String changing device for Bigsby tailpieces

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9230525
APP PUB NO 20140230628A1
SERIAL NO

14175609

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A method and devices for changing and dampening guitar strings are disclosed. The string changing device comprises a flexible urethane foam having trapezoidal sides so that the front face of the device can be inserted into the space between the Bigsby tailpiece and a front face of a guitar to temporarily hold at least one eyelet of a guitar string onto a pin of the Bigsby tailpiece while a guitar string installer is installing a string on a headstock tuning peg.

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HUNTER STEVENot Provided

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Hunter, Karen Phoenix, US 16 104
Hunter, Steve Phoenix, US 2 12

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