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Granted Patent B2
US 10,964,296 · App. 16/502,938 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Board for stringed instrument, acoustic stringed instrument, and method of manufacturing board for stringed instrument

Inventors: Kazuki Soga (Hamamatsu, JP); Toshihisa Yamazaki (Jakarta, ID); Hiroshi Nakaya (Hamamatsu, JP); Kenichi Miyazawa (Fukuroi, JP)
Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
G10D3/22G10D1/02
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Patent No.
US 10,964,296
App. No.
16/502,938
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing method for a board for a stringed instrument that is used as a top plate or a back plate of an acoustic stringed instrument such as a violin, where the board has a purfling, includes forming, for instance, a groove with a depth that is 20% or more and less than 60% of a thickness of the board for a stringed instrument, filling the groove with a resin in which, for instance, colored particles having a diameter of 3 μm or more and less than 70 μm are dispersed and which has a degree of elongation of 20% or more, removing the resin that has flowed out of the groove, and curing the resin.

Claims (18)

1. A board for a stringed instrument, used for a top plate or a back plate of an acoustic stringed instrument, where the board for the stringed instrument has a purfling, the purfling comprising:

a groove formed in the board; and

a resin filled in the groove,

wherein a depth of the groove is 20% or more and less than 60% of a thickness of the board for the stringed instrument.

2. The board for the stringed instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the resin has a degree of elongation of 20% or more.

3. The board for the stringed instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the resin is a urethane resin or a rubber resin.

4. A board for a stringed instrument, used for a top plate or a back plate of an acoustic stringed instrument, where the board for the stringed instrument has a purfling, the purfling comprising:

a groove formed in the board; and

a resin filled in the groove,

wherein the resin includes colored particles having a diameter of 3 μm or more and less than 70 μm, and

wherein the colored particles are dispersed in the resin.

5. A method of manufacturing a board for a stringed instrument that is used for a top plate or a back plate of an acoustic stringed instrument, where the board for the stringed instrument has a purfling, the method comprising:

forming a groove in the board;

filling the groove with a resin;

curing the resin; and

providing a layer that covers a surface of the groove after the forming of the groove in the board and before the filling of the groove with the resin.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the resin has a degree of elongation of 20% or more.

7. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising removing the resin that has flowed out of the groove after the filling of the groove with the resin and before the curing of the resin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2019
From: SOGA, KAZUKI; YAMAZAKI, TOSHIHISA; NAKAYA, HIROSHI; MIYAZAWA, KENICHI
To: YAMAHA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050150/0387 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017000216 · Jan 6, 2017
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