WRAPAROUND BRIDGES OR TAILPIECES FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS

摘要

A wraparound bridge or tailpiece for a stringed musical instrument such as guitar, banjo, and the like, comprising an elongate body having top and bottom surfaces, and front and back edges, and a mounting means for mounting to the instrument such that the bottom surface faces the instrument and the front edge faces the neck of the instrument, and a plurality of string channels defined in the bottom surface, each string channel extending from the front edge toward the back edge and including a narrow portion open to the bottom surface to receive a string and a wider front cavity open on the front edge to receive and capture the ball end of the string. Hence the end of a string with the ball end may be slid underneath the body in a fore direction and once the ball end clears the front the string may be moved upwards until it is received within the string channel, and then drawn rearwards until the ball end abuts the narrow portion of the string channel.

主权项

1. A wraparound bridge for a stringed musical instrument for use with strings having an enlarged terminal portion, the wraparound bridge comprising: an elongate body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge and a back edge, and a mounting means by which the body may be mounted on a stringed musical instrument such that the bottom surface faces the instrument and the front edge faces a neck of the instrument; and a plurality of string channels defined in the bottom surface, each string channel extending from the front edge toward the back edge and including a narrow portion open to the bottom surface to receive a string and a wider front cavity open on the front edge to receive and capture the terminal portion of the string, thereby the end of a string with the terminal portion may be slid underneath the body in a fore direction and once the terminal portion clears the front edge the string may be moved upwards until it is received within the string channel, and then it may be drawn rearwards while the terminal portion is guided into the front cavity until the terminal portion abuts the narrow portion of the string channel.