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A
u s i c a l
i n s t r u m e n t
p i c k i n c l u d i n g a m e t a l b a r e x t e n d
i n g a l o n g t h e t o p
o f
a c o n v e n t i o n a l l y
s h a p e d
p i c k b o d y .
At one
end o f
t h e m e t a l
b a r t h e r e i s a rounded
b e v e l l e d
e n d
which
s u s e d
by h o l d i n g
t h e
p i c k
u p s i d e d o w n
t
a n
a n g l e
o f 5 . The
e v e l l e d e n d
i s
u s e d t o p e r f o r m a r p e g
g i o
s w e e p s . At
t h e o p p o s i t e e n d
o f
t h e
m e t a l
b a r a
t a p e r e d s u r f a c e t e r m i n a t in g
i n
a p o i n t i s p r o v i d e d f o r
f a s t
p i c k i n g . On
a t e r a l
s u r f a c e s o f
t h e
m e t a l
b a r a r e
p r o v i d e d
g r o o v e s f o r
r e c e i v i n g
t h e thumb
a n d
f o r e ? n
g e r
r e s p e c t i v e l y o f t h e u s e r .
The
t o p e d g e o f t h e m e t a l
b a r i s r o u n d e d
u s e f u l
t o
p e r f o r m s l i d e
a n d
? n g e r
t a p p i n g
t e c h n i q u e s .
6 C l a i m s 1 D r a w i n g
S h e e t
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PICK WITH MULTIPLE
PLAYING SURFACES
FIELD OF
THE INVENTION
The
p r e s e n t i n v e n t i o n
r e l a t e s
t o
a p i c k
f o r
s t r i n g
i n s t r u m e n t s
and m o r e p a r t i c u l a r l y t o a m u s i c a l
i n s t r u
m e n t p i c k h a v i n g m u l t i p l e
s u r f a c e s f o r
t a p
a n d
s l i d e
s t y l e s o f g u i t a r p l a y i n g .
BACKGROUND
OF THE INVENTION
TO
l a y
c e r t a i n s t r i n g
m u s i c a l
i n s t r u m e n t s s u c h a s
g u i t a r s and
m a n d o l i n s
a p i c k
i s
u s e d
t o h i t
a s t r i n g o r
s t r u m s t r i n g s o f
t h e i n s t r u m e n t . The s h a p e
a n d
s u r f a c e s
o f t h e p i c k t o some
d e g r e e
d i c t a t e t h e t y p e s o f s o u n d s
t h a t m ay
b e
c r e a t e d
from t h e i n s t r u m e n t . For e x a m p l e
a
s h a r p s u r f a c e i s
d e s i r e d t o
make r a p i d s i n g l e s t r i n g
p i c k i n g
i n
s e q u e n c e w h e r e a s a smooth s u r f a c e i s d e s i r
a b l e when
s t r u m m i n g
s e v e r a l
s t r i n g s . O t h e r
t e c h n i q u e s
h a v e e v o l v e d
t h a t a r e
p e r f o r m e d
b y
? n g e r b u t
which
would be enhanced w i t h t h e u s e o f a p i c k . F o r e x a m p l e
a
t e c h n i q u e
c a l l e d ? n g e r t a p p i n g i n v o l v e s
a t t a c k i n g
a
s t r i n g w i t h o n e ?nger o f
t h e p i c k i n g
hand t o
s l a m
t h e
s t r i n g o n t o
t h e
f r e t b o a r d
o f
t h e g u i t a r a n d p u l l i n g
t h e
s t r i n g o f f a t a s l i g h t a n g l e .
The s o u n d
o f
t h e
s t r i n g a t
t h e
f r e t
where t i s
t a p p e d
i s c r e a t e d f o l l o w e d by t h e s o u n d
o f
t h e s t r i n g o p e n when
t h e
s t r i n g i s r e l e a s e d .
T h i s
c r e a t e s an a r p e g g i o
t y p e
o f s o u n d .
