US1764548A - String fastening device for musical instruments - Google Patents

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June 17, 1930. F. J. CALLIER 1$764,543

STRING FASTENING DEVICE FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Filed May 12, 1928- Fig.1.

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Patented June 17, 1930 PATENT OFFICE FRANK J. CALLIER, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS STRING-FASTENING DEVICE FOR IVIUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Application filed May 12, 1928.

This invention relates to fastening devices especially adapted for use in attaching strings to violins and other stringed instruments.

Briefly stated, an important object of this invention is to provide a string fastening device having novel means whereby the same may be reliably and securely connected to the tail piece of a violin or the like without modificati on of the tail piece and Without the exercise of unusual skill, the fastening device being equally adapted for use in anchoring the A and E strings which many musicians prefer to have of metal.

A further object of the invention is to provide a string fastening device which is of highly simplified construction, neat in appearance and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the fOllOWiIlg description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective of the improved string fastening device applied,

Figure 2 is a perspective of the improved string fastening device detached.

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a violin having the usual tail piece 6 provided with keyhole slots 7 by which the strings may be anchored to the tail piece.

The invention forming the subject of this application is in the nature of a fastening device especially adapted for use in connection with the E and A strings, although it is conceivable that the invention may be carried out in connection with the other strings of the musical instrument, be it a violin, a cello or the like.

The improved fastening device comprises an elongated metallic body 9 adapted to be extended through the appropriate keyhole slot 7 and having the lower terminal portion thereof bent at right angles to define a flange or abutment 10 extending entirely across the Serial No. 277,218.

body for flat engagement with the under side of the tail piece.

The upper or opposite terminal portion of the metallic body 9 is provided with a longitudinal incision 12 defining more or less similarly shaped partly severed portions, one of which remains upright for the attachment of the appropriate string, while the other is bent downwardly to cooperate with the abutment 10 in firmly attaching the body to the tail piece.

Otherwise expressed, the upper terminal portion of the body 9 is provided with a centrally extending longitudinal incision opening out through the upper end thereof to define an anchoring member 14 and a fastening lug 16, the fastening lug being adapted to cooperate with the abutment 10 in firmly embracing the adjacent portion of the tail piece and to hold the device in place.

It will be seen by reference to Figure 2 that the rear longitudinal edge of the a11- choring member 14 is provided with vertically spaced notches 18, with which a violin string is' selectively engaged. In further alluding to this feature it is pointed out that the employment of two separate notches makes the device equally adaptable to the A and E string positions. The tail piece is thicker at the A string position and the lowernotch 18 would be below the surface of the tail piece. Thus, when the device is applied to the A string position the upper notch will be employed. When the improved fastening device is applied to the E string position the anchoring member 14 will extend a greater distance between the tail piece and the lower notch may be employed.

lVith reference to the foregoing it is believed to be apparent that the improved string fastening device is manufactured in the L-shaped formation suggested in full lines in Figure 2 and that the upright portion of the same may be easily inserted through the appropriate keyhole slot, after which the lug 16 may be bent down into pressure engagement with the tail piece to cooperate with the abutment 10 in holding the device in place. Of course, the body of the 100 device is more or less snugly received in the restricted portion of the keyhole slot so that the side walls of the slot are caused to inhibit turning of the device under string tension.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a string fastening device for violins, a body adapted to be extended through a violin tail piece and having one end portion extended angularly to define an abutment adapted to engage the under side of the tail piece, the other end portion of the body being provided with a longitudinal incision extending out through the upper end thereof and defining a string anchoring member and a lug, the said lug being adapted to be piece,'a body formed from flat metal and having one end portion extended angularly to define an abutment, the other end portion of the body being provided with an incision defining a string-anchoring member and a lug, said lug and said abutment being adapted for pressure engagement with opposite sides of the tail piece to hold the body in place, said string anchorin member being extended above the lug an formed with a string receiving notch.

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bent into pressure engagement with the upper side of the tail piece to cooperate with said abutment in anchoring the body in place.

2. .In a string fastening device for violins, a body adapted to be extended through a violin tail piece and having one end portion extended angularly' to define an abutment adapted to engage the under side of the tail piece, the other end portion of the body being provided with a longitudinal incision extending out through the upper end thereof and defining a string anchoring member and alug, the said lug being adapted to be bent into pressure engagement with the upper side of the tail piece to cooperate with said abutment in anchoring the body in place, said string anchoring member being provided in the rear edge thereof with a notch for engagement by a. violin string.

3. In a string fastening device for violins, a body adapted to be extended through a violin tailpiece and having one end portion extended ,angularly to define an abutment adapted to engage the under side of the tail piece, the other end portion of the body being provided with a longitudinal. incision extending out through the upper end thereof and defining a string anchoring member and a lug, the said lug being adapted to be bent into pressure engagement with the upper side of the tail piece to cooperate with said abutment in anchoring the body in place, said string anchoring member being provided with notches adapted to be selectively engaged by a string.

4. In a string fastening device for a stringed musical instrument having a tail piece, a body formed from flat metal and having one end portion extended angularly to define an abutment, the other end portion of the body being provided with an incision defining a string anchoring member and a lug, said lug and said abutment being adapted for pressure engagement with opposite sides of the tail piece to hold the body in place. i )5. In 'a string fastening device for a stringed musicalinstrument having a tail

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