Sound chests for harps and methods for manufacturing same

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PATENT NO 8754311
APP PUB NO 20130074673A1
SERIAL NO

13702084

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Sound chests having a sound board connected to a hollow body which includes a bearing structure to which there is connected an outer shell are provided. In such sound chests the bearing structure includes a bottom wall or chest-bottom, and a top member or upper block, a central longitudinal batten or backboard, and two side battens or planks, which extend between the chest-bottom and the upper block, remote from and close to the sound board, respectively; and a plurality of longitudinally staggered, transverse stiffening members or bridges each of which is connected centrally to the backboard with its ends connected to the side planks. Methods for making such sound chests are also provided.

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N S M S P A12026 PIASCO (CUNEO)

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Belmondo, Armando Turin, IT 3 79
Peirano, Giorgio Saluzzo, IT 2 1

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