As
a n
e x a m p l e o f m u s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t
p i c k s
w i t h
u n i q u e l y
s h a p e d
s u r f a c e s
s e e
U . S . P a t .
N o s .
5 5 5 5 9 9
t o
E s s i g
6 5 5 9 5 9 t o C o c h r a n e 4 6 9 1 6 0 9
t o
A c o c e l l a and
D e s .
2 9 2 4 1 3
t o S l u s s e r .
I n a d d i t i o n U . S .
P a t . N o s .
9 9 8 4 4 0
t o
W i l l a t
a n d 4 1 5 0 6 0 1
t o
H e n l e y J r .
d i s c l o s e
p i c k s
w i t h
s p e c i a l i z e d s t r u c t u r e s f o r
f a c i l i t a t i n g
g r i p
p i n g o f
t h e
p i c k .
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
T h e p r e s e n t i n v e n t i o n
i s
d i r e c t e d t o a m u s i c a l i n s t r u
ment p i c k h a v i n g m u l t i p l e s u r f a c e s
e a c h d e s i g n e d f o r
a
p a r t i c u l a r s t y l e
o f
l a y .
S p e c i ? c a l l y t h e
p i c k a c c o r d i n g
t o t h e
p r e s e n t i n v e n t io n
f e a t u r e s
a m e t a l b a r e x t e n d i n g
a l o n g
t h e t o p
o f a
c o n v e n t i o n a l l y
s h a p e d
p i c k
b o d y . At
one end of
t h e
m e t a l
b a r
t h e r e i s a rounded b e v e l l e d
end which s u s e d
by
o l d i n g
t h e p i c k
u p s i d e d o w n t
a n
a n g l e
o f
4 5 .
The e v e l l e d end
s u s e d
t o perform
a s t y l e
o f p l a y c a l l e d a r p e g g i o s w e e p s .
A t t h e o p p o s i t e
e n d
a
t a p e r e d s u r f a c e t e r m i n a t i n g
i n
a p o i n t
i s p r o v i d e d
f o r
s p e e d p i c k i n g . On
a t e r a l
s u r f a c e s
o f t h e
m e t a l
b a r a r e
p r o v i d e d g r o o v e s f o r r e c e i v i n g t h e
thumb a n d
f o r e ? n
g e r
r e s p e c t i v e l y o f t h e u s e r . The t o p e d g e o f t h e m e t a l
b a r i s rounded t o
perform
s l i d e a s
w e l l
a s ?nger
t a p p i n g t e c h n i q u e s . The m e t a l b a r i s
v e r y
d u r a b l e
and
p r o d u c e s a c l e a n e r
s h a r p e r
and
more i s t i n c t t o n e t h a n
a
p l a s t i c
p i c k i n g s u r f a c e .
Of c o u r s e
t h e
v a r i o u s p i c k
s u r f a c e s c o u l d
b e u s e d
t o
p e r f o r m
v a r i o u s o t h e r p i c k i n g
t e c h n i q u e s which m a y
o r
m a y
n o t
be now k now n.
The p i c k a c c o r d i n g
t o
t h e
p r e s e n t
i n v e n t i o n i s v e r s a
t i l e .
I t f i t s t h e n e e d s o f a l l
t y p e s
o f
m u s i c i a n s
and a l l
s t y l e s o f p l a y .
I t
i s
a
p r i m a r y
o b j e c t o f
t h e
p r e s e n t i n v e n t i o n t o p r o
v i d e a
d u r a b l e
and
v e r s a t i l e
m u s i c a l
i n s t r u m e n t
p i c k
h a v i n g
m u l t i p l e s u r f a c e s
e a c h
d e s i g n e d f o r p a r t i c u l a r
s t y l e s o f
p l a y .
The
a b o v e a n d
o t h e r o b j e c t s a n d a d v a n t a g e s
which
w i l l become
more r e a d i l y a p p a r e n t r e s i d e
i n t h e
d e t a i l s
o f
s t r u c t u r e and o p e r a t i o n a s
m o r e
f u l l y h e r e i n a f t e r
d e s c r i b e d
and
c l a i m e d r e f e r e n c e
b e i n g
made t o t h e
1 0
30
40
45
5 0
5 5
6 5
2
f o l l o w i n g
d e s c r i p t i o n
t a k e n i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e
a c c o m p a n y i n g
d r a w i n g s .
