| US 7,612,271 B1 | ||
| Tubular bracing for a musical instrument | ||
| Stephen Davis, 18 Hansel Rd., Newtown, Pa. 18940 (US); and C. Malcolm Bash, 21 Washington Dr., Cranbury, N.J. 08512 (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 01, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/904,690. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/848036, filed on Sep. 29, 2006. | ||
| Int. Cl. G10D 1/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 84—267 [84/291] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A string instrument assembly, comprising;
a resonance chamber defined at least in part by a sound board and at least one side wall; and
tubular bracing reinforcing at least part of said soundboard within said resonance chamber, wherein said tubular bracing includes
at least one tube element that extends between a first end and a second end, each said tube element defining at least one
complete interior channel that extends between said first end and said second end wherein each said tube element has a flat
side that abuts against said sound board; and
side bracing for reinforcing said at least one side wall of said resonance chamber.
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