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US334734A
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  • the object of my invention is to provide a new and improved tail-piece for banjos, which is so constructed as not to cut the strings held in the same, and the strings can be adjusted without requiring removal of the tail-piece from the banjo.
  • the invention consists in a tailpiece pro vided at one end with a pocket for receiving the knots of the strings, and with apertures extending from the bottom of said pocket to the end of the tail-piece in the direction of the length of the same.
  • Figure l is a perspective view of my improved tail-piece for banjos.
  • Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of a banjo provided with my improved tailpiece.
  • the tail-piece A is provided at one end with an aperture, B, for holding a string, screw wire, or any other device by which the tailpiece can be fastened to the banjo.
  • a strip, 0, is secured on the surface of the tail-piece to form a pocket, D, between the face of the tailpiece and the under side of the said strip 0, in which pocket the knots E of the strings F are held, the strings being passed through apertures H in that end of the tail -piece nearest the center of the banjo.
  • the apertures extend from the bottom or in ner part of the pocket to the end edge of the tailpiece, and are placed in line or almost in line with the strings that is to say, that the strings need not be bent or laid over at right angles, as is necessary in tail-pieces in which the strings are passed through apertures extending from the bottom to the upper surface of the tail-piece, the knots being on the under side.
  • the tail-piece can be made of ebonite, hard rubber, celluloid, zylonite, ivory, or any other suitable material.
  • the special feature of my improved tailpiece is that the strings can be adjusted without requiring the removal of the tail-piece from the instrument.

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N0. 334,734. Patented Jan. 26, 1886.
WITNESSES C%% M////%' 2% UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO ROBERT H. BENARY, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.
TAlL-PlE CE FOR BANJOS.
Ila-EGIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,734, dated January 26, 1886.
Application filed July 3, 1885.
To all whom, it may concern:
Be it known that 1, ROBERT H. BENARY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tail-Piece for Banjos, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.
The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved tail-piece for banjos, which is so constructed as not to cut the strings held in the same, and the strings can be adjusted without requiring removal of the tail-piece from the banjo.
The invention consists in a tailpiece pro vided at one end with a pocket for receiving the knots of the strings, and with apertures extending from the bottom of said pocket to the end of the tail-piece in the direction of the length of the same.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.
Figure l is a perspective view of my improved tail-piece for banjos. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of a banjo provided with my improved tailpiece.
The tail-piece A is provided at one end with an aperture, B, for holding a string, screw wire, or any other device by which the tailpiece can be fastened to the banjo. At the other end a strip, 0, is secured on the surface of the tail-piece to form a pocket, D, between the face of the tailpiece and the under side of the said strip 0, in which pocket the knots E of the strings F are held, the strings being passed through apertures H in that end of the tail -piece nearest the center of the banjo.
The apertures extend from the bottom or in ner part of the pocket to the end edge of the tailpiece, and are placed in line or almost in line with the strings that is to say, that the strings need not be bent or laid over at right angles, as is necessary in tail-pieces in which the strings are passed through apertures extending from the bottom to the upper surface of the tail-piece, the knots being on the under side.
In my improved tail-piece the knots are in the pocket, and are entirely concealed.
The tail-piece can be made of ebonite, hard rubber, celluloid, zylonite, ivory, or any other suitable material.
The special feature of my improved tailpiece is that the strings can be adjusted without requiring the removal of the tail-piece from the instrument.
Having thus described my invention, What- ROBERT H. BENARY.
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E. J ONASSOHN, G. ILSEN.
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