | Tuning Stabilizer for Stringed Instrument |
US7858865B2 (en) * | 2008-10-14 | 2010-12-28 | D Arco Daniel | Tuning stabilizer for stringed instrument |
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