Patent ID: 9123312
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for a stringed musical instrument comprising a body and a neck, a plurality of strings extending from the body to the neck, a nut for supporting the strings on the neck forming a first critical point for each string, a bridge element forming a second critical point for supporting each of the strings on the body, the apparatus located on the body on the opposite side of the bridge element from the nut; the apparatus further comprising: an enclosed clamping device for a string, the enclosed clamping device being disposed within a clamp housing element, wherein the clamp housing element comprising a centerline, the centerline further extending in the direction of the strings, the clamp housing element further comprising a housing axis, wherein the housing axis transverse the direction of the strings, the housing axis being disposed in a fixed position, the enclosed clamping device further comprising enclosed clamping elements, each of the enclosed clamping elements comprising: