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Title: |
US4543871:
Percussion bar instrument
[ Derwent Title ]

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Country: |
US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Kvistad, Garry M.; West Hurley, NY 12491

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Assignee: |
None

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Published / Filed: |
1985-10-01
/ 1983-08-18

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Application Number: |
US1983000524378

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IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G10D 13/00;
G10D 13/08;
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IPC-7:
G10D 13/08;

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U.S. Class: |
Current:
084/403;
984/155;
Original:
084/403;

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Field of Search: |
084/402-404,408
116/148,169

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Priority Number: |
| 1983-08-18 |
US1983000524378 |

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Abstract: |
A percussion bar instrument including cradles slidably mounted on a mounting base to hold percussion bars of varying lengths in a variety of arrangements with each bar held at its nodal points.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Maier, III, John ;

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Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Fuller, Benjamin R.;

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Maintenance Status: |
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A percussion bar instrument for utilizing percussion bars of varying lengths in a variety of arrangements with each bar held at its nodal points, said percussion bar instrument comprising:
- a pair of mounting members with a plurality of opposing upper grooves in each member;
- means for holding the pair of mounting members in a spaced relationship to one another;
- a plurality of cradles each slidably mounted in the upper grooves of the pair of mounting members and including an opposing pair of nodal pins; and
- percussion bars mounted in said cradles, each percussion bar having a pair of opposing openings at its nodal points adapted to receive the nodal pins of the cradles.

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