Strings for musical instruments

Claim 1

A SINGLE STRAND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STRING HAVING A STRUCTURALLY RIGID ANCHORING BODY INTEGRALLY FIXED TO ONE END OF THE STRING FOR STABLIZING THE END OF THE STRING WITH RESPECT TO AN ABUTTING SURFACE OF A CROSS-BAR ON A GUITAR WHEN THE STRING IS SUBJECTED TO TENSION, SAID STRING CONSISTING OF A SINGLE STRAND OF NYLON WITH INTERLACED PARTS OF THE STRAND FORMING A KNOT AT ONE END OF THE STRAND, SAID ANCHORING BODY COMPRISING SAID KNOT, A BEAD MADE OF A DIMENSIONALLY STABLE SYNTHETIC RESIN MATERIAL, SAID BEAD HAVING A STEPPED PASSAGEWAY THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE BEAD, SAID PASSAGEWAY FORMED BY A FIRST BORE THROUGH WHICH SAID STRAND EXTENDS FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID BEAD AND A SECOND BORE EXTENDING FROM SAID FIRST BORE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID BEAD, THE KNOTTED END OF SAID STRAND INCLUDING SAID KNOT AND THE PORTION OF SAID STRAND EXTENDING TO THE END OF THE STRAND NEAREST SAID KNOT BEING WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID SECOND BORE, SAID SECOND BORE PROVIDING AN ANNULAR SHOULDER AT THE JUNCTURE OF SAID BORES FOR RESTRAINING WITHDRAWAL MOVEMENT OF THE KNOTTED END OF THE STRAND FROM SAID SECOND BORE, AND A HARDENED ADHESIVE MATERIAL INTERFACIALLY BONDING THE INTERLACED PARTS OF THE STRAND OF SAID KNOT TO ONE ANOTHER AND BONDING SAID KNOT TO SAID BEAD, SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL COMPATIBLE WITH NYLON AND THE RESIN MATERIAL OF SAID BEAD, SAID ADHESIVE MATERIAL FILLING THE SPACE IN SAID SECOND BORE OUTSIDE OF SAID KNOT AND ABOUT THE END OF THE STRAND NEAREST THE KNOT, SAID BEAD TOGETHER WITH SAID HARDENED ADHESIVE MATERIAL AND THE KNOTTED END OF THE STRAND CONSTITUTING A SOLID COALESCENT BODY ON THE ANCHORING END OF THE STRAND, AND A CONTINUOUS COATING COMPLETELY ENVELOPING SAID BODY.