US145241A - Improvement in guitars - Google Patents
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- 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
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- G10H3/00—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means
- G10H3/12—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
- G10H3/14—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means
- G10H3/18—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means using a string, e.g. electric guitar
- G10H3/185—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means using a string, e.g. electric guitar in which the tones are picked up through the bridge structure
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- This invention is in the nature of an improvement in guitars; and the invention con sists in a guitar constructed with a metallic body, and a metallic or wood neck, and metallic or gut strings, substantially as hereinafter described.
- Fig ure 1 is a plan or top view of guitar
- Fig. 2 is a cross-section of same taken in line a; at, Fig. 1.
- the back A and face 13 are cut out of any suitable thin sheet metal by dies constructed for that purpose or otherwise, and the sides or edges to are also of metal, and formed to the required shape by any suitable machinery, and they are secured to the face and back of the body by solder or rivets.
- Holes 6 may be formed in the sides for the emission of sound.
- the body thus constructed may be provided with a metallic or wooden neck, D.
- This neck if of metal, would be constructed hollow or of tubular form.
- the strings f may be either of metal or gut, and are attached one end to the bracket 9 and the other to the pegs h, as in other guitars.
- a guitar constructed substantially as above described will be found to have great power and brilliancy of tone, and be particularly free from the ordinary twanging sound characteristic of guitars with a wooden body. Besides, as is apparent, my guitar can be constructed at a less cost than guitars as ordinarily made; and as a toy my guitar will be indestructible as well as cheap.
- a guitar having a sheet-metal body with or without a metallic neck and strings, when constructed as herein shown and described.
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Description
G. D. R EED.
Guitars.
No. 145,241. Patented Dec. 2,1873.
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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.
GEORGE D. REED, OF SPRINGFIELD, VT., ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHT TO JULIUS E. GRAVES AND WVILLIARD BAILEY, OF SAME PLACE.
IMPROVEMENT IN GUITARS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,241, dated December 2,1873; application filed November 4, 1872.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, GEORGE D. REED, of Springfield, in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Guitar; and that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, i'naking a part of this specification.
This invention is in the nature of an improvement in guitars; and the invention con sists in a guitar constructed with a metallic body, and a metallic or wood neck, and metallic or gut strings, substantially as hereinafter described.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Fig ure 1 is a plan or top view of guitar, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section of same taken in line a; at, Fig. 1.
Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.
I construct my guitar of a sheet-metal body. The back A and face 13 are cut out of any suitable thin sheet metal by dies constructed for that purpose or otherwise, and the sides or edges to are also of metal, and formed to the required shape by any suitable machinery, and they are secured to the face and back of the body by solder or rivets. Holes 6 may be formed in the sides for the emission of sound.
The body thus constructed may be provided with a metallic or wooden neck, D. This neck, if of metal, would be constructed hollow or of tubular form.
The strings f may be either of metal or gut, and are attached one end to the bracket 9 and the other to the pegs h, as in other guitars.
A guitar constructed substantially as above described, will be found to have great power and brilliancy of tone, and be particularly free from the ordinary twanging sound characteristic of guitars with a wooden body. Besides, as is apparent, my guitar can be constructed at a less cost than guitars as ordinarily made; and as a toy my guitar will be indestructible as well as cheap.
I am aware that banjos have been made with a face, back, and rim of sheet metal so cured together.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
As a new article of manufacture, a guitar having a sheet-metal body with or without a metallic neck and strings, when constructed as herein shown and described.
GEORGE D. REED.
Vitnesses:
HENRY OLossoN, GEORGE W. SANDERS.
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| US20050211052A1 (en) * | 2004-03-29 | 2005-09-29 | Gigliotti Patrick J | Guitar having a metal plate insert |
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| US20050211052A1 (en) * | 2004-03-29 | 2005-09-29 | Gigliotti Patrick J | Guitar having a metal plate insert |
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