Abstract: A guitar holder device has a U-shaped hanger, an L-shaped rod disposed on the U-shaped hanger, a holder joint disposed on an end of the L-shaped rod, a disk inserted in the holder joint pivotally, and a U-shaped bar connected to the disk. A bolt fastens the disk in the holder joint. The holder joint has a U-shaped main body, a positioning through hole formed on the U-shaped main body, an oblong through hole formed on the U-shaped main body, a rivet passing through the oblong through hole and a washer, and a bolt passing through the positioning through hole, the disk, and a nut.

Abstract: A cord or cable lock for preventing a cord or cable from being accidentally pulled out of a socket of a musical instrument, due to tugs on the cable or cord, is disclosed. The cable lock is in the form of a strip which is curled or curved at one end to give a J-shaped profile to the cable lock. Near the end distal from the curved portion, the cable lock has a hole which allows the cable lock to be mounted to a musical instrument using a screw. The curved portion of the cable lock surrounds the cable and frictionally grips the cable to keep tugs on the cable from being transmitted to a plug at the end of the cable. Thus the plug is prevented from being pulled out of the socket in the musical instrument.

Abstract: A strap clip useful for example for attaching a strap to the body of a musical instrument. The strap is U-shaped and includes an installation seat screwed to the body of the instrument, an upstanding strap hook part and an insertion part for being inserted into a cut in the strap. The cut in the strap is elongated along the strap and also has a wider region where the hook part of the clip is received. The insertion part is wider than the hook part, so that the insertion part holds the hook part of the U-shaped clip in the cut in the strap. The tip of the insertion part is bent downward toward the installation seat.

Abstract: A combination strap lock and pick storage device includes a pair of arms each having a free end and an opposite end forming a single ring defining a passage therethrough. The arms are biased away from each other such that the passage has a predefined cross-sectional area. The arms may be forced toward each other to thereby expand the cross-sectional area of the passage sufficiently to thereby allow passage therethrough of an enlarged head of a peg attached to a musical instrument. Thereafter, the arms may be released so that the passage resumes its predefined cross-sectional area and engages a shaft portion of the peg, wherein the shaft has a cross-sectional area that is less than that of the enlarged head. The device thus secures a support strap, previously attached to the peg, to the musical instrument. Each arm additionally defines a channel along an inside surface thereof, wherein the opposing channels are configured to receive a flat pick therein.

Abstract: A mute holder for attachment to a music stand supports several mutes in a convenient manner. A mute is a device placed in the end of a trumpet or similar musical instrument to alter the sound. A number of mutes may be needed in the course of play. The mute holder provides an attachment bracket sized to attach to the support shelf on the music book support portion of a music stand. A preferred attachment bracket includes a retaining strip which is carried adjacent to a top portion of the mute holder. A resilient first bend between the top and retaining strip biases the strip against the top, allowing the bracket to clamp against the support shelf of the music book support. A back wall is attached to a rear edge of the top portion at an angle of approximately 90 degrees. A support plate is attached to the lower edge of the back wall, and is generally parallel to the top portion. The support plate defines one or more holes or openings, each such opening sized to support a similarly sized mute.

Abstract: A semi-rigid, plastic retainer clip for temporarily receiving and gripping a plurality of guitar pics. The retainer clip is U-shaped and includes a pair of L-shaped clip members for removably securing the retainer clip to the supporting strap of the guitar. This conveniently positions the pics for the guitar player.

Abstract: A capo-holding apparatus for a stringed musical instrument having a fingerboard along which the strings of the instrument extend and a peg head disposed at one end of the fingerboard includes a body which is securable against the peg head or some other part of the stringed instrument in a fixed position relative thereto. The body is, in turn, adapted to releasably hold a capo in fixed relationship relative to the body so that when the capo is held in a fixed relationship relative to the body and the body is secured in a fixed position relative to the stringed instrument, the capo is held in a fixed position relative to the stringed instrument.

Abstract: The ribbon harp is a mouth-blown musical instrument consisting of a thin ribbon-like textile or polymeric object. When held between the thumbs and blown on by mouth, the ribbon harp vibrates in the audible frequency range and produces a musical note. The player may vary the tension in the ribbon in order to vary the fundamental frequency with which the ribbon harp vibrates, thus producing higher or lower pitches. Various methods may be used to provide lengthwise strength. Dampening properties can be tuned by varying properties in the crosswise direction. Aerodynamic surface treatments are provided so that the ribbon harp commences to vibrate immediately on being blown across. A wrist harness or gauntlet and a thumb cot are described as aids to the player.