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
THE
DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 i s a
p e r s p e c t i v e
view
o f
t h e
p i c k a c c o r d i n g
t o
t h e
p r e s e n t
i n v e n t i o n h e l d
b y
t h e ? n g e r o f a u s e r .
F I G . 2 i s a
p e r s p e c t i v e
v i e w
o f t h e
p i c k a c c o r d i n g t o
t h e p r e s e n t i n v e n t i o n .
FIG. 3 i s a s i d e view o f t h e p i c k .
FIGS. 4 and 5
a r e
end views
o f
t h e
p i c k .
FIG. 6 i s a c r o s s s e c t i o n a l view o f t h e p i c k t a k e n
t h r o u g h
l i n e
6 - 6 o f
FIG.
3 .
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
R e f e r r i n g
t o
FIGS.
1 - 6
t h e
i n v e n t i v e
p i c k i s shown
a t
1 0
a n d c o m p r i s e s a p l a s t i c p i c k body 1 2 a n d a r i g i d
m e t a l
b a r 1 4 .
The
m e t a l b a r 1 4 c o m p r i s e s a rounded
b e v e l l e d
end 1 6
a t a p e r e d
end
1 8
and t w o
g r o o v e s
20
a n d
2 2
o n o p p o s i t e f a c e s .
The
p i c k body 1 2 i s s u b s t a n
t i a l l y ? a t a n d may a v e a c o n v e n t i o n a l t r i a n g u l a r s h a p e .
The
body 1 2
m ay have
a p o i n t
24 which
i s u s e d
f o r
c o n v e n t i o n a l p i c k i n g a n d s t r u m m i n g t e c h n i q u e s . The
m e t a l b a r 1 4 f u r t h e r c o m p r i s e s
a
rounded
t o p
edge 2 6 .
The m e t a l b a r 1 4 may b e formed
s e p a r a t e l y
from
t h e
p i c k b o d y h a v i n g a s l o t t h e r e i n which s
s e c u r e d
t o t h e
t o p e d g e
o f
t h e p i c k b o d y 1 2 .
The
b a r
1 4 i s
p r e f e r a b l y
m a d e
o f
m e t a l
o r s t e e l b u t o t h e r h a r d and d u r a b l e mate
r i a l s m ay s u f ? c e
b u t would
g i v e d i f f e r e n t s o u n d s o r
tones
The f e a t u r e s o f t h e
p i c k
a c c o r d i n g t o t h e i n v e n t i o n
a r e embodied on
v a r i o u s s u r f a c e s
of t h e p i c k and
i n
p a r t i c u l a r t h e m e t a l b a r - 1 4 .
T h e s e s u r f a c e s
a r e d e s i g n e d
t o a c c o m m o d a t e a n d
e n h a n c e
c e r t a i n
s t y l e s o f
p l a y .
The b e v e l l e d end 1 6 i s
a s u b s t a n t i a l l y smooth
end
o f
t h e m e t a l b a r u s e f u l
f o r
a
s t y l e
o f p l a y c a l l e d a r p e g g i o
s w e e p s .
The e v e l l e d end
s
formed a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y
a
4 5
a n g l e w i t h
r e s p e c t
t o
t h e
t o p s u r f a c e 2 6 o f
t h e
m e t a l
b a r
The a r p e g g i o s w e e p t e c h n i q u e
i n v o l v e s
h o l d i n g
t h e
p i c k
u p s i d e d o w n
a t
a 4 5 a n g l e
a l l o w i n g m o ve
ment
f o r
p r e s s u r e b e a p p l i e d t o
o n e
s t r i n g
a g a i n s t
t h e
f r e t b o a r d s o t h a t t h e
rounded end 16 can
r o l l from one
s t r i n g t o
a n o t h e r . P r e s s i n g
t h e s t r i n g o n t o
t h e
f r e t
a n d
r o l l i n g
q u i c k l y from
o n e s t r i n g
g i v e s
a
c l e a r
t o n e
and
sound t o
each
s t r i n g
t h e end 16 c r o s s e s . When e a r n i n g
t h i s t e c h n i q u e
i t
i s
u s e f u l t o mute l l o f t h e s t r i n g s w i t h
t h e
l e f t
h a n d .
