公开(公告)号：US5994633A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-30

申请号：US237383

申请日：1999-01-26

申请人： Hugh M. Norton

发明人： Hugh M. Norton

IPC分类号： G10D1/08 ,  G10D3/00

CPC分类号： G10D1/085

摘要： A stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, mandolin, or a violin, has an elongated frame to which modular components such as necks, electronic pick-ups, electronic control boxes, bridges, tail pieces, decorative components, or body parts can be adjustably placed and clamped. This not only allows the position of many such components to be customized, but also allows different components to be easily substituted for each others; allows the instrument to be quickly taken apart for more compact storage or shipment; and allows the instrument to be changed so as to produce a different sound or look. Preferably some the components, including the body parts, are rotatably mounted relative to the frame, so their angle relative to the plane of the fingerboard can be adjusted to suit a user's tastes or physical disabilities, such as carpel-tunnel stress syndrome. In some embodiments, an entire string assembly, comprised of a set of strings connected between a head and a bridge or tail piece, can be modularly attached to or replaced from the instrument.

摘要翻译： 诸如吉他，曼陀林或小提琴的弦乐器具有细长的框架，诸如颈部，电子拾音器，电子控制箱，桥梁，尾片，装饰部件或身体部件的模块化部件可以 可调放置和夹紧。 这不仅允许定制许多这样的组件的位置，而且允许不同的组件容易地彼此替代; 允许仪器快速拆开，以便更紧凑的储存或运输; 并允许更换乐器，以产生不同的声音或外观。 优选地，包括身体部分的一些部件相对于框架可旋转地安装，因此可以调整它们相对于指板平面的角度，以适应用户的口味或身体残疾，例如心皮管隧道应力综合征。 在一些实施例中，包括连接在头部和桥梁或尾部件之间的一组弦的整个弦乐器组件可以被模块化地附接到乐器或从乐器替换。