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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter Zapp, Oberegg, CH;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84304 ;
Abstract
Fine-tuning peg for a stringed instrument having a holder for holding the peg firmly in a peg box of the instrument. The peg has a head which is partly hollow, a tuning wheel in the interior of the peg head, a neck part, a rotatable tuning shaft is supported in the neck part and the rotatable tuning shaft is connected to the tuning wheel. A pre-tuner is associated with the free end of the tuning shaft and a string drum is seated on the tuning shaft. A device for compensating the pull of the string is connected to the tuning shaft and a disengageable locking mechanism is adapted for securing the string against turning.