Abstract: A pick dispenser for a solid string musical instrument, such as a guitar, which is a self contained and self functioning unit. The pick dispenser is disposed in a cavity within the solid body of the instrument. The dispenser includes an elevating ramp for lifting the picks to the surface of the dispenser and the instrument for easy grasping of the picks.

Abstract: A novel apparatus for holding a plectrum in graspable relation to a hand is taught which comprises a hand engaging portion, a resilient member, fastening elements, and a plectrum. The hand engaging portion is adapted to engage a portion of the musician's hand, and to be fastened to a proximal end of the resilient member. A distal end of the resilient member is fastened to the plectrum. Preferably, the proximal end of the resilient member is fastened to the hand engaging portion so that the resilient member projects outwardly from the hand, with the distal end of the resilient member positioned in spaced-relation to the hand. The distal end of the resilient member is fastened to the plectrum so that the plectrum is held (i) in graspable relation to the musician's fingers, and (ii) in a preferred orientation relative to the musician's fingers. A novel method of playing a stringed instrument is also taught.

Abstract: An improved pick holder for releasable attachment to guitars and other stringed instruments is formed as a longitudinally elongated, single-piece body member, preferably molded of vinyl plastic, having a longitudinally extending pick-holding slot formed in its top and a pair of opposite downwardly-extending mounting legs arranged for releasable attachment by adhesive pads to the soundboard of a stringed instrument. The mounting surface area of the legs is reduced and the body member is supported above and out of contact with the instrument with an open, air space provided therebetween to restrict any damping of the normal soundboard vibration and to limit vibrational interaction between the pick holder and the instrument.

Abstract: A holder for a guitar slide bar wherein the slide bar may be conveniently stored by the musician on the guitar strap, the holder eliminating the necessity to search for the slide bar when needed. The slide bar holder consists of a U-shaped body which is clipped upon the guitar strap and a portion of the body supports the slide bar retaining apparatus, which may either be in the form of resilient clips, or magnets, if a ferrous slide is employed.

Abstract: There is provided a holder for guitar picks that is adapted to be mounted to a guitar, a microphone stand or other structure. The holder provides quick and easy access to the guitar picks and comprises an arcuate coil of resilient wire secured to a retainer. The retainer has a base portion and a pair of arms extending from the base portion for clamping about the guitar or microphone stand. The arcuate coil of resilient wire is secured to the base portion of the retainer and has a plurality of individual turns that form a plurality of slots for receiving the guitar picks. Each individual turn of the arcuate coil has a substantially circular cross-section. In addition, the arms of the retainer clamp against the outer surface of the structure, such as the guitar or microphone stand, to support the retainer thereon.

Abstract: There is provided a guitar pick holder adapted to be mounted to the outer surface of a guitar, which holder provides quick and easy access to the guitar pick even by a musician holding the guitar. The guitar pick holder comprises a suction cup and an elongated coil of resilient wire. The suction cup has a lower portion for attachment to the flat surface by a vacuum force, and an upper portion that is supported above the flat surface by the lower portion. The elongated coil of resilient wire is secured to the upper portion of the suction cup and has an arcuate shape such that its outer periphery is greater than its inner periphery. In addition, the elongated coil has a plurality of individual turns that form a plurality of slots for receiving the guitar pick. Thus, the present invention permits insertion and retrieval of guitar picks to and from the guitar pick holder without requiring the musician to view the guitar pick holder.

Abstract: A device for storing and retrieving one or more drumsticks, comprising in combination: a casing open at its top and defining a cavity, a drumstick support movable within the cavity in opposition to a first spring into locking engagement with a second spring, and trigger means for releasing the second spring; said device being characterized in that releasing the second spring causes said drumstick support means to move upwardly ejecting said drumsticks.

Abstract: A retracting guitar pick holder. Other patented designs of guitar pick holders are wholly different from mine, in that no designs besides mine hold a guitar pick in a readily available position. My pick holder consists of a wrist band (cloth, leather, or the like), onto which is fastened a tube, which extends to over the hand, and ends a little above the thumb and index finger, slightly in back of the tip of the thumb. The tube is hollow, and inside is an elastic cord which is fastened at the wrist end of the tube. At the fingers end, the cord is attached either to the pick, or to a clasp which is used to hold the pick.

