JP3876417B2 - Method for manufacturing frets for stringed instruments - Google Patents

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JP3876417B2
JP3876417B2 JP2003112375A JP2003112375A JP3876417B2 JP 3876417 B2 JP3876417 B2 JP 3876417B2 JP 2003112375 A JP2003112375 A JP 2003112375A JP 2003112375 A JP2003112375 A JP 2003112375A JP 3876417 B2 JP3876417 B2 JP 3876417B2
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
この発明は、アコーステックギター等の弦楽器に用いられる弦楽器用フレットの製造方法に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
ギター等の弦楽器においては、指板に細長い金属片からなるフレットを弦の張設方向に所定の間隙において複数個植設され、このフレットによって弦の支持点を変えることにより、1フレット毎に半音ずつ音が変わるようにしている。
【0003】
フレットは、例えば特許文献1の図9に示すような形状で、その従来例を図示すれば、図10に示される。このフレット1は断面形状が半円形の細長いフレット本体2と、このフレット本体2の下面中央に全長にわたって一体に形成の脚部 3を備え、前記フレット本体2の両端はその長手方向に対し直角に切断されると共に、脚部3の両端は端から後退した位置で同じくその長手方向に対して直角に切断されている。このような形状のままフレット製造会社等から納入される。
【0004】
前述のフレット1は図11に示すように、棹16の上方に一体的に接着の指板17に形成のフレット挿入溝18内に押圧されて取付られる。すると、フレットの両端は指板17から突出し、このままでは指に刺さって使用できない。そのために、端を前記指板17の側面の断面形状に添ってバフにて点線の所まで削り取り作業が行われる。
【0005】
【特許文献1】
特開2002−41029号公報
【0006】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
このように、フレットを指板に取付けてから、指板から突出する端を削り取り作業をしなければならない工程が残っていた。この削り取り作業もフレットの指板への取付の誤差(巾方向誤差)が生じる時までは、効果を持っていたが、現在のように、フレットのフレット挿入溝に正確に取付られるようになってからは無駄な作業工程となっていた。
【0007】
そこで、この発明は、弦楽器に用いられる弦楽器用フレットのフレット本体の両端に所定の傾斜を形成して端の削り取り工程をなくし、工程の簡素化を図るフレットの製造方法に関する。
【0008】
【課題を解決するための手段】
この発明の弦楽器用フレットの製造方法は、上方にフレット本体と下方に脚部を備えた連続するフレット線を固定し、そのフレット線に対し側方から横方向にポンチを動かし、先のフレットと次のフレットの脚部を打ち抜いて切り欠きを形成し、その後に上方よりポンチを落下させて、切断すると共に先のフレットのフレット本体と次のフレットのフレット本体の端に所定の角度の傾斜を形成したことにある(請求項)。このため、ポンチで脚部への切り欠きが行われた後に他のポンチで傾斜の形成と切断が同時に行われる。
【0009
【発明の実施の形態】
以下、この発明の実施の形態を図面にもとづいて説明する。図1はこの発明に係る製造方法からの製造のフレット1の正面図、図2は同フレットの端の一部拡大図である。フレット1は、ギターなどの指板に打ち込まれる前の形状で、断面形状が半円形の細長いフレット本体2と、このフレット本体2の下面中央に全長にわたって一体に突設されたフレット溝に挿入される脚部3より成り、この脚部3には、くさび4が多数長手方向に形成されている。
【0010
のフレット1のフレット本体2の両端には、傾斜5a,5bが形成されている。この傾斜5a,5bの角度θは、フレット1の長手方向に直角の直角線を基準として20度から60度ぐらいに形成されている。この角度θは、取りも直さずフレット1が取付られる指板の両側面の断面形状に添った形状と等しい。
【0011
またフレット1の脚部3の両端には、切り欠き6a,6bが形成されている。この切り欠き6a,6bは、端より後退した位置で、フレットの長手方向に直角に切断されている。ちなみに、フレット1の長さLは楽器の指板の横方向寸法と等しく30mm〜100mm程、高さHは2.50mm〜4.00mm程、切り欠きFは2.00mm〜3.00mm程、曲率半径Rは180mm〜400mm程である。このような長さ等の条件の多様さは、楽器の種類のみならずフレットの番号により全て異なることから生じている。
【0012
上述の構造のフレット1の製造方法を説明すると、図3に示すように鋼材を所定の加工により上方に断面形状が半円形のフレット本体2が、その下方に断面形状が直線状の脚部3が形成された長いフレット線8が図示しない装置より送り出される。そして、所定の寸法に切断されるものであるが、その前段で湾曲させるための三つのローラ9a,9b,9cより成る加工装置9を通って変形される。このフレット1の切断位置は点線として表示されている。
【0013
,図は、この発明に係るフレットの製造方法が示されている。図示しない機器より送られてきたフレット線8は、フレット線押え10により挟持される。それから、フレット線8の脚部3に向けてポンチ12を矢印B方向(横方向)に動かす。すると、フレット線8の脚部3に繋がっている切り欠き6a,6bが形成される。そして、上方からポンチ13が矢印c方向に落下すると、フレット線8のフレット本体2に傾斜5bが先のフレット1の後方と、傾斜5aが次のフレット1の前方に形成されると共に、フレット線8は切断され、切り欠き6bが先のフレット1の後方と、切り欠き6aが次のフレット1の前方に形成される。
【0014
,図には、この例のフレット1の他の形態で、前記した例と相違する所は、フレット1のフレット本体2の両端に形成される形状を、立上部14a,14bとこれに連なる傾斜15a,15bにより形成して指板の両側面の断面形状に近似した形状としている。これにより、フレットが指板に取付後に端を加工して修正できるようになり、不良品を出さない効果も得られるものである。
【0015
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように、フレットのフレット本体の両端の傾斜や、指板の断面形状と同形状から、指板への打ち込みだけで、端の後加工をなくす利点を有するフレットの製造が、二つの工具ではあるが単純な動作で加工うことができる
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】 フレットの正面図である。
【図2】 同上のフレットの端の拡大図である。
【図3】 フレットがフレット線から切離しされる前の状態の説明図である。
【図4】 この発明のフレット製造方法を示す説明図である。
【図5】 同上の見る方向を異にする説明図である。
【図6】 フレットの他の実施の形態を示す正面図である。
【図7】 同上のフレットの端の拡大図である。
