Abstract: An instrument mouthpiece having an interior wall that includes a plurality of curvilinear modifications that disrupts airflow through the mouthpiece in order to produce a pleasing sound when a player is playing an instrument. The modifications may comprise raised curvilinear ridges disposed on the baffle of the or curvilinear valleys carved into the baffle. Additionally, the modifications may include specific patterns designed to elicit different, yet still pleasing sounds from the instrument. These patterns may include a first pattern having a first central linear modification flanked by a set of modifications having parabolic elongated modifications wherein each modification has a parabolic focus increasingly more distant from each respective modification in a direction away from the central modification and also flanked by a set of modifications having parabolic elongated modifications fashioned in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A musical instrument clamp system which includes a bracket assembly having a first end and a second end, a cradle assembly, a clamp assembly operatively connected to the first end of the bracket assembly, wherein the clamp assembly is also removably attached to the cradle assembly, an extension assembly having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the extension assembly is operatively connected to the second end of the bracket assembly, a hook assembly, wherein the hook assembly is operatively connected to the second end of the extension assembly, and a musical instrument removably retained on the hook assembly.

Abstract: A handpan comprises a hollow base body, composed of a lower shell and an upper shell, each in the form of a spherical segment, which are connected to one another, preferably glued, at their mutually facing outer edges, a basic tone field preferably arranged centrally on the upper shell, further tone fields arranged annularly on the upper shell, preferably around the basic tone field, a resonance opening in the lower shell, and at least one further resonance opening in the lower shell, wherein the at least two resonance openings are arranged decentrally in the lateral rising zone of the lower shell.

Abstract: A chin rest includes a top panel, side panel, and tailpiece strap with snap components, and together provide a surface on which a musician may place their chin while playing an instrument. The side panel includes an endpin hole designed to fit snugly over and around the endpin of an instrument to hold the chin rest to the surface of the instrument. A tailpiece strap extends from the top panel to form a loop around the tailpiece of an instrument, securing the chin rest to the instrument. A male snap connector is embedded in the end of the tailpiece strap and a female snap connector is embedded in the top panel, adjacent to the tailpiece strap. A raised, exterior border surrounds the exterior edge of the top and/or side panels, creating a negative space to provide a cradle for a musician's chin.

Abstract: A self-locking tuner is used to tune the strings of a musical instrument. The self-locking tuner is disposed in a headstock of the stringed musical instrument. The self-locking tuner has an inner string post, outer string post disposed over the inner string post, locking pin extending above the inner string post and through the outer string post to the opening, and insert disposed around the outer string post. Alternatively, a cast housing is disposed around the outer string post with a stop to unlock a string. The string extends through an opening in the outer string post. The insert or cast housing has a stop to unlock the string. The outer string post has a rotational stop which contacts the stop to unlock the string. The insert is disposed in a headstock with the tab disposed in a slot formed in a surface of the headstock.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a hand-held musical instrument comprising a first metal plate or portion of a metal plate configured to emit a sound having a first note when struck with a mallet, and a second metal plate or portion of a metal plate configured to emit a sound having a second note when struck with a mallet, with the first and second plates/portions being connected by a handle that is sized and configured to be held by a human hand. The instrument may be held in one hand and the plates/portions struck with a mallet using the other hand. Embodiments of the musical instrument produce complementary notes that are free of interference from one another and that each have a gradual decay rate, leading to a relatively long sustain time.

Abstract: A flip tuning levers device that does not put added stress on a plurality of guitar strings to get them out of tune. The flip tuning levers device includes a plurality of levers, a plurality of vertical shafts, a plurality of shims, a horizontal shaft, and a base plate. The levers each include a handle, a rotating pin joint, and an upside-down cylindrical-shaped indentation. The base plate includes a plurality of apertures that include a first set of apertures that accommodate receiving a plurality of fasteners and a second set of apertures that accommodate receiving the distal ends of each of the vertical shafts, the first set of apertures correspond with a plurality of preexisting holes disposed on a headstock of the guitar. The flip tuning levers device is made from a three-dimensional printer for accuracy and cost-reduction or is made of titanium for strength and ease of fabrication.

Abstract: A drumhead tuning rim system and method for securing and tuning a drumhead on a drum shell of a drum, comprising a drumhead tuning rim apparatus comprising a cable tension dial assembly configured for operably engaging a rim of the drum so as to increase or decrease tension on the rim, the rim being configured for seating over the drumhead on the drum shell, and an apparatus controller configured for operably interfacing with the drumhead tuning rim apparatus so as to selectively control the cable tension dial assembly and thereby adjust the overall pitch of the drumhead as by adjusting the tension on the rim.

