Abstract

The invention relates to a shoulder support (30) for a stringed instrument, having a supporting element (32) to be laid on the shoulder and/or breast of a player. According to the invention, the supporting element (32) of the shoulder support (30) is made of a thermoplastic material.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10D 3/18 - Chin-rests, hand-rests, shoulder rests or guards being removable from, or integral with the instrument

Abstract

A string for musical instruments comprises a core including a gut material and a coating covering the core. The coating includes a material of a polyaryletherketon (PAEK) material class.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10D 3/00 - Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars

Abstract

An adapter piece (28) according to the invention for fastening a shoulder rest (30) to a stringed instrument, having an adapter body (38) which is provided with at least four clamping fingers (32) which can be placed in engagement with an encircling base edge (12) of the stringed instrument to be supported, should keep the impairment of the sound of the instrument particularly low while providing high stability. For this purpose, at least two of the clamping fingers (32) are positioned such that they can be placed in engagement with the encircling base edge (12) in the region of the outer blocks (20) of the stringed instrument.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10D 3/18 - Chin-rests, hand-rests, shoulder rests or guards being removable from, or integral with the instrument

Abstract

The aim of the invention is to allow strings (14, 16) used in sports equipment and/or twine for angling and industrial fishing purposes or similar to meet the high demands or specific characteristics required by sports and/or industrial fishing and to exhibit excellent physical characteristics. To achieve this, according to the invention, synthetically produced spider silk forms one constituent of the string (14, 16) and/or twine.

IPC Classes  ?

• A63B 51/02 - StringsString substitutesProducts applied on strings, e.g. for protection against humidity or wear
• C07K 14/435 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from animalsPeptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from humans
• D01F 4/00 - Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of proteinsManufacture thereof

Abstract

Disclosed is a string (2) for musical instruments, comprising a core (44) and a coating (46). In order to provide said string (2) with a good quality of sound and a long service life, the coating (46) is made of a material belonging to the family of polyaryletherketones (PAEK).

IPC Classes  ?

• G10D 3/00 - Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars

Abstract

The invention relates to the use of strings (2) in musical instruments that are suitable for high loading, have specific musical characteristics and good physical characteristics. According to the invention, one component of the strings (2) is the artifically produced spider silk.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10D 3/10 - Strings