【図8】 従来例のフレットの正面図である。
【図9】 同上のフレットを指板に打ち込んだ状態の説明図である。
【符号の説明】
1 フレット
2 フレット本体
3 脚部
4 くさび
5a,5b 傾斜
6a,6b 切り欠き
8 フレット線
9 加工装置
10 フレット線押え
11 エンドミル
12 ポンチ
13 ポンチ
16 棹
17 指板
[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a stringed instrument fret used in a stringed instrument such as an acoustic guitar.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In stringed instruments such as guitars, a plurality of frets made of elongated metal pieces are implanted in the fingerboard in a predetermined gap in the string tension direction, and by changing the support points of the strings by these frets, a semitone is generated for each fret. The sound changes every time.
[0003]
For example, the fret has a shape as shown in FIG. 9 of Patent Document 1 and a conventional example thereof is shown in FIG. The fret 1 includes an elongated fret body 2 having a semicircular cross-sectional shape, and a leg 3 integrally formed over the entire length at the center of the lower surface of the fret body 2, and both ends of the fret body 2 are perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. In addition to being cut, both ends of the leg portion 3 are also cut at right angles to the longitudinal direction at positions retracted from the ends. Delivered from a fret manufacturing company or the like in this shape.
[0004]
As shown in FIG. 11, the above-described fret 1 is attached by being pressed into a fret insertion groove 18 formed on the fingerboard 17 integrally bonded above the flange 16. Then, both ends of the fret protrude from the fingerboard 17 and cannot be used by being stuck in the finger as it is. For this purpose, the edge is scraped off to the dotted line by buffing along the cross-sectional shape of the side surface of the fingerboard 17.
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-41029
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Thus, after attaching a fret to a fingerboard, the process which had to scrape off the edge which protrudes from a fingerboard remained. This scraping work was effective until an error in the attachment of the fret to the fingerboard (width direction error) occurred, but now it can be accurately attached to the fret insertion groove of the fret. It was a wasteful work process.
[0007]
Therefore, the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a fret that simplifies the process by forming a predetermined slope at both ends of a fret body of a stringed instrument fret used in a stringed instrument to eliminate the edge scraping process.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the method for manufacturing a string instrument fret according to the present invention, a continuous fret line having a fret main body and a leg part at a lower side is fixed upward, a punch is moved laterally with respect to the fret line from the side, The next fret leg is punched out to form a notch, and then the punch is dropped from above to cut it, and the end of the fret body of the previous fret and the end of the fret body of the next fret is inclined at a predetermined angle. It is formed (Claim 1 ). For this reason, after the notch is cut into the leg portion with the punch, the formation and cutting of the inclination are simultaneously performed with the other punch.
