US 12,230,234 B2
Calibrated vibrato
Richard Ned Steinberger, Nobleboro, ME (US)
Filed by Richard Ned Steinberger, Nobleboro, ME (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/367,716.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/049,060, filed on Jul. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0013095 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G10D 3/153 (2020.01); G10D 3/12 (2020.01)
CPC G10D 3/153 (2020.02) [G10D 3/12 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A calibrated vibrato, which comprises:
a moveable tailpiece assembly comprising:
a plurality of pre-set string guides, each pre-set string guide having an offset and height configured for a specific type of string; and
a tuner holding a ball end of a string, wherein
the pre-set string guides are configured to keep a conventional set of strings in relative tune when the calibrated vibrato is activated, and
the tuner further comprises:
a body mounted on at pivot point;
an indented portion on the body configured to hold the ball end of a string;
a threaded opening on the body with an axis in a direction normal to the pivot point;
a string path on the body, located between the indented portion and the threaded opening; and
a threaded rod configured to axially displace the threaded opening.