US3728928A - Shoulder pad arrangement for a violin or viola - Google Patents

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US3728928A
US3728928A US00181731A US3728928DA US3728928A US 3728928 A US3728928 A US 3728928A US 00181731 A US00181731 A US 00181731A US 3728928D A US3728928D A US 3728928DA US 3728928 A US3728928 A US 3728928A
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G10D3/18—Chin-rests, hand-rests, shoulder rests or guards being removable from, or integral with the instrument

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  • a carrier strap is resiliently clamped to the back of a violin or viola.
  • a helical spring mounted on a slide movable along the strap is attached to a shoulder pad by an internally threaded connector disc on the spring and a threaded stud on the pad.
  • the spring permits universal pivotal movement of the pad and biases the pad toward a normal angular position.
  • the pad may be shifted longitudinally of the strap with the slide and threadedly toward and away from the strap, and may be fixed in the shifted position by a set screw on the slide and a lock nut on the stud.
  • This invention relates to pads for hand-held, bowed, stringed instruments, such as violins and violas, which are engaged by the body of a musician during normal use of the instrument, and more particularly to a shoulder pad arrangement for a violin or viola.
  • FIG. I is a perspective view of a shoulder pad arrangement of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a violin equipped with the pad arrangementof FIG. 1 in front elevation
  • FIG. 4 shows the violin of FIG. 3 in an. end view taken in the direction of the arrow IV and on a somewhat larger scale.
  • FIGS. I and 2 there is seen a shoulder pad arrangement 1 whose carrier element 2 is an elongated alu' minum strap tapering in width toward'its ends.
  • the longitudinally central portion of the strap is of uniform width and arcuate in cross section for greater rigidity
  • the exposed engagement face of the pad 17 may be shaped to match the musicians shoulder by bending the covered backing plate 16, and the pad may be shifted with the slide 8 and associated elements to a convenient position along the strap 2.
  • the spacing between the strap 2 and the pad 17 in the direction of he spring axis may be adjusted by threadedly moving the stud 13 in the washer l2 and, fixing the selected spacing by means of the lock nut 15.
  • the optimum angle'between the longitudinal axes of the pad 17 and the strap 2 may also be chosen in this procedure, as is seen-best in FIG. 3. It is normally most convenient to arrange the pad 17 near the normal location 19 of the chin rest indicated in chain-dotted lines, but somewhat farther from the bottom end of the violin body 7, the chin rest and shoulder pad, of course, being mounted on opposite plates of the body 7.
  • said securing means further include spacer means interposed between one of said axial ends and the attached one of said slide and pad members, and including adjusting means for varying the effective length of said spacer means and for thereby varying the spacing of said one axial end and of said one attached member.

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US3827329A (en) * 1973-06-11 1974-08-06 D Annessa Universal shoulder rest for violins and violas of all sizes
US5567893A (en) * 1995-10-31 1996-10-22 Kun; Michael Shoulder rest for violin or like instrument
US6177622B1 (en) * 1998-10-27 2001-01-23 Matthew Daniel Green Bowed stringed instrument protector and method for using same
GB2368183A (en) * 2000-06-21 2002-04-24 Karen Jane Thompson A Shoulder Rest for a Musical Instrument
US20060207405A1 (en) * 2005-03-08 2006-09-21 Joe Armstrong Instrument support
US7531727B2 (en) 2005-12-30 2009-05-12 Buttemer Evan D Chin rest for musical instrument
US20090211426A1 (en) * 2005-04-15 2009-08-27 Avgustin Penic Shoulder rest for a Violin and Viola
US8957290B2 (en) 2010-12-15 2015-02-17 Wittner Gmbh & Co. Kg Shoulder support for a musical instrument
US9495942B2 (en) 2011-12-14 2016-11-15 Wittner Gmbh & Co. Kg Shoulder support for a musical instrument
WO2020251483A1 (en) * 2019-06-10 2020-12-17 Yasar Universitesi Handrest for a musical instrument, especially bassoon
EP3876225A1 (de) * 2020-03-06 2021-09-08 The Kun Shoulder Rest Inc. Violinschulterstütze mit beweglichem kissen oder unabhängig einstellbaren modularen kissen

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CH647612A5 (de) * 1979-06-08 1985-01-31 Alois Hrdlicka Fatexma Dipl In Haltevorrichtung fuer ein saitenmusikinstrument.
DE102005062878A1 (de) * 2005-12-29 2007-07-05 Löbel, Hartmut Mobiles Kleinkühlgerät
WO2013087228A1 (de) 2011-12-14 2013-06-20 Wittner Gmbh & Co. Kg Schulterstützenvorrichtung für ein musikinstrument

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US932844A (en) * 1908-10-16 1909-08-31 George Beisheim Shoulder-rest for violins.
US1087066A (en) * 1913-05-07 1914-02-10 Huyon Locke Violin-rest.
US2478530A (en) * 1948-05-25 1949-08-09 Joseph E Hall Violin shoulder safety pad
US2747452A (en) * 1952-10-22 1956-05-29 Goldberger Erno Meir Shoulder rest for violins

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DE289739C (de) *
US932844A (en) * 1908-10-16 1909-08-31 George Beisheim Shoulder-rest for violins.
US1087066A (en) * 1913-05-07 1914-02-10 Huyon Locke Violin-rest.
US2478530A (en) * 1948-05-25 1949-08-09 Joseph E Hall Violin shoulder safety pad
US2747452A (en) * 1952-10-22 1956-05-29 Goldberger Erno Meir Shoulder rest for violins

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3827329A (en) * 1973-06-11 1974-08-06 D Annessa Universal shoulder rest for violins and violas of all sizes
US5567893A (en) * 1995-10-31 1996-10-22 Kun; Michael Shoulder rest for violin or like instrument
US6177622B1 (en) * 1998-10-27 2001-01-23 Matthew Daniel Green Bowed stringed instrument protector and method for using same
GB2368183A (en) * 2000-06-21 2002-04-24 Karen Jane Thompson A Shoulder Rest for a Musical Instrument
US20060207405A1 (en) * 2005-03-08 2006-09-21 Joe Armstrong Instrument support
US7368645B2 (en) 2005-03-08 2008-05-06 The Portabene Company, Llc Instrument support
US7888569B2 (en) * 2005-04-15 2011-02-15 Avgustin Penic Shoulder rest for a violin and viola
US20090211426A1 (en) * 2005-04-15 2009-08-27 Avgustin Penic Shoulder rest for a Violin and Viola
US7531727B2 (en) 2005-12-30 2009-05-12 Buttemer Evan D Chin rest for musical instrument
US8957290B2 (en) 2010-12-15 2015-02-17 Wittner Gmbh & Co. Kg Shoulder support for a musical instrument
US9495942B2 (en) 2011-12-14 2016-11-15 Wittner Gmbh & Co. Kg Shoulder support for a musical instrument
WO2020251483A1 (en) * 2019-06-10 2020-12-17 Yasar Universitesi Handrest for a musical instrument, especially bassoon
EP3876225A1 (de) * 2020-03-06 2021-09-08 The Kun Shoulder Rest Inc. Violinschulterstütze mit beweglichem kissen oder unabhängig einstellbaren modularen kissen
US11423869B2 (en) 2020-03-06 2022-08-23 The Kun Shoulder Rest Inc. Violin shoulder rest with movable pad or independently adjustable modular pads
AU2021232217B2 (en) * 2020-03-06 2023-05-18 The Kun Shoulder Rest Inc. Violin shoulder rest with movable pad

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