Appeal No. 2000-1161
Application No. 09/318,354
an arcuately curving configuration. The actuator knobs for a
group of tuning devices are disposed adjacent to the arcuate
or nonlinear edge portion while the actuator knobs for the
other group of tuning devices are disposed adjacent to the
linear edge portion of the head. By having the actuators for
some of the tuning devices extend in a direction opposite from
the actuators for the other tuning devices, spacing between
actuator knobs for the tuning devices is maximized. This
provides room for engagement of any one of the actuator knobs
by the hand of a person playing the instrument. A further
understanding of the invention can be achieved from the
following claim.
1. A musical instrument comprising a body portion, a neck
portion connected with and extending from said body portion, a
head portion connected with said neck portion, said head
portion having a front side and a rear side, a plurality of
strings which are connected with said body portion and extend
along neck portion to said head portion, a plurality of
strings posts, each of said strings of said plurality of
strings being connected with one of said string posts of said
plurality of string posts at a location adjacent to said front
side of said head portion, each of said string posts having a
central axis which extends transverse to said front and rear
sides of said head portion, said central axes of said string
posts being disposed in one plane which extends transverse to
said front and rear sides of said head portion, and actuators
which are connected with said strings posts and are manually
rotatable to rotate said string posts and are manually
rotatable to rotate said string posts about the central axes
of said string posts to adjust tension in said strings, a
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