US3431807A - Guitar machine - Google Patents

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US3431807A
US3431807A US629312A US3431807DA US3431807A US 3431807 A US3431807 A US 3431807A US 629312 A US629312 A US 629312A US 3431807D A US3431807D A US 3431807DA US 3431807 A US3431807 A US 3431807A
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Josephus B Thompson
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G10D3/00—Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars
    • G10D3/14—Tuning devices, e.g. pegs, pins, friction discs or worm gears

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  • FIGURE 4 is a top plan view of the case
  • the hollow case 11 has two opposed and aligned slots 13 and 14, cut in its side walls, of a width to receive the base lugs 19 and 20, respectively, therein.
  • a guitar machine comprising in combination:

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Cited By (17)

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US4353280A (en) * 1978-01-05 1982-10-12 Spercel Robert J Tuning device
US4408515A (en) * 1981-07-13 1983-10-11 Sciuto Michael N Stringed instrument conversion kit employing combined bridge/tuning mechanism
US4515059A (en) * 1983-02-08 1985-05-07 Siminoff Roger H Geared tuning machine
DE3522728A1 (de) * 1984-06-25 1986-01-02 Smith, Paul Reed, Annapolis, Md. Saiten-befestigungsvorrichtung fuer ein saiten-musikinstrument
US4693160A (en) * 1985-04-11 1987-09-15 Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd. Mechanism for tensioning strings of headless guitars
US5272953A (en) * 1992-03-23 1993-12-28 Advanced Innovative Technologies, Inc. String winder tool for musical instrument
US5728955A (en) * 1996-09-06 1998-03-17 Sperzel; Robert J. Tuning device
US5998713A (en) * 1998-02-12 1999-12-07 Herin; John C Tuning peg
US6023014A (en) * 1998-09-24 2000-02-08 Sperzel; Robert J. Apparatus for changing the tension in a string of a musical instrument
US6608248B1 (en) 2002-03-20 2003-08-19 Robert J. Sperzel Device for tuning a string of a musical instrument
US20040107819A1 (en) * 2002-12-10 2004-06-10 Sperzel Robert J. Tuning device
US20060042450A1 (en) * 2004-09-01 2006-03-02 Ping Chang Guitar machine head string lock function
US20060117929A1 (en) * 2004-11-30 2006-06-08 Takao Gotoh Peg for stringed instrument
US20100242704A1 (en) * 2009-03-30 2010-09-30 Gotoh Gut Co., Ltd. Peg for stringed instrument
US20180025706A1 (en) * 2016-07-25 2018-01-25 Music Nomad, Llc Musical instrument string winder
USD810611S1 (en) * 2011-05-06 2018-02-20 Gnarly Knobs Tuning peg pendant
USD811929S1 (en) * 2012-05-07 2018-03-06 Jeffrey Milone Tuning peg pendant

Citations (3)

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US450808A (en) * 1891-04-21 Tuning mechanism for stringed instruments
US1429391A (en) * 1920-12-11 1922-09-19 Anagnost Apostle String-instrument key
FR616378A (fr) * 1926-05-19 1927-02-01 Perfectionnements aux instruments de musique à cordes

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US3023658A (en) * 1960-11-07 1962-03-06 Andrew B Pearson Clutch release for worm gear peg

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US450808A (en) * 1891-04-21 Tuning mechanism for stringed instruments
US1429391A (en) * 1920-12-11 1922-09-19 Anagnost Apostle String-instrument key
FR616378A (fr) * 1926-05-19 1927-02-01 Perfectionnements aux instruments de musique à cordes

Cited By (21)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4353280A (en) * 1978-01-05 1982-10-12 Spercel Robert J Tuning device
US4408515A (en) * 1981-07-13 1983-10-11 Sciuto Michael N Stringed instrument conversion kit employing combined bridge/tuning mechanism
US4515059A (en) * 1983-02-08 1985-05-07 Siminoff Roger H Geared tuning machine
DE3522728A1 (de) * 1984-06-25 1986-01-02 Smith, Paul Reed, Annapolis, Md. Saiten-befestigungsvorrichtung fuer ein saiten-musikinstrument
US4693160A (en) * 1985-04-11 1987-09-15 Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd. Mechanism for tensioning strings of headless guitars
US5272953A (en) * 1992-03-23 1993-12-28 Advanced Innovative Technologies, Inc. String winder tool for musical instrument
US5728955A (en) * 1996-09-06 1998-03-17 Sperzel; Robert J. Tuning device
US5998713A (en) * 1998-02-12 1999-12-07 Herin; John C Tuning peg
US6023014A (en) * 1998-09-24 2000-02-08 Sperzel; Robert J. Apparatus for changing the tension in a string of a musical instrument
US6608248B1 (en) 2002-03-20 2003-08-19 Robert J. Sperzel Device for tuning a string of a musical instrument
US20040107819A1 (en) * 2002-12-10 2004-06-10 Sperzel Robert J. Tuning device
US7102065B2 (en) 2002-12-10 2006-09-05 Sperzel Robert J Tuning device
US20060042450A1 (en) * 2004-09-01 2006-03-02 Ping Chang Guitar machine head string lock function
US20060117929A1 (en) * 2004-11-30 2006-06-08 Takao Gotoh Peg for stringed instrument
US7488879B2 (en) 2004-11-30 2009-02-10 Gotoh Gut Co., Ltd. Peg for stringed instrument
US20100242704A1 (en) * 2009-03-30 2010-09-30 Gotoh Gut Co., Ltd. Peg for stringed instrument
US7973225B2 (en) * 2009-03-30 2011-07-05 Gotoh Gut Co., Ltd. Peg for stringed instrument
USD810611S1 (en) * 2011-05-06 2018-02-20 Gnarly Knobs Tuning peg pendant
USD811929S1 (en) * 2012-05-07 2018-03-06 Jeffrey Milone Tuning peg pendant
US20180025706A1 (en) * 2016-07-25 2018-01-25 Music Nomad, Llc Musical instrument string winder
US10297235B2 (en) * 2016-07-25 2019-05-21 Music Nomad, Llc Musical instrument string winder

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