• Patent Title: Tuning apparatus for stringed musical instruments with dual-action cam clamp assembly and easy-to-adjust rocker arms
  • Application No.: US17848992
    Application Date: 2022-06-24
  • Publication No.: US11769472B2
    Publication Date: 2023-09-26
  • Inventor: Benjamin Ryan
  • Applicant: Benjamin Ryan
  • Applicant Address: US CA Santa Barbara
  • Assignee: Benjamin Ryan
  • Current Assignee: Benjamin Ryan
  • Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Barbara
  • Agency: LYON & HARR, LLP
  • Agent Richard T. Lyon
  • Main IPC: G10D3/053
  • IPC: G10D3/053 F16B2/18
Tuning apparatus for stringed musical instruments with dual-action cam clamp assembly and easy-to-adjust rocker arms
Abstract:
A tuning apparatus for a stringed musical instrument is provided. The apparatus includes a dual-action cam clamp assembly and a plurality of string-contacting members with easy-to-adjust rocker arms. The dual-action cam clamp assembly removably attaches to a desired longitudinal position on the instrument's neck. Each of the string-contacting members is rotatably supported by a rocker arm shaft, and the easy-to-adjust rocker arms are adapted to rotate about the longitudinal axis of a two-part shaft of the clamp assembly independently of the other string-contacting members. Each member also adjustably impinges upon and urges a given string or course thereof on the instrument toward a user-selectable one of three different longitudinal positions on the neck's front surface, these positions including a home position, a home−1 position, and a home+1 position.
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