US73569A

US73569A - Improvement in violins

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Publication number: US73569A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1868-01-21
Anticipated expiration: 1885-01-21

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@niet time tant-@frire BAIN BRIDGE BISHOP, OF N RUSSIA, NEW YORK. i Letters .Patent `1Y0. 73,569, dated January 21,' 1868. I I

IMPROVEMENT IN VIOLINS".

'ro ALL WHOMII; MAY coNcEn'N:

Be it known thaf:\I, BAINBRIDGE'BISHOP, of New Russia, in the county of Essex, and'State of New. York, have invented new und useful Improvements in Violins, &e.-; and Igdo hereby decla-re Vthat the following is a full, clear, 'and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, relference'benghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. I

The present invention relates to violins, bass-viols, guitars, and other similar musical instruments, anu consists, first, in continuingl the finger-board over the sound-board, to the foot of the instrument, and in there fastening one end of the strings, whereby the said finger-,board is m'ade to support the whole tension of the strings; second, in combination with the above, thc use of ra Vsupplementary bridge, resting upon thelfingerboard, in such amanncr that' the pressure of the strings'upon the sound-board bridge can be controlled without altering the pitch of the strings or the height of the sound-board bridge, thereby giving the strings the pressure on thesound-board bridge requisite to produce the most perfect tone within the power and capability of the instrument;` and the sound-board is relieved of all contact from dead-wood, and thus left freer for vibration,

and consequently to give 4out a fuller and more even tone. In the accompanying plate of drawings my improvev ments in violins, dto., are illustrated- Figure 1 being a plan or top view of the same.

Figure 2 a section tak'enin the plane of-the line a: a1, iig. 1, and

Figure 3 a detail view of the supplementary bridge.

Similar letters of -reference indicate corresponding parts.

A, in the drawings, represents the body to the violin, to Ivhich B is the sound-board, C the back-board, and

D tbeAiinger-board; E, the bridge to the sound-board. The finger-board D is extended over the sound-board, to

the foot or tail, F, of the instrument, where', t'o the thin edge, itv is fastened in any suitable manner. This board D, where the bridgeE is located, is cnt out along its length, upon both sides of the said bridge E, leaving an opening, G, ofa width somewhat greater than that embraced by the several-strings, H, to the instrument. These strings H, at one end, Llare fastened to the ex tended portion of the finger-board, while, at their other ends, they are to be hung as ordinarily in violins. J, the supplementary bridge. This bridge J is located between the extended portion of the finger-board and the ordinary bridge E, and is so out out upon the two ends, K, asA to fit `over thc two edges of the finger-board, between the sides of the opening G. By extending the finger-board over thesound-board, and securing it to the body, as has been above described, it is made to support the whole tension of the strings; and, by the false or supplementary bridge, the pressure of the strings can be controlled, by simply sliding it, without altering-the pitch ofthe strings or the height ofthe sound-board' bridge, thus enabling the requisite pressure to be produced upon thc sound-board bridge for the best tone.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patcntl l1. The supplementary bridge J, to the extended finger-board D, substantially as and for the purpose specied. f

2. The combination of-the bridge E, supplementary bridge J, and fingerboard and tailpicce, made in one piece, substantially as described for the purpose specified.

` BAINBRIDGE BISHOP. Witnesses:

Mines E. BISHOP, CLARENCE Mormons.