ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,437, issued on April 22, was assigned to Larsen Strings A/S (Sonderborg, Denmark).

"Method for fabricating a string, in particular a string for a bowed musical instrument, and an apparatus for carrying out the same" was invented by Kristian Bach Sigvardt (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Laurits Thorvald Larsen (Sonderborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for fabricating a string, in particular a string for a bowed musical instrument, said string having a core with at least one winding strand helically wound thereon, the method comprising: placing a core axially along a path, spinning the core about its central axis and helicall...