Title:
STRINGED INSTRUMENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/146858
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a stringed instrument using frets, in which a low-pitched sound range is extended without changing the size of the main body and the sound range before the low-pitched sound range has been extended can be restored by using a capotasto.
The stringed instrument comprises: a high-pitched sound string nut which is attached to an end of a fingerboard and from which a low-pitched sound string portion is removed; a low-pitched sound string nut attached at a position selected so that the string length from a saddle extends over the position of the high-pitched sound string nut; a new fingerboard provided over the area extending to the low-pitched sound string nut from the portion where the low-pitched sound string portion of the high-pitched sound string nut is removed; a minus-one fret and a zero fret newly provided on the fingerboard; and a board used for attaching a capotasto for always pushing the low-pitched sound string against the zero fret and provided on the headstock side in the vicinity of the high-pitched sound string nut.
Inventors:
TANABE MAMORU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2010/004020
Publication Date:
December 23, 2010
Filing Date:
June 16, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TANABE MAMORU (JP)
International Classes:
G10D3/04; G10D1/08; G10D3/06
Foreign References:
| JPH0517690U | 1993-03-05 | |||
| JPH08314445A | 1996-11-29 | |||
| JPS5599580U | 1980-07-10 | |||
| JP2005189690A | 2005-07-14 | |||
| JPS57105680U | 1982-06-29 | |||
| JPS53164820U | 1978-12-23 | |||
| JPS5626792U | 1981-03-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KIMURA, TAKAAKI (JP)
Takaaki Kimura (JP)
Takaaki Kimura (JP)
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