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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:
Aug. 09, 1983
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
David L Carson, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84313 ; 8429 / ;
Abstract
Musician controlled relative motion between a generally standard stringed musical instrument (such as a Spanish guitar) and a false body hinged to the generally standard stringed instrument permits versatile control by the musician of the tension in one or more strings to produce both vibrato sounds and/or sustained pitch changes (both higher and lower pitches). The invention eliminates limitations of prior art which employed relative motion between neck and body of an otherwise generally standard stringed musical instrument.