An u n l i m i t e d v a r i e t y o f s o u n d s c a n be
p r o d u c e d
b y
m a p p i n g
d i f f e r e n t
s w e e p s
o f t h e b e v e l l e d
end
1 6
a c r o s s
t h e
f r e t b o a r d from one s t r i n g t o a n o t h e r
a l l o w i ng e a c h i n d i v i d u a l s t r i n g t o p r o d u c e a
t o n e .
The
p o i n t e d e n d
1 8 o f
t h e
p i c k c o m p r i s e s a
s m o o t h
c o n i c a l
t a p e r e d
s u r f a c e
2 8
which t e r m i n a t e s
i n
a s h a r p
p o i n t
3 0 .
T h i s
end
o f t h e b a r
1 4
i s u s e d f o r a t e c h n i q u e
c a l l e d
s p e e d
i c k i n g . By o l d i n g t h e p o i n t 3 0 p r e f e r a
b l y a i m e d
s t r a i g h t a t t h e
s t r i n g
t h e p o i n t
may
e u s e d
t o
p i c k s t r i n g s
v e r y
q u i c k l y a n d more e a s i l y t h a n a s t a n
d a r d
p i c k
b e c a u s e
i t h a s l e s s
f r i c t i o n t h a n
a s t a n d a r d
p i c k .
The
p o i n t 3 0 may b e a i m e d s t r a i g h t a t t h e s t r i n g s
o r
a t
v a r i o u s a n g l e s .
Moreover
t h e p i c k
may b e o r i
ented
i n
t h e
han d of
t h e u s e r
a s
s h o w n
i n FIG. 1 or
t u r n e d
in
t h e thumb
a n d
? n g e r w i t h t h e
body
1 2 r e s t i n g
a g a i n s t
t h e
thumb a n d f o r e f i n g e r
h o r i z o n t a l l y
s o t h a t
t h e p o i n t
e x t e n d s o u t w a r d f r o m
t h e
h a n d .
The rounded
t o p
2 6
o f t h e m e t a l b a r
1 4
h a s tw o ad
v a n t a g e o u s u s e s a n d when
t
i s
u s e d t h e p i c k i s
r o t a t e d
1 8 0 from t h e normal o r i e n t a t i o n
shown
i n FIG. 1 .
The ? r s t u s e o f t h e t o p 2 6 i s t o improve t h e s t y l e o f
p l a y
c a l l e d
? n g e r t a p p i n g .
The
s t e e l o r m e t a l b a r
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r e p l a c e s
t h e
? n g e r a n d
i s
p e r f o r m e d b y a t t a c k i n g o n e
s t r i n g w i t h o n e ? n g e r o f t h e p i c k i n g h a n d s l a m m i n g t h e
s t r i n g o n t o t h e f r e t b o a r d and p u l l i n g o f f
t h e
p i c k
a t
a
s l i g h t
a n g l e .
T h i s
a c t i v a t e s
t h e
s o u n d
o f
t h e s t r i n g
a t
t h e
f r e t
where
t
i s
t a p p e d
a n d t h e sound o f
t h e same
s t r i n g
o p e n
when
r e l e a s e d .
R e p e a t i n g
t h i s
t e c h n i q u e
q u i c k l y c r e a t e s a n a r p e g g i o t y p e o f s o u n d .
F i n g e r t a p p i n g
w i t h
t h e
m e t a l
b a r m a k e s t h e s t y l e
o f
p l a y more e n j o y a b l e a n d i m p r o v e s
s t r i n g v i b r a t i o n
r e a c
t i o n t o
g i v e a
c l e a r e r
s h a r p e r
and
more
d i s t i n c t t o n e .
