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US1704323A
US1704323A US128463A US12846326A US1704323A US 1704323 A US1704323 A US 1704323A US 128463 A US128463 A US 128463A US 12846326 A US12846326 A US 12846326A US 1704323 A US1704323 A US 1704323A
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    • 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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  • This invention relates to improvements in banjos: and more particularly to improvements in the construction of the head 01 such an instrument.
  • the banjo heard emhodyir the invention comprises the Ht'lllill rim or will i? Ear-10d hy the numeral and whirh if; of wood equipped with the usual teui lining; do 2 which meet with the usual 2" ,4 f loo the peripheral portion of the vellum l at the reenl'oreed edge 5 thereoil.
  • rim 8 is non-resonant, there will be no vibration by the sound waves of the rim 1, as is ordinarily the ease, and, therefore, the vihretio oi lhv t nee will he amplified or intensified. It
  • the rim. 8 will, or? course, he held in pluee e usual securing bolts 10 for the brackets of the tens'iioning devices 2, as well as by the on: gement of the ends of the her 7 through opz-ining's 11 in the rim 8 at 5' metrimlly ppomte point; in its umferenoe.

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Patented Mar. 5, 1929.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I
WILFGRD HALL HORTON, OF DALLAS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO W, FRANK RUSSELL, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
BANJO.
Application filed. August 10, 192
This invention relates to improvements in banjos: and more particularly to improvements in the construction of the head 01 such an instrument.
The ordinury herd of? lhn ue uil hype of \Mii 1 the vellum iu stretched, that the vie emu-wring: from the vellum will not vilirutiolsg of the said rim of the head. lu the accompanying drawings: l igg'ure l a vertical section through the head of a banjo construe accordance with the present inven Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional iew taken subetantially on the line 22 of F'g ure 1, lrolring in the direction iiidiezzled by the arrows.
The banjo heard emhodyir the invention comprises the Ht'lllill rim or will i? Ear-10d hy the numeral and whirh if; of wood equipped with the usual teui lining; do 2 which meet with the usual 2" ,4 f loo the peripheral portion of the vellum l at the reenl'oreed edge 5 thereoil. The usual heel; '3 oomieeeil to the ring ii the usual manner I l the muul l lllif'lilltlll" o? the l norring 3 struetione.
residee iu the prm'isioh, \Vllillil the n l, or tone umpu'l'ymg rim 8 which i1- or enuulzu' ltorm and a, height somewhat greater than the height of the rim 1, so that its upper marginal portion 9 will project above the corresponding portion Serial No. 128,463.
ti o rim 1, as best shown in Figure l of l 1 w 3 ue mawmgs. The upper edge oi the p01- 10.11 is transversely rounded, as shown 111 he said figure, and the vellum 4 1S Stretched The rim 8 preferably of over this edge.
p1, although any other non 1. o z ullieieut 'dity i stillness or the purpoee, such as some other other materiel Inasmuch the rim 8 is non-resonant, there will be no vibration by the sound waves of the rim 1, as is ordinarily the ease, and, therefore, the vihretio oi lhv t nee will he amplified or intensified. It
l be evident, therefore, that the sour wares produced in the playing of the lmnjo lv not be distorted but will produce me- )us tones.
The rim. 8 will, or? course, he held in pluee e usual securing bolts 10 for the brackets of the tens'iioning devices 2, as well as by the on: gement of the ends of the her 7 through opz-ining's 11 in the rim 8 at 5' metrimlly ppomte point; in its umferenoe.
rez. .lul titted wit... A the :spme pro at one rude beyond the (OllG- spoi'uliug side ol the said hrsul rim to conslzitute a support? over which the vellum of the banjo heard is to be stretched.
In testimony whereof I allix my signature.
VVILFORD HALL HORTON.
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Cited By (2)

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US20120222537A1 (en) * 2009-10-13 2012-09-06 Deering Banjo Company, Incorporated Vertical sides banjo tone ring and methods
US8816176B1 (en) 2010-12-03 2014-08-26 Bruce J. Kunkel Banjo with improved resonance

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20120222537A1 (en) * 2009-10-13 2012-09-06 Deering Banjo Company, Incorporated Vertical sides banjo tone ring and methods
US8759648B2 (en) * 2009-10-13 2014-06-24 Deering Banjo Co., Inc. Vertical sides banjo tone ring and methods
US8816176B1 (en) 2010-12-03 2014-08-26 Bruce J. Kunkel Banjo with improved resonance

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