Patent ID: 9240166
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: G10D

Claim Text:
1. A device for mounting a tuning machine having a post and one or more adjacent locator pins to a stringed musical instrument having a mounting configuration with a first post aperture adapted to receiving the post and adjacent receiving holes that are misaligned with the tuning machines locator pins, the device comprising: a. a mounting element having an instrument facing surface, a tuning machine facing surface, and a second post aperture extending between said surfaces and configured to receive the post of the tuning machine there through; b. one or more tuning machine alignment apertures in the tuning machine facing surface that are in alignment with and adapted to receive therein the tuning machine locator pins when the post of the tuning machine is located within the second post aperture; c. one or more instrument alignment elements in the instrument facing surface that are in alignment with the receiving holes on the instrument when the post of the tuning machine is located within the second post aperture on the mounting element and the first post aperture on the instrument, wherein the tuning machine facing surface complementarily receives the base of the tuning machine, and the instrument facing surface complementarily fits with the mounting configuration of the instrument such that the tuning machine may be secured to the mismatched instrument.