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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1985
Youjiro Takabayashi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A tremolo apparatus with tuning function for an electric guitar including a bridge base disposed on a body of the guitar in such a manner as to freely tilt vertically, a plural number of octave tuning members disposed on the bridge base corresponding to respective strings and movable in a stretching direction of the strings for effecting octave tuning, a plural number of octave tuning screws which independently move and adjust respective octave tuning members in a stretching direction of the strings, a plural number of string holding members disposed respectively in the octave tuning members in such a manner as to freely move in the stretching direction of the strings for holding one end of each string, a plural number of tensile force control mechanisms serving to independently move and adjust respective string holding members in a stretching direction of the strings, and a balance spring providing the bridge base with a balancing movement acting in the direction opposite to the direction of the movement given by the tensile forces of the strings. The tensile force control mechanism may be operated by means of a nut member provided horizontally to the guitar body or perpendicularly to the same.