Abstract: An automatically tuned musical instrument provides a means for keeping strings under tension in proper tune. It also provides a mechanism to simplify installing new strings on the instrument. The tuning system includes a magnitude comparator to eliminate crosstalk which can result in improperly tuning one string when receiving a tone from an adjacent string. The system tensions a string or a plurality of strings at fast speed to within a whole tone or their desired frequency and then fine tunes the strings to desired frequencies. The mechanism includes a guide canal for each string to guide the string into pinch rollers and a flexible conduit to guide the string onto a guide reel to provide an easy, sure way to install strings onto the instrument.

Abstract: A combined pick and slide holder for a stringed musical instrument is disclosed which includes a pick and slide holder body formed by first and second parallel major planer surfaces separated a predetermined distance, and establishing first and second pairs of parallel sides. One of the parallel sides of the first pair of parallel edges includes a pick holder compartment disposed inwardly from the side and extending between the first and second major planer surfaces, and including first and second pick holder compartment walls. A resilient pick holder member is disposed in the pick holder compartment and frictionally engages a plurality of stringed musical instrument picks in the compartment until forcibly removed by a user. The pick and slide holder also includes a slide holder member proximate the other parallel side of said first pair of parallel edges.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a pick dispenser for stringed instruments, which dispenser is integral with the body of the instrument. When used with a solid-body instrument, such as an electric guitar, the dispenser is disposed in a cavity formed in the body of the instrument. When used with a hollow-body instrument, such as an acoustic guitar, the dispenser is provided with its own housing which is disposed in an opening formed in a wall of the body of the instrument.

Abstract: A holder adapted to be detachably secured to a stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, for holding a plurality of picks and an Allen wrench upon the body of a stringed musical instrument. The holder includes an elongated base and an elongated clip arm secured at one set of edges in spaced apart relationship by a connecting arm in such a manner that the clip arm is elastically biased toward the base in order to yieldably support a plurality of guitar picks between the base and the clip arm. The same holder includes in the top surface of the clip arm, an elongated recess uniquely shaped to receive an Allen wrench snugly received within the recess and which may be inserted and removed from the recess either longitudinally or transversely of the recess.

Abstract: A guide to assist a player of a stringed instrument in the process of applying rosin to their bow including a base (2) and a pair of parallel guides (8, 10) which are parallel to the diameter of the rosin and are capable of rotating about the axis of the rosin.

Abstract: A guitar pick holder including a band removeably fitted around the arm of a guitar player generally at the wrist. A tether line having a first end and a second end opposite the first end is connected to the band at its first end and extends generally downwardly from the band. The length of the tether line extending down from the band substantially corresponds to the distance from the wrist to the fingertips of the guitar player. A guitar pick is connected to the second end of the tether line.

Abstract: An adjustable drum clamp which is particularly useful for assisting the drummer in executing the difficult rim shot. The clamp is useful also for holding drum accessories such as a microphone or cymbal to the drum and for joining together two drums. The clamp comprises a generally rectangular block member having attachment means on its inner end surface for securing the block to the side of the drum. The block member is provided with two or more generally vertically aligned bores in which there is positioned adjustable holding members for holding a drum stick or the like.

Abstract: Small portable device for pre-stressing and holding replacement strings for a musical instrument, comprises a beam part along which the strings extend and to one end of which they are fastened. The other end of the beam part has manually operable string attachment and draft keys, for tensioning the strings the desired amount. The beam part has frets spaced with relation to the diapason of the musical instrument, to aid in tuning the replacement strings to the necessary pitch.

Abstract: A holder for stringed instrument picks is provided in which picks may be temporarily stored by inserting them between adjacent pairs of parallel vanes, which are resiliently displaced to retain the pick. In one embodiment, the vanes may be formed by the coils of a helical spring, and the holder may be attached to the face of a musical instrument or to another convenient flat or curved surface. For more secure or longer term storage, a pick may be inserted in compression between the spring and an underlying pad. A rod may be passed through the spring coils to prevent distortion and movement of the spring.

Abstract: The device for retaining a slide and a pick to a stringed instrument includes a generally rectangular base having a top surface, and an arm unit extending over the base top surface. The arm unit includes an obliquely oriented slot arranged to accept and retain the pick therein. A gripping member extending from the arm unit forms a slide accepting area between the gripping member and the base top surface. A perimeter wall of the slide is inserted into the slide accepting area allowing the gripping member to apply a compressive force to the slide, retaining the slide to the device.

