EP0120363A2 - Une corde pour un instrument de musique - Google Patents
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- EP0120363A2 EP0120363A2 EP84102474A EP84102474A EP0120363A2 EP 0120363 A2 EP0120363 A2 EP 0120363A2 EP 84102474 A EP84102474 A EP 84102474A EP 84102474 A EP84102474 A EP 84102474A EP 0120363 A2 EP0120363 A2 EP 0120363A2
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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
- G10D3/00—Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars
- G10D3/10—Strings
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- This invention relates to strings for musical instruments.
- the musical field is one which has been the focus of much attention, with professional musicians and amateurs at home expressing a great deal of interest in every aspect of music and in the equipment used to perform music. This has been true both with respect to those who are active in performing music for a living and those who merely enjoy playing musical instruments as a hobby.
- strings for musical instruments have been supplied to musicians in long, virtually unmeasured lengths.
- strings are tied onto one end of an instrument, e.g. the bridge or tailpiece, thereby providing a fixed end of the string, and are then pulled towards the tuning end of the instrument, called the "peghead".
- the string is twisted several times around a cylindrical "tuning peg” or “tuning post” and then the loose end threaded through a transverse hole defined radially through the tuning post.
- the string has to be double threaded through the hole to prevent its smooth, silky surface from slipping loose from the post in a snake-like way and thus de-tuning the instrument at an undesirable time. Excess string then has to be removed, by breaking or cutting, so that the excess length does not pose a hazard to the musician's hands or eyes, etc.
- the art has developed rather unsatisfactory.
- the smooth surface for example of a hand-affixed steel string, often slips around the post, or becomes so securely tied that it is most difficult to change, and often causes skin punctures during the replacement operation.
- the pin does not seat fully within the bore through the tuning peg but protrudes radially outwardly therefrom.
- Such protrusion leads to the likelihood that any coils of the string wrapped about the peg and the protruding pin would slip off during play, thereby changing diameter and thus de-tuning the instrument.
- a general object of the present invention is to provide a string for a musical instrument which overcomes the aforementioned difficulties of the prior art.
- a string for a musical instrument which string has a bridge peg attachment end and a tuning peg attachment end, characterised in that the tuning post attachment end is formed to provide a pin portion that is stiffened to resist bending.
- the invention provides a string for a musical instrument, which string has a bridge peg attachment end and a tuning peg attachment end, characterised in that said tuning peg attachment end includes an integrally formed pin portion thereat which is slightly larger in diametral cross-section than said string, which is longitudinally strengthened to resist bending, is adapted to be received freely and snugly in a transverse hole in a tuning peg, and which has a length substantially no greater than the diametral distance of said transverse hole, thereby facilitating securing of said string to said peg without relative slippage therebetween.
- the string is passed inside a steel tube and secured by a substantial crimp or swage which pinches the string inside the tube and prevents its release.
- the stiffening means can be achieved in the form of a part molded directly onto the string end portion, or by sharply folding back the end portion to double the thickness thereof followed by a tubular coating with a hardenable molding compound.
- a steel tube is crimped, swaged, glued or otherwise non-removably attached to the end of a musical string to prevent its slippage from the hole of the tuning post.
- each of the strings may be cut to a predetermined length so that a musician does not have to remove any excess length when fitting the string.
- the stiffened end portion of the string has a diameter which is slightly less than the diameter of the hole through standard tuning posts, so that the end portion passes freely but snugly therethrough.
- the stiffened end portion of the string has a sufficiently small overall diameter as to pass through the tailpiece or bridge attachment members without obstruction or interference.
- a musical string's snake-like sinuous character may be inhibited at the tuning post end by enlargement and stiffening thereat.
- Figures IA and IB illustrate two conventional bridge peg end treatments for the strings 20.
- Figure lA shows an end 26 which has been looped and twisted back upon itself to form a conventional loop-end. The loop-end 26 is fitted over a bridge peg in the bridge 24 or in a tailpiece to secure a string 20 (not shown).
- Figure IB illustrates a conventional ball-end 28 for a string 20, wherein a ball 30 is securely held within a looped and twisted end of the string 20.
- the ball end is engaged with a notched recess on the bridge 24, or coacts with bridge pegs 22, to lock the strings 20 to the bridge 24 of the guitar.
- a string of the invention may be secured at the "bridge end" using either of these conventional techniques, or any other suitable method.
- a steel tube 32 is fitted over the tuning post end of the string 20.
- the tube 32 is the crimped, as indicated at 34, to the string 20 to become securely interlocked therewith.
- a simple hand held crimping tool (not shown) may be used to enable the tube 32 to be crimped by a musician, or by a salesperson at a retail string sales outlet, so that the string 20 may be tailored to suit a particular instrument in the field. Excess string length may then be removed, after the tube 32 has been crimped onto the string at the desired location.
- a swageable steel tube 36 is fitted over the tuning post end of a string 20.
- the tube 36 is then multiply swaged as shown to become securely interlocked to the string end.
- the tube 36 in Figure 3 may be swaged, using a portable swaging tool, by a musician or retail sales person in the field.
- the tuning post end 42 of a string 20 is formed into a strengthened pin by being folded back sharply and then spiral twisted tightly about itself to yield a tuning post pin with a desired stiffness.
- a tube 48 is secured to the tuning post end of the string 20 by an electric spot weld, as at 50.
- a tube 56 is secured to the tuning post end of a string 20 by a suitable cement such as a cured cyanoacrylate, or a suitable polymerizable epoxy resin compound, as indicated at 58.
- a suitable cement such as a cured cyanoacrylate, or a suitable polymerizable epoxy resin compound, as indicated at 58.
- Figure 9 shows one conventional method used to secure a string to a tuning post 60, wherein, a conventional string is bent sharply on both sides of the tuning post 60 to prevent it from slipping.
