Patent ID: 6297434
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
An adjustable bridge for stringed instruments comprising:a base having an underside adaptable for seating on a top surface of a stringed instrument,a pair of opposed wedge members displaceably supported on the base and arranged to form a cradle;a saddle member having substantially triangular configuration with a top constructed to support strings of a stringed instrument, and an underside that engages the wedge members in use; andan adjustment mechanism engaging the opposed wedge members wherein on adjustment of the adjustment mechanism the wedge members are selectively drawn together or further separated, wherein the saddle member is respectively raised or lowered, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises an elongated adjustment screw with opposite end segments having opposed threading, and threaded inserts in the wedge members with threads that conform with the oppositely threaded end segments of the elongated adjustment screw.