Abstract A guitar tremolo control arm retainer is disclosed herein for releasably holding the arm in a selected position so that the basic tuning of the instrument is not altered during the playing of the instrument. The retainer is secured to the guitar and includes a U-shaped anchor member or yoke having a lateral opening for insertably receiving the tremolo arm. The anchor member is movably and resiliently carried on a support rod mounted on a bracket for vertical movement and a keeper is adjustably mounted on the bracket secured to the guitar for holding the anchor member in a selected position on the rod. Guide arrangement is provided between the anchor member and the bracket while a pliable insert occupies the opening of the member for yieldably bearing against the arm when inserted into the opening of the anchor member.
A retainer for stabilizing the strings of a guitar having a tremolo device with a tremolo arm, the combination comprising; a tremolo arm; a retaining means mounted on the guitar operable in cooperation with said tremolo arm to hold said tremolo arm in a fixed position whereby inadvertent de-tuning of the guitar strings in avoided; said retaining means includes a bracket carried on the guitar adjacent to the tremolo device; and a holder movably mounted on said bracket having an opening leading into a holding cavity for insertably receiving said tremolo arm; guide means interconnecting said holder with said bracket permitting limited vertical movement of said holder with respect to said bracket; and resilient means contracted between said holder and bracket normally biasing said holder in a selected vertical direction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A retainer for stabilizing the strings of a guitar having a tremolo device with a tremolo arm, the combination comprising; a tremolo arm; a retaining means mounted on the guitar operable in cooperation with said tremolo arm to hold said tremolo arm in a fixed position whereby inadvertent de-tuning of the guitar strings in avoided; said retaining means includes a bracket carried on the guitar adjacent to the tremolo device; and a holder movably mounted on said bracket having an opening leading into a holding cavity for insertably receiving said tremolo arm; guide means interconnecting said holder with said bracket permitting limited vertical movement of said holder with respect to said bracket; and resilient means contracted between said holder and bracket normally biasing said holder in a selected vertical direction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein: said bracket includes a mounting rod slidably carrying said holder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The invention as defined in claim 2 including: a resilient pad carried on said holder within said holding cavity yieldably bearing against said tremolo arm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The invention as defined in claim 3 wherein: said holder is a U-shaped yoke having a lateral opening.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The invention as defined in claim 4 including: an adjustment means disposed between said bracket and said yoke for selectively locating said yoke with respect to said bracket against said resilient bias.