Abstract: A woodwind instrument ligature comprises a plurality of ligature bodies; each body having first and second ends; an aperture extending through each end; the apertures at each first end being coaxial and the apertures at each second end being coaxial; a first tensioning member located in the apertures of the first ends and a second tensioning member located in the apertures of the second ends; each tensioning member having a transversely extending bore, a fixing member extending through the bores of the tensioning members, the fixing member being adjustable to urge the tensioning members together or apart; wherein the ligature body comprises a flexible material having a length to wrap around a mouthpiece and reed for a musical instrument to form a channel to receive the mouthpiece and reed, with the tensioning members being connected by the fixing member in use; each end having first and second contact surfaces; wherein each end may be rotated about the tensioning member between first and second positions; whe

Abstract: An improved body for a stringed instrument wherein the base of the neck slides into a body pocket and onto a flexible protrusion, both made of the body material. The flexible protrusion is drawn toward the pocket by a fastener thereby clamping the base of the neck to the instrument body. No metal parts attach to the base of the neck. The only metal parts involved are the threaded fastener which draws the flexible protrusion toward the pocket and the threaded insert in the flexible protrusion to which this fastener threads. Most of the clamping assembly is hidden inside the body and neck and is not visible when the body and neck are connected. The neck can be removed and replaced rapidly allowing instrument storage in a smaller space and allowing necks of varying scale lengths, fret configurations, or fretboard radius to be attached to the same instrument.

Abstract: An adjustable length strap assembly, including a length of a strapping material having a terminal end secured to an anchoring point located on a rear portion of a body of a stringed instrument, said length threaded through a first leveraging portion of a leveraging member and folded, such that a section of the length of the strapping material is folded over to form a two ply configuration of strapping material consisting of a top ply and a bottom ply, with slid-able longitudinal movement of each ply leveraged by said first leveraging portion of the leveraging member; and a second portion defined by a tongue capable of swivelling about a second leveraging portion of the leveraging member; wherein the slid-able longitudinal movement of the bottom ply relative to the top ply is regulated by movement of a slider of a longitudinally oriented slide-fastening mechanism formed integrally to the top ply.

Abstract: A pick for plucking a string of a stringed musical instrument is provided. The pick includes a planar body having front and rear sides, a distal end having a curved tip for plucking the string, a proximal end for gripping by a user; and a plurality of raised formations provided on at least one of the front and rear sides of the planar body at the distal end, the raised formations being structured and arranged at the distal end to strike the string more than once when the distal end plucks the string.

Abstract: A device may include a drum pedal board with a first end, a second end, a left side, and a right side. Further the device may include an incline section coupled to either the left side or the right side of the drum pedal board, a heel base with variable height, a hinge coupling the first end of the drum pedal board to the heel base, and a drum pedal base coupled to the heel base. The drum pedal board may be substantially parallel to the drum pedal base. The incline section may have a variable incline via a hinge. The heel base may have a variable height via a plurality of heel inserts. An adjustable strap may be operable to secure a user's foot to the drum pedal board. A raised toe section may be operable to raise an end of the drum pedal board.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved string saddle or yoke that can have a string bent thereover without causing a separation of the string's windings.

Abstract: A synthetic reed for use with a woodwind instrument includes a synthetic resin matrix with randomly distributed suspended cane particles. Synthetic fibers, which may comprise one or more different material filaments, may also be impregnated within resin matrix. The cane particles can be present in a concentration of approximately 0.5-10% by volume and at least a majority of the cane particles in the resin matrix can be less than 100 micrometers. The matrix may be formed from two components including an epoxy resin component and a hardener component. The reed exhibits improved strength properties usually provided by synthetics with the warmer sonic properties associated with natural cane reeds and preferred by musicians.

Abstract: Provided is a stand for a musical instrument, the stand including a pole in the shape of a stick extending in one direction, and a plurality of legs extending from the pole and arranged in a circumferential direction of the pole. At least one of the plurality of legs is a rotatable leg attached to the pole so as to be capable of rotating about a central axis of the pole. At least one of the plurality of legs is an offset leg held by the pole such that a longitudinal axis of the offset leg is apart from the central axis of the pole without crossing the central axis when viewed in an axial direction of the pole.

Abstract: A musical instrument stand is detachably secured to a musical instrument and is movable from a stowed position into a deployed position to support the musical instrument in an upright orientation. The stand includes a low-profile track that is attached to the back of the instrument and an assembly that is configured to removably receive the track to secure the assembly to the musical instrument via the track. The assembly has a base member and a leg member that is pivotally attached to the base member at the tops thereof and is pivotal between the stowed and deployed positions. In the stowed position, the leg member lays against the base member. In the deployed position, the leg member forms together with the base member and instrument an A-frame like support for the instrument. The stand is low profile in relation to the musical instrument and does not interfere with the normal operation of the instrument.

Abstract: Disclosed is a locking nut assembly that includes a baseplate mounted on the head of a musical instrument, such as a guitar. The baseplate includes channels configured to receive strings of the musical instrument and at least one locking plate to secure the strings in the channels. A bracket couples a truss rod positioned in a neck of the musical instrument to the baseplate.

Abstract: An actuator system for a foldable stringed instrument (for example, a travel guitar). The actuator system serves two primary function: 1) to selectively retract and extend a ram rod used to unlock and lock a mid-neck hinge of the foldable stringed instrument.

Abstract: Systems and methods for translating strings of a stringed instruments as well as providing for adjustable tensioning. In embodiments, a stringed instrument, may include an instrument body having a front side and a back side wherein, as with most stringed instruments, the strings are disposed on the front side of the body for playing. Different from conventional stringed instruments though, at least a portion of at least one string may be disposed on the backside of the body as well. Thus, a first set of string anchor points are disposed on front side and a second set of string anchor points are disposed on the back side. That is, the strings are translated form the front side to the back side by passing the one or more translated strings through an aperture in the body called a through-bridge. Further, embodiments may include additional versatility by having adjustable tensioning systems.