Patent ID: 9653047
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G10D

Claim:
1. A finger-pressed auxiliary device for a stringed instrument, the stringed instrument comprising a body, a neck connected to the body and having a top and a bottom, a fingerboard disposed on the neck, a plurality of frets disposed on the fingerboard at spaced intervals, and a plurality of strings extending along a length direction of the neck, the finger-pressed auxiliary device comprising: a plurality of finger-pressed plates extending along the length direction of the neck, each being disposed to correspond to a respective string of the plurality of strings; an upper support secured to the top of the neck; and a lower support secured to the bottom of the neck or the body, both ends of each of the finger-pressed plates being fixed by the upper support and the lower support, respectively, so that the finger-pressed plates are securely suspended above the strings, wherein when each of the finger-pressed plates is pressed, a bottom surface of the finger-pressed plate depresses a corresponding string against the fingerboard; and when the finger-pressed plate is not pressed, the finger-pressed plate does not touch the string.