EP3340231B1 - Guitar neck - Google Patents

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EP3340231B1
EP3340231B1 EP17001980.6A EP17001980A EP3340231B1 EP 3340231 B1 EP3340231 B1 EP 3340231B1 EP 17001980 A EP17001980 A EP 17001980A EP 3340231 B1 EP3340231 B1 EP 3340231B1
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Rafal Turkowiak
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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
    • G10D3/02—Resonating means, horns or diaphragms
    • 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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  • the present invention relates to a neck of a guitar, especially the neck of a classical guitar.
  • guitar is to be interpreted broadly and is intended to include any appropriate instrument having o body with a sound table; a neck carrying a fingerboard with frets; and strings held tightly over the sound table and finger board for creating the desired sounds.
  • the neck of the classical guitar connects the head of the guitar with the sound-box. Strings are arranged above the upper surface along the neck from the head towards the bridge of the guitar.
  • the neck of the guitar is full and inside there are some rods or other stiffening materials.
  • the neck In the cross section the neck has a semicircular shape creating the base. At the top it is connected with the fingerboard in the form of a flat or slightly convex board.
  • the WO 2016 / 154006 A1 registration form depicts the stiffening of the neck of an acoustic guitar in the form of an oblong board arranged along the neck of the guitar.
  • This board is located in the hollow from above and resembles a semicircle. In the central part of the board there is an empty oblong hollow and in its vicinity thin elements of the reinforcement made of glass fiber are embedded.
  • a guitar neck comprises: an elongated front part adapted to be covered with a fingerboard, a head at one end of the front part, and a base on the other end of the front part, where said base is adapted to connect the neck with a sound-box; additionally, in said front part there is a hollow which is formed along the entire length of the front part and a stiffening element which is placed in said hollow; and further containing acoustic tubes in the form of acoustic through holes, situated in both sides of the base with respect to the top side of the neck, near the place where the front part changes into said base; and further comprising grooves in the base, which are open at the top of said base and limited each by a respective side which is in the shape of a bow; and wherein the grooves form chambers when covered with a fingerboard, and each of the grooves is formed to connect the hollow from the front part to a respective through hole of the acoustic through holes.
  • each of the sound holes has the shape similar to an ellipse.
  • stiffening element is empty inside and open at the top, and the shape of the stiffening element in the cross section corresponds to the shape of the hollow in the cross section.
  • an upper part of the base has a flat surface constituting an extension of the flat framing of the front part.
  • the neck built in accordance with the invention enables to get high acoustic properties, much better than those applied in the traditional guitar.
  • the invention enables sound transmission from the first fret through the neck of the guitar onto the sound board, which is better than the one in the traditional guitar.
  • Inside the neck of the guitar acoustic pressure is created which finds its way out through the two sound through holes located behind the twelfth fret. These holes constitute acoustic tubes. A musician playing the guitar can hear sounds coming not only from the acoustic box but from the neck as well.
  • the neck 3 of the guitar in accordance with said invention also called the guitar neck is equipped with the head 1 located on one end of the neck 3, connected with the sound-box 2 on the other end 24 where we can find a sound hole 6.
  • the strings 5 are arranged above the upper surface 15 along the neck 3 from the head 1 towards the guitar bridge 4.
  • the neck 3 contains acoustic tubes 7, each featuring an acoustic through hole 14.
  • the neck 3 features a single element made of wood, preferably maple or any other hardwood and consists of the front part 8 changing into the base 9 where it is attached to the sound-box 2.
  • the front part 8 from the front side and on both sides there is a flat frame 10 changing into a hollow 11 situated along the entire length of the front part 8.
  • the hollow 11 from the base 9 forms a tilted area 12 located in the base 9 changing into acoustic through holes 14.
  • the acoustic holes 14 forming acoustic tubes 7 are located on both sides 13 of the base 9 near the place where the front part 8 creates the base 9.
  • Each of the sound holes 14 has a shape resembling an elongated, asymmetrical ellipse.
  • Acoustic inserts 18 are placed in acoustic through holes 14.
  • the shape of the acoustic insert 18 corresponds to the shape of the sound hole 14.
  • the upper part 15 of the base 9 is flat.
  • the grooves 16 open from above limited by the sides 17 in the shape of bows.
  • the grooves 16 form chambers.
  • front view from side A the front part 8 has the shape of a circular segment.
  • the base 9 has a shape of a narrow extended unilateral trapezium with one straight side 22 located at the frame 10 and the other tilted side 23 rising towards the end 24 of the neck 3.
  • stiffening element 19 which in cross section corresponds to the shape of the hollow 11 in the cross section.
  • the stiffening element 19 is empty inside and open from the top and its surface 20 shapes a bow.
  • the stiffening element 19 is made of aluminium, fibre glass or any other material with stiffening properties.
  • the neck 3 along with the stiffening element 19 is covered with the fingerboard 21 with metal frets 25.

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US647173A (en) * 1899-08-21 1900-04-10 Gerhard Almcrantz Guitar.
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