Abstract: A pick holder for a guitar is mounted in a cradle portion of a side wall of a guitar and contains a strip having a plurality of pick-receiving pockets. The pick holder has a first fastening portion affixed to the guitar body and a second fastening portion containing the pick-receiving pockets. The two fastening portions enable the strip of pick-receiving pockets to be detachably fastened to the guitar body.

Abstract: A holder for a stringed instrument such as a guitar comprises an annular cradle and a male prong attached thereto. The prong is sized and shaped to be received in a conventional electrical receptacle jack of the type found on amplifier/speaker units and is constructed of electrically insulating material. An attachment for supporting a drinking glass or cup is also provided.

Abstract: The invention proposes a chin rest for a string instrument, e.g. a violin or fiddle, that is equipped, in its chin rest plate, with an opening that enables a better conformance of the chin rest to the human contour and that is possibly held in pivotable fashion to the body of the string instrument and, therewith, can follow the pivoting motions of the head of the person using the instrument. Furthermore, the chin rest is combined with a so-called damper support.

Abstract: A percussion stick holder assembly is provided, having at least two tubes (12) held in a parallel, spaced apart relationship by a support plate (16). A spring clamp (18) is provided for gripping a percussion unit stand and is rotatably secured to plate (16). Percussion sticks may thus be conveniently provided for the user in a position for quick and accurate grasping for removal, use and return.

Abstract: An attachment is provided for use with a guitar or other musical instrument or other mechanism for conveniently releasably holding stemmed tools, such as hexagonal or octagonal wrenches, used in adjusting or otherwise servicing the mechanism. The attachment is a small body which can be nonrotatably attached to an instrument or other mechanism by a single screw. The tools are frictionally held to the attachment so that no manipulation of it is required to either insert or remove a tool.

Abstract: A saxophone neck grease plug for use in storing a saxophone after use which comprises a body defined by an upper portion and a lower portion with the upper portion defining a hollow cavity which is charged with grease and closed with a cap, the lower portion having a smaller diameter than the upper portion consisting of flexible fingers for telescopic insertion into varied sized saxophone neck sockets.

Abstract: A microphone stand mountable holder includes an upwardly oriented spring clip section for removably receiving and retaining each of a plurality of plectra for use by a performer at the microphone. Slots for detachably securing packs of plectra extending laterally provide for a readily accessible supply of plectra.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a simple and inexpensive, clamp-type microphone mount for base fiddles and the like. The mount includes at least a pair of members arranged to clampingly engage such portions of a musical instrument as defined opposite sides of an aperture formed through the housing of the instrument.

Abstract: An improved guitar provided with a removable tailblock assembly which replaces the conventional fixed interior tailblock. The tailblock assembly includes a ringlike reinforcing member which is disposed in the interior of the guitar body and extends between the top and bottom walls, and is secured to the inner face of the curved end portions of the side walls at their junction. The end portions of the side walls have notches or openings formed therein which align with the opening in the reinforcing member. A ringlike insert is fixedly positioned within these latter openings, and is fixedly secured to the guitar body, such as to the side walls. This insert defines therethrough a large opening which is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the guitar body and provides convenient access to the interior thereof.

Abstract: A stringed musical pick or plectrum dispenser for receiving, retaining, and dispensing a pick, the dispenser being mounted in fixed relation to an instrument sound board adjacent the instrument strings. Each pick is wafer thin and generally triangular in shape. The dispenser may be mounted on a pick guard which has a first edge alignable with the instrument string that is last plucked to guard against, and prevent, continued downward travel of the pick thus protecting the finish on the instrument sound board. A dispenser housing has a perimetral wall with upper and lower edges. The housing defines in cross-section the general configuration of a pick. A bottom side is affixed to the lower wall edge and a top side is affixed to the upper wall edge. A pick receiving and dispensative opening is formed in the top side. The opening receives a pick and provides an inner surface for engaging and retaining the pick in the dispenser while exposing a pick surface through the opening.

Abstract: A retractable guitar pick used in combination with a guitar, wherein the present device is mounted to the housing thereof similarly to the control knobs now located thereon. The retractable guitar pick comprises a housing mounted to the body of the guitar adjacent existing controls so as not to interfere with the playing of the strings thereof. A retractable cable is disposed in the housing wherein there is a lock button to hold or release the cable having a typical guitar pick attached to the free end thereof. The cable is attached to a take-up spring which is held in various positions, to allow the pick to reach any location along the guitar to strike the strings thereof.