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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2003
Takao Goto, Isesaki, JP;
Gotoh Gut Co., Ltd., Isesaki, JP;
Abstract
A peg for a stringed instrument having rotatably supported, at the main body for mounting at the head portion H of the stringed instrument, a worm wheel having a winding shaft at one end portion and a worm gear which meshes with the worm wheel and has a knob at one end portion, and at the worm wheel , a hole having a portion with a non-circular cross-section is formed, and the winding shaft is provided with a winding shaft main body onto which string is wound and a closely fitting portion which passes through the plate portion of the main body and has a smaller diameter than the winding shaft main body . The closely fitting portion is screwed in by being closely fitted in the portion of the hole having a non-circular cross-section and then inserting the tightening device into the hole. The axial cross-section of the closely fitting portion is slightly larger than the axial cross-section of the hole , and the closely fitting portion is pressed into the hole by the closely fitting device being tightened.