US1413916A - Violin - Google Patents

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J. W. KINCANNON.

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PATENT OFFICE."

OF DYERVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

VIOLIN.

Application filed May 12,

the object of the invention being to provide a violin wherein the tone will be rendered louder and clearer and which will generally improve the harmony of the instrument.

A further object of the invention is to improve violin construction in general and to render the same simple and eflicient in use.

Still another important object of the invention is to provide a violin construction, the belly of which is prevented from sagging in or warping which would detract from the sound qualities of the violin.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a violin wherein the musical tones are rendered more audible than in the ordinary violin and which is just as simple in its mechanical make-up.

An additional object is to provide a violin having the above characteristics, which is simple in construction, which consistsof few parts and may be readily assembled and disassembled, and which may be manufactured and placed on the market at a minimum cost.

With the above and other objects and advantages in mind, the invention consists in the combinations of elements, arrangements of parts, formations and constructions, and the general assemblage, the details of which will be hereinafter specifically referred to and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the inventive features being explicitly recited in the appended claims.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view partly broken away and in section, showing a violin constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation or edge view of the device, partly broken away and in section;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 1 and looking in the di rection of the arrows. I

Referring specifically to the drawings, wherein like characters of reference desig nate likeparts inall'of the'views, the numeral 5 denotes the violin body which is of the usual construction, except that the usual sound openings or ports in the top are omit- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

1919. Serial No. 296,573.

ted, and said body is provided with openings 6 at opposite sides to permit the sound to escape therethrough. While the ordinary body is pressed upwardly and downwardly at the belly and back respectively, and provided with f-openings at the belly, it is to be'understood that in the present instance the top or belly and the back or bottom are preferably flat but may be otherwise suitably constructed or shaped. V 7

Extended transversely in the body 5 at a point which would be beneath the bridge of the violin is a cross bar 10 which has its ends beveled and glued or otherwise secured to the opposite sides of the body andsupported above the bottom of the body by blocks or braces 11 secured to the body in any suitable manner. The cross bar 10 is formed with an upstanding projection 12 which bears against the belly 13 which is secured to the with respect to the longitudinal axis of the belly. The lower longitudinal edge of the equalizing bar is curved from its opposite ends so that the widest part of the bar is disposed directly below that part of the violin strings above which the bow is moved by the player. This causes some ofthe sound vibration to travel towards the opposite ends of the belly.

It should also be noted that the cross bar 10 is disposed at a point to lie beneath or substantially beneath the bridge of the violin and the upstanding projection 12 engages the top or belly of the body 5 to one side of the longitudinal and transverse centers thereof. The equalizing bar 1 1 intersects the transverse bar at a point which is the same distance from the opposite side of the longitudinal center as the distance between said center and the projection, or the projection is distanced or spaced from said center at the opposite side. By arranging the bar 14 diagonally within the body it serves to reenforce the instrument directly under the strings as well as to assist in the transmission ferred'construction but it will be understoodv that the same is subject to various changes and modifications, and that I reseve the right to make such changes and modifications which I may be fairly entitled to in accordance with the appended claims.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure Letters Patent on, is

1. The combination with a violin body having openings in its opposite sides of a bar extending transversely across the violin and engaging the sides thereof, blocks supporting said bar, an upstanding projection formed on the bar and engaging the belly, and a bar secured to the under face of the belly and disposed obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the same.

2. A violin comprising a body having perforated sides, a belly and a bottom portion, a bar extending transversely within the body and supported at its ends adj aeent the sides of the body, said bar having an upstanding projection engaging the belly to one side of the longitudinal center thereof, and a bar secured to the under face of the belly and disposed obliquely with respect to the longi tudinal axis, said oblique bar intersecting the transverse bar at a point the same distance from the opposite side of the longitudinal center as the distance between said center and the projection.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, as my own, I have hereto afiised Iny signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN IVILLIAM KIN iANNON. l Vitnesses JOHN A. HAMILTON,

VIo'ror. PEDROTT.

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