Patent ID: 8362344

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a musical instrument coated musical string, said method comprising: (a) applying a coating to a portion of a surface of a musical string, said coating including: (i) a binder material, (ii) anti-microbial particles interspersed with the binder material, and (iii) low-friction particles interspersed with the binder material and the anti-microbial particles; and (b) curing said applied coating above a designated temperature, said curing causing: (i) the binder material to bond with the portion of the surface of the musical string, and (ii) a plurality of the interspersed anti-microbial particles and a plurality of the interspersed low-friction particles to migrate from being interspersed with the binder material to positions above the binder material, relative to the musical string, such that when the curing is complete, said plurality of low-friction particles form a low-friction top coat and said plurality of anti-microbial particles partially protrude from said top coat.