Drop tuner for fulcrum tremolo
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Aug 15, 2017
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Oct 11, 2015
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Abstract
The Drop Tuner comprising a pivoting lever element and two ring-like elements in an arrangement operable to quickly alter the position of a macro-tuner or other string tuning element on the instrument body to change the tension of a musical instrument string from one pre-selected pitch to another and back by moving the lever to one of two corresponding adjustable pre-selected positions. “Drop Tuner” refers to an adjustment device added to a string tuner element, macro-tuner or similar, with the capacity to quickly change from one adjustable predetermined pitch to another adjustable predetermined pitch and back comprising at least two adjustable predetermined tensioning positions.
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Patent Owner | Address | |
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MCCABE GEOFFREY LEE | HOLLYWOOD CA |
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- 2015 Application Filing Year
- G10D Class
- 216 Applications Filed
- 198 Patents Issued To-Date
- 91.67 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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McCabe, Geoffrey Lee | Hollywood, US | 10 | 43 |
# of filed Patents : 10 Total Citations : 43 |
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