M o r e o v e r t h e s p e e d
o f t h i s t e c h n i q u e i s
g r e a t l y i m
p r o v e d .
The rounded t o p 26 can
a l s o
be used
t o
a c h i e v e
v a r i
o u s
s l i d e t e c h n i q u e s . T h i s t e c h n i q u e
i s
p e r f o r m e d b y
h i t t i n g one o r
m o r e
s t r i n g s
a t
a t i m e s i m i l a r t o a
t a p p i n g
t e c h n i q u e
t h e n s l i d i n g e i t h e r up o r d o w n t h e n e c k o f
t h e i n s t r u m e n t producing s o u n d s s i m i l a r t o a s t a n d a r d
s t y l e
o f
s l i d e g u i t a r . The r o u n d e d t o p 2 6 a l l o w s t h e l e f t
hand t h e freedom fro m h o l d i n g a s l i d e b a r which i s
p a r t i c u l a r l y
i n c o n v e n i e n t
when
p l a y i n g
l i v e
b e f o r e
a n
a u d i e n c e
w h e n
i t would o t h e r w i s e
be
n e c e s s a r y t o
r e a c h
i n t o a
pocket
f o r a s l i d e
b a r .
I n a d d i t i o n t h e
rounded
t o p
26
can be u s e d
t o
m a k e
c h r o m a t i c
r a k e s whereby t h e t o p 2 6 i s
u s e d
t o
h i t
a
f r e t a n d g l i d e p a s t
s e v e r a l
f r e t s a n d b a c k
a g a i n
v e r y
q u i c k l y
t o g e n e r a t e s o u n d s o f c h r o m a t i c s c a l e p r o g r e s
8 1 0 1 1 5 .
The grooves 20 and 22 a r e
c u t along
a s u b s t a n t i a l
p o r t i o n
o f t h e l e n g t h o f t h e
b a r
1 4 a n d t e r m i n a t e a t
sm o o t h c u r v e s . T h e grooves
a r e
designed
m a k e
e a s i e r
g r i p p i n g o f t h e p i c k w i t h t h e t h u m b a n d ? n g e r s u s u a l l y
t h e f o r e ? n g e r
a s sh o w n i n
FIG. 1 .
I t
i s
t o b e
u n d e r s t o o d
t h a t
t h e f o r e g o i n g
d e s c r i p t i o n
a n d
a c c o m p a n y i n g d r a w i n g s
s h o u l d b e
c o n s i d e r e d
i l l u s
t r a t i v e o n l y o f t h e
p r i n c i p l e s
o f t h e i n v e n t i o n . S i n c e
numerous modi?cations
w i l l
r e a d i l y
occur
t o
t h o s e
s k i l l e d i n t h e
a r t
i t i s n o t d e s i r e d
t o
l i m i t t h e i n v e n t i o n
t o t h e e x a c t c o n s t r u c t io n
and
o p e r a t i o n s h o w n
and
d e s c r i b e d a n d
a c c o r d i n g l y a l l s u i t a b l e
m o d i ? c a t i o n s
a n d e q u i v a l e n t s may b e r e s o r t e d
t o
f a l l i n g
w i t h i n
t h e
s c o p e o f t h e i n v e n t i o n .