[00 09 ]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a fret 1 manufactured from the manufacturing method according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of the end of the fret. The fret 1 has a shape before being driven into a fingerboard such as a guitar, and is inserted into an elongated fret body 2 having a semicircular cross-sectional shape and a fret groove integrally projecting over the entire length of the bottom surface of the fret body 2. A plurality of wedges 4 are formed on the leg 3 in the longitudinal direction.
[00 10 ]
At both ends of the fret body 2 frets 1 This inclination 5a, 5b are formed. The angle θ of the inclinations 5a and 5b is formed to be about 20 to 60 degrees with respect to a right angle line perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the fret 1. This angle θ is equal to the shape following the cross-sectional shape of both side surfaces of the finger plate to which the fret 1 is attached without being removed.
[00 11 ]
Further, notches 6 a and 6 b are formed at both ends of the leg portion 3 of the fret 1. The notches 6a and 6b are cut at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the fret at a position retracted from the end. Incidentally, the length L of the fret 1 is 30 mm to 100 mm, which is equal to the lateral dimension of the fingerboard of the instrument, the height H is about 2.50 mm to 4.00 mm, and the notch F is about 2.00 mm to 3.00 mm. The curvature radius R is about 180 mm to 400 mm. Such a variety of conditions such as length is caused not only by the type of musical instrument but also by the fret number.
[00 12 ]
The manufacturing method of the frets 1 having the above-described structure will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the frets main body 2 having a semicircular cross-sectional shape is formed upward by a predetermined processing of a steel material, and the leg portions 3 having a straight cross-sectional shape are provided therebelow. A long fret line 8 formed with a is sent out from a device (not shown). And although it cut | disconnects to a predetermined dimension, it deform | transforms through the processing apparatus 9 which consists of the three rollers 9a, 9b, 9c for making it curve in the front | former stage. The cutting position of the fret 1 is displayed as a dotted line.
[00 13 ]
4 and 5 show a method for manufacturing frets according to the present invention . The fret line 8 sent from a device (not shown) is pinched by the fret line presser 10. Then, the punch 12 is moved in the arrow B direction (lateral direction) toward the leg 3 of the fret line 8. Then, notches 6a and 6b connected to the leg 3 of the fret line 8 are formed. When the punch 13 falls in the direction of the arrow c from above, the fret body 2 of the fret line 8 is formed with an inclination 5b at the rear of the previous fret 1 and an inclination 5a at the front of the next fret 1, and the fret line 8 is cut, and a notch 6b is formed at the rear of the first fret 1 and a notch 6a is formed at the front of the next fret 1.
[00 14 ]
FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 show other forms of the fret 1 of this example, which is different from the above example in that the shapes formed at both ends of the fret body 2 of the fret 1 are the upright portions 14a and 14b and this. It is formed by slopes 15a and 15b that are continuous with each other, and has a shape that approximates the cross-sectional shape of both side surfaces of the fingerboard. As a result, the end can be processed and corrected after the frets are attached to the fingerboard, and the effect of not producing defective products can be obtained.
[00 15 ]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the manufacture of the fret having the advantage of eliminating the post-processing of the end only by driving into the finger plate from the inclination of the both ends of the fret body of the fret and the same shape as the cross-sectional shape of the finger plate, You can line Ukoto the processing there is a simple operation with a tool.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a fret.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the end of the fret.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a state before the fret is separated from the fret line.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a fret manufacturing method according to the present invention .
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram with different viewing directions.
FIG. 6 is a front view showing another embodiment of a fret.
FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the end of the fret.
FIG. 8 is a front view of a conventional fret.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the fret is driven into the fingerboard.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fret 2 Fret main body 3 Leg part 4 Wedge 5a, 5b Inclination 6a, 6b Notch 8 Fret line 9 Processing apparatus 10 Fret line presser 11 End mill 12 Punch 13 Punch 16 棹 17 Finger plate

Claims (1)

上方にフレット本体と下方に脚部を備えた連続するフレット線を固定し、そのフレット線に対し側方から横方向にポンチを動かし、先のフレットと次のフレットの脚部を打ち抜いて切り欠きを形成し、その後に上方よりポンチを落下させて、切断すると共に先のフレットのフレット本体と次のフレットのフレット本体の端に所定の角度の傾斜を形成したことを特徴とする弦楽器用フレットの製造方法。  A continuous fret line with a fret body on the top and a leg on the bottom is fixed, the punch is moved laterally from the side to the fret line, and the legs of the previous fret and the next fret are punched out. After that, the punch is dropped from above and cut, and at the end of the fret body of the previous fret and the end of the fret body of the next fret, an inclination of a predetermined angle is formed. Production method.
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