Patent ID: 8648239
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A rigid plectrum ( 1 ) for stringed instruments, of the type having a spearhead shape, comprising a pointed front part ( 2 ), which is adapted to make contact with the instrument strings, and a broadened rear part ( 3 ) which allows the plectrum to be gripped between two fingers of one hand, the shape of the plectrum being symmetrical relative to a central plane passing through a tip of the pointed part, characterised in that: at each of the two lateral walls ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of the plectrum which form the pointed front part a facet is made, respectively a first facet ( 4 a ) and a second facet ( 5 a ), covering an entire thickness of the respective lateral wall; each facet being set at an angle α relative to the thickness of the respective lateral wall, starting on one face of the plectrum, opposite the face from where the other facet starts, in one of the half-planes defined by the central plane and finishing on the other face of the plectrum in the other half-plane defined by the central plane.