We
l a i m :
1 . A
u s i c a l i n s t r u m e nt
p i c k
c o m p r i s i n g :
a p i c k body h a v i n g a g e n e r a l
t r i a n g u l a r
s h a p e i n c l u d
i n g
a t o p e d g e
a t w h i c h t h e p i c k body s h e l d
a n d
a
bottom p o i n t f o r
p i c k i n g
s t r i n g s
o f
a
m u s i c a l
i n s t r u m e n t ;
1 5
2 5
3 5
45
50
55
6 5
4
a
r i g i d
m e t a l b a r
formed a t
t h e t o p
edge
o f
t h e p i c k
b o d y
s a i d r i g i d m e t a l b a r c o m p r i s i n g :
a
t o p
f a c i n g s u r f a c e
which s s u b s t a n t i a l l y r o u n d e d ;
a b e v e l l e d s u r f a c e
a t
one end o f t h e
metal
bar
which
s s u b s t a n t i a l l y r o u n d e d a n d s m o o t h ;
a
smooth
t a p e r e d
s u r f a c e
t e r m i n a t i n g
i n
a
p o i n t
a t
t h e o t h e r
end of
t h e
b a r ;
and
? r s t and second g r o o v e s o n o p p o s i t e l a t e r a l f a c e s
r e s p e c t i v e l y f o r r e c e i v i n g t h e
thumb
a n d
f o r e
?nger
of
a
u s e r .
2 .
A u s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t p i c k c o m p r i s i n g :
a p i c k b o d y ;
a
r i g i d
b a r formed
a t a n edge o f t h e
p i c k
body and
h a v i n g t w o o p p o s e d
e n d s s a i d r i g i d b a r
c o m p r i s
i n g :
a bevelled s u r f a c e a t
o n e
end thereof w hi ch i s sub
s t a n t i a l l y r o u n d e d a n d s m o o t h ; a n d
a s m o o t h
c o n i c a l l y
t a p e r e d
s u r f a c e t e r m i n a t i n g
i n
a p o i n t a t t h e o t h e r
o p p o s i t e
end
o f
t h e
b a r .
3 .
The
m u s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t p i c k
o f
c l a i m
2
w h e r e i n
s a i d
r i g i d b a r i s m e t a l a n d
f u r t h e r
c o m p r i s e s a t o p f a c i n g
s u r f a c e which i s s u b s t a n t i a l l y
r o u n d e d .
4 . A u s i c a l
i n s t r u m e n t
p i c k
c o m p r i s i n g :
a p i c k b o d y ; a n d
a r i g i d m e t a l b a r formed a t
a n edge o f
t h e
p i c k body
a n d
h a v i n g a
? r s t p l a y i n g
s u r f a c e
f o r
f a s t
s t r i n g
p i c k i n g a
s e c o n d
p l a y i n g s u r f a c e f o r s l i d e and
? n g e r t a p p i n g
s t y l e s
o f
p l a y
a n d a t h i r d p l a y i n g
s u r f a c e
f o r r o l l i n g
a c r o s s s t r i n g s on a f r e t b o a r d ;
t h e
? r s t
p l a y i n g s u r f a c e b e i n g a s m o o t h t a p e r e d
s u r f a c e
t e r m i n a t i n g i n
a p o i n t
a t
one
end o f t h e
b a r t h e s e c o n d p l a y i n g s u r f a c e b e i n g a n e l o n
g a t e d r o u n d e d e d g e
o f
t h e
b a r
a n d t h e
t h i r d
p l a y i n g
s u r f a c e
b e i n g
a b e v e l l e d
s u r f a c e
a t
an
e n d o f t h e
b a r
o p p o s i t e t h e ? r s t
p l a y i n g s u r f a c e .
5 .
A
u s i c a l i n s t r um e n t p i c k
c o m p r i s i n g :
a p i c k b o d y
a
r i g i d b a r s e c u r e d a l o n g a n e n t i r e l e n g t h o f one edge
o f s a i d p i c k body
a n d
e x t e n d i n g beyond s a i d o n e
e d g e o f s a i d p i c k b o d y
s a i d r i g i d b a r i n c l u d i n g tw o o p p o s e d e n d s w i t h
one
e n d
h a v i n g a
b e v e l l e d s u b s t a n t i a l l y r o u n d e d a n d
smooth s u r f a c e
and
t h e o t h e r
end
having a smooth
t a p e r e d s u r f a c e
t e r m i n a t i n g i n
a
p o i n t .
6 . A u s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t p i c k a c c o r d i n g t o c l a i m 5
w h e r e i n
s a i d s m o o t h t a p e r e d s u r f a c e
i s
c o n i c a l l y
s h a p e d .
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