US1643530A - Plectrum for stringed instruments - Google Patents

Description

sept. 27, 1927.

J. I WARNER PLECTRUM FOR sTRfmGEDgINSTRUMENQS Filed sept.` 1926A A\\\\\\V" y Patented Sept. Z7, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.vv

JAMES LUCK WARNER, OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA.

.'PLECTRUM FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS.

Application led September@ 1926. Serial No. 133,429.

This invention relates to a plectrum for stringed instruments, one of the objects being to providea structure of this character constituting an eiiicient rest or support for the hand of the player and which holds the lingers so positioned that the device can be v readily manipulated for the purpose of properly moving the Vpick across the selected string or strings.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combinationand arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings,

Figure l is a plan View of a portion of the stringed instrument showing the present improvements applied thereto.

Figur-e 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the plectrum attachment.

Figure 3 is a section showing a slightly modified construction.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference l designates a bea-ring block adapted to be connected in any suitable manner to the rim R of the body of a stringed musical instrument. In thestructure illustrated in Figures l and 2 a pivot pin 2 is eX- tended from this block 1 and through one end of an arm 4. The pivot end portion of this arm has a'recess 5 in its upper face for the reception of a wrist plate 6 having a rounded edge portion as shown and which is preferably held in position by the head 7 of the pivot pin 2. Extending laterally from the other end portion of the arm 4 is a finger plate 8 having shallow recesses 9 in its edges for the reception of the respective fingers so that the lingers of the hand using the plectrum will be held comfortably spaced at the proper distances to secure the best results.

placed upon the arm 4 with the palm resting on the plate 8 and the wrist resting on the plate 6. The fingers will rest within the re- V spective recesses 9 and the pick 11 will have its lower end located wher-e it can be brought readily into engagement with one or more of the strings. lVith the parts thus arranged the player operates the plectrumby oscillating it laterally. As the wrist and hand are supported the player will not tire as quickly as where no rest is provided. The pick Il can of cours-i be removed and inverted.

Instead of pivotally connecting the arm 4 to the block l, as shown, a spring tongue 14 can be secured at one end within a block l5 and at its other end within an arm 16 corresponding with the arm 4. Thus during the actuation of the plectrum this tongue, formed of spring material, will yield later` ally but will at all times properly support the arm. Y

If desired the hand supporting member of the device can be mounted for lateral tilting and can be made of one or more separate sections tiltable laterally on a rod adapted to oscillate from side to side. Thus the movement of the hand is freer than otherwise.

vWhat is claimed is:

A plectrum including a hand supporting member, means for connecting said member at one end to the body of a stringed instrument for lateral oscillation, a wrist plate at one end of the member, a finger plate at the other end thereof, a pick, and means for detachably connecting the pick to the meniber and adjacent the finger plate.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my own, I have hereto Vaffixed my signature. v

JAMES LUCK WARNER.

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