- Figure 10 illustrates the installation and operation of the stiffened end of a string 20 of the present invention relative to a tuning post 60.
- a string 20, having its outer tuning post end portion 62 stiffened by, for example, a steel tube, may easily be installed upon a tuning post 60 by inserting the stiffened portion 62 through the hole of the tuning post 60 and bending the string 20 back sharply at an inside end of the stiffened portion 62.
- the stiffened portion 62 prevents the string 20 from slipping out of the tuning post 60.
- the tube or stiffened portion is desirably no longer than the diameter of the tuning post 60, so that there are no protrusions sticking out from the tuning post 60.
- the stiffness of the pin portion 62 is sufficient to prevent the string 20 from slipping relative to the post 60 and, due to the stiffness of the pin portion 62, the string 20 is secured to the post 60 by tension developed in the direction of the bridge 24, indicated in the Figure by an arrow 64.
- the free end of the string 20 is desirably cut flush to the outer end of the stiffened portion 62 so that the musician does not have to deal with the loose end after installation of the string in an instrument.
- the stiffened portion 62 cannot pull out of the tuning post hole.
- the knob (not shown) of a tuning mechanism 18 that operates the tuning post 60 can rapidly and easily be turned to wind the string 20 tightly about its tuning post 60.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US47913083A | 1983-03-28 | 1983-03-28 | |
US479130 | 1983-03-28 |
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EP0120363A2 true EP0120363A2 (fr) | 1984-10-03 |
EP0120363A3 EP0120363A3 (fr) | 1985-05-15 |
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EP84102474A Withdrawn EP0120363A3 (fr) | 1983-03-28 | 1984-03-08 | Une corde pour un instrument de musique |
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JP (1) | JPS59180589A (fr) |
Cited By (7)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2226910A (en) * | 1988-11-26 | 1990-07-11 | Hugh Manson | Termination of metallic wire musical instrument strings |
DE4432107A1 (de) * | 1994-09-09 | 1995-04-13 | Gisbert Paech | Glockenharfe |
EP0806757A2 (fr) * | 1996-05-06 | 1997-11-12 | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | Fabrication des cordes de guitare |
US6677511B2 (en) | 2000-05-15 | 2004-01-13 | Velvet Strings Sa | String for musical instrument |
WO2009075644A1 (fr) * | 2007-12-13 | 2009-06-18 | Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab | Corde à musique |
GB2504514A (en) * | 2012-07-28 | 2014-02-05 | Andrew John Mccann | A string locking device used when restringing a musical instrument |
DE102022108527A1 (de) | 2022-04-08 | 2023-10-12 | Hüter der Klänge GmbH | Saite für ein Musikinstrument |
Families Citing this family (2)
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JPH0741035Y2 (ja) * | 1988-09-01 | 1995-09-20 | カシオ計算機株式会社 | 弦固定機構 |
CN114120938A (zh) * | 2021-12-22 | 2022-03-01 | 扬州本之源高分子材料科技有限公司 | 一种具有防污防锈耐老化功能的双涂层纳米琴弦 |
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GB237342A (en) * | 1924-04-23 | 1925-07-23 | William Robert Mcclelland | Improvements in or relating to strings for musical instruments |
DE512676C (de) * | 1927-11-05 | 1930-11-15 | Max Selbach | Saite fuer Musikinstrumente |
US1987069A (en) * | 1933-09-25 | 1935-01-08 | Herman H Kroeplin | Means for preventing slipping of violin strings in tuning |
US3881236A (en) * | 1972-07-24 | 1975-05-06 | Columbia Broadcasting Syst Inc | Method of providing ball ends on guitar strings |
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- 1984-03-08 EP EP84102474A patent/EP0120363A3/fr not_active Withdrawn
- 1984-03-16 JP JP59052073A patent/JPS59180589A/ja active Pending
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GB237342A (en) * | 1924-04-23 | 1925-07-23 | William Robert Mcclelland | Improvements in or relating to strings for musical instruments |
DE512676C (de) * | 1927-11-05 | 1930-11-15 | Max Selbach | Saite fuer Musikinstrumente |
US1987069A (en) * | 1933-09-25 | 1935-01-08 | Herman H Kroeplin | Means for preventing slipping of violin strings in tuning |
US3881236A (en) * | 1972-07-24 | 1975-05-06 | Columbia Broadcasting Syst Inc | Method of providing ball ends on guitar strings |
Cited By (9)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2226910A (en) * | 1988-11-26 | 1990-07-11 | Hugh Manson | Termination of metallic wire musical instrument strings |
DE4432107A1 (de) * | 1994-09-09 | 1995-04-13 | Gisbert Paech | Glockenharfe |
EP0806757A2 (fr) * | 1996-05-06 | 1997-11-12 | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | Fabrication des cordes de guitare |
EP0806757A3 (fr) * | 1996-05-06 | 1998-07-08 | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | Fabrication des cordes de guitare |
US5913257A (en) * | 1996-05-06 | 1999-06-15 | Fender Musical Instruments Corp. | Method of manufacturing guitar strings, and guitar strings resulting from such method |
US6677511B2 (en) | 2000-05-15 | 2004-01-13 | Velvet Strings Sa | String for musical instrument |
WO2009075644A1 (fr) * | 2007-12-13 | 2009-06-18 | Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab | Corde à musique |
GB2504514A (en) * | 2012-07-28 | 2014-02-05 | Andrew John Mccann | A string locking device used when restringing a musical instrument |
DE102022108527A1 (de) | 2022-04-08 | 2023-10-12 | Hüter der Klänge GmbH | Saite für ein Musikinstrument |
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JPS59180589A (ja) | 1984-10-13 |
EP0120363A3 (fr) | 1985-05-15 |
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