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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2010
James M. Guthrie, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathan C. Stupka, Austin, TX (US);
James M. Guthrie, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathan C. Stupka, Austin, TX (US);
Obbligato, Inc., Lakeway, TX (US);
Abstract
Pyrocarbon components have been found to create richer, clearer sound when employed as bridges (), saddles (), nuts (), frets (), tuning heads (), pegs () and other components which contact the strings in guitars (), violins () and like stringed musical instruments. Bridges/saddles and nuts of stringed instruments produce a marked difference in the sound when pyrocarbon components are used compared with currently used materials. There is a significant increase in sound volume for a given intensity of string movement, along with richer harmonics and a clearer, less muddy sound. The crystalline structure of pyrolytic carbon minimizes the damping of string vibration as it is transferred to the sound-amplifying portion of acoustic instruments, producing a rich, pleasing and higher volume sound. The useful life of strings is increased in contact with pyrolytic carbon components before they go 'dead' or break.