Apparatus for playing a stringed instrument
CA 2089962 A1 · Owner: Wilson, Gary Daniel · Inventors: Wilson, Gary Daniel
Overview
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An apparatus for playing a stringed instrument comprises a supporting frame, a plurality of pokers at least one picker, a, plurality of actuating devices and a computer interface; at least one tension controller may also be attached. The frame supports the stringed instrument as well as the pokers picker, tension, controller and actuating devices. Each poker when activated, will press a specific point on a specific string to the neck of the stringed instrument. A picker, when activated will draw a, pick across a string. A tension controller under activation, can, tighten and/or loosen the tension of a string. The actuating devices provide the means of activating the pokers picker and, …
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- Filed February 19, